Blogs from Pulau Pangkor, Perak, Malaysia, Asia - page 2

To get to Pangkor island we needed to get a bus from Puduraya station to a place called Lumut on the west coast mainland. From here we had to get a boat. Tim had checked with the buses and we set off at 9aam on a very comfortable air conditioned coach. We had one stop along the way for only a few minutes and sure enough as we were told we arrived in four hours. It was a bit confusing as we were not sure at first if we were in the right place as the driver never said. Eventually we asked him and he told us to head for the jetty. We brought out return boat tickets for about one pound fifty and it was a short 30 minutes to the island. It all went ... read more

Due to the winding roads down from the highlands, we had a toast to the wonderful drug dramamine before we left. Took the bus down to Ipoh, then through Lumut, where we hopped on a ferry over to Pulau Pankor, a small island off the west coast of Malaysia. We lucked out at each transfer point and only had about 10-15 minutes between each leg of the journey. Originally we thought we may have to overnight in Ipoh or Lumut so this was a nice surprise. In Lumut we met a Dutch woman by the name of Susan who we ended up hanging with for our time on the island. We had a bit of a hard time finding a room due to the Chinese New Year coming up, but found a decent place for two ... read more

We expected that the bus journey to Lemut (the port near Pangkor) would take much longer than the 6 hours we had been told, so we correctly engorged ourselves on an unhealthy Mc breakfast which we knew would keep our energy levels going for some time. The only problem was that we had a huge cup of coffee and coffee makes us wee like crazy...so we spent most of the journey with crossed legs hoping for a toilet stop! The journey turned out to be 9 hours long with a surprise stop in Kuala Lumpur. Lemut was our transit point onto a modern catamaran ferry which speedily transported us to the island of Pangkor, where, to Donna's delight an army of pink Barbie style taxis were waiting to whisk us away to whatever destination we chose ... read more

20 Nov 2007 to 23 Nov 2007 (KL - Pangkor Laut Resort - KL) We spent 4D/3N at this so called "One Island One Resort" multi award winning resort - Pangkor Laut Resort (by YTL). Inland driving from Kuala Lumpur to Port of Lumut (State of Perak) took about 4 hours by taking the North South highway exit at Bidor. At Bidor, we have took the famours "Duck Mee" (a lot of people recommended). Anyhow to me, it is nothing surprise or special delicious (but if you passed by can have a try, the stall located in a "Kopitiam" along the main road, opposite Wisma Bidor). I have been at this Lumut's port back to 10 years ago. Nowadays, the port is developed quite nicely and beautiful. We parked our car at this multilevel covered car ... read more

After having seen bustling cities, with its neverending noise and business and having seen highlands of jungle and farming it was just natural to head now to the beach. I was recommended to go to Pulau Pangkor, the beautiful island as the translation sais, which is a favourite with the locals. It is a small island with one road of 20km circling the island. Molli (a newly found kung fu friend) describes Pulau Pangkor very well in saying that is the most beautiful but also ugliest island that she has seen. I still can not make up my mind whether I like it or not. It has definitely hidden beauties and small dirty but still charming villages. I spend 4 days on Pulau Pangkor, predominantely going sunbathing, swimming and snorkeling. I have actually seen parot ... read more