old blog: 10/01/2007

Pulau Pangkor..

i know i took a long time to put this up.. but i get very annoyed everytime i insert a picture, there'll be this extremely long space in between entered space.

it was a mid-term break well-spent! 1st half of it was busy with the presentation and from thursday (27 sep) till Saturday (29 Sep) we were in Pulau Pangkor..

and this is how it went...

Day 1(27 Sep)
2030 we set off from Golden Mile, starting our journey for the recce of my hall's Overseas Expedition!

and then there were pee stops bla bla bla.. and everyone slept.

Day 2 (28 Sep)
we arrived at Lumut, port town of Pangkor at 0715. it was as empty as a ghost town.

on the other hand, there were beautiful scenes.

finally, we arrived at the ferry operations and got our ticket. During which, irrational decisions were made.. we booked a room through an agent.. something that all travellers shouldnt do! u know, the middleman commission, bla bla bla..

at 0830, we board the ferry... unlike the speed boat to Perhentian, it was filled with locals instead of expats... and unlike the perhentian trip, we werent greeted by nice beach chalets. instead, we were greeted by this...

and this...

finally, we arrived at Pangkor at 0920. we hussled through the taxi drivers and ended up at a local coffee shop for our breakfast!

being new to the island, we asked around for car rental, and the owner of the coffeeshop actually rented to us his Kancil at 60RM for the whole day! he didnt ask for I/C or license, just passed us the key after we paid the 60RM. maybe this is the trusts that these islanders have.

and as soon as we checked in, we checked out the beach! doesnt it look pretty?!

we lazed around

and enjoyed our jetski!

it was SOOOOO thrilling!! the speed was so fast that, being a pillion i almost plucked my rider off her seat with me! hahaha.. after 15mins we switched over and i had control of the vehicle! and the wind resistance was sooooo strong that i had to put in alot of effort to keep my hands on the steer. so i ended up with muscle aches!

and this is Mi Mi! hahaha.. our cute, compact car..

around 3 plus in the afternoon, we decided we couldnt take anymore sun, so we searched around for food. but being the puasa month, nothing is open.. until we found a small cosy little eating place..

I ordered Asam Laksa.

it was SOOO spicy! but it is something that i never had in Spore before!

and some had other things for lunch.. such as chicken noodles and yee mee..

and not too long later, it was time for sun set!

with Mi Mi, we raced to the west coast of the island and this was presented to us graciously!

and then we had DINNER!! at this Co Co Restaurant.. the name may sound cheesy, but the food was omg-yummilicious!!

we had steam fish and Kang Kongdeep fried sotongand my favorite of all, the drunken prawns!and after dinner we had some Karoke session..

and we get to know the boss of the restaurant, and i desperately needed contacts, so i had to entertain him.. bah!we returned to our room at 11 plus at night and everyone was damn tired.. so Day 3 comes..

Day 3(29 Sep)

we left the room at 0800 for breakfast.. we were too hungry, so we couldnt capture the pic of the food!

and they had some interesting posters. on the left hand side of the old man, theres a yellow poster which reads "space bao" (technology, aging man n a lonely cat)

so we ordered it.. it was merely bread with kaya toast! it was yummy!

after breakfast, we took Mi Mi and went on to recce another part of the island which we have not explored.. half way through, the road got so steep that the car couldnt go any further..so we turned back into the town area and found this ikan billis island! and here are some of the pics around the island.. and we decided to check out the snorkeling scene there..and it was BAD! there were fishes but the visibility SUCKS!