Day 1 (18Dec2010)
We, a group of five people were going down to Pangkor for a vacation. The bus departed at 9.30am,and we reached Medan Gopeng at about 1pm. Initially, we plan to take a direct bus from Penang to Lumut, but unfortunately there are no direct buses going down to Lumut, according to the staffs of KKKL Bus Company( the aunty is really friendly),we have either two options as follow:
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1. 1.Take a ferry from Penang across to Butterworth and from butterworth, take a bus down to Lumut.
2. 2.Take a bus to Ipoh( Medan Gopeng) , and from there take another buses down to Lumut.
So, we go for option 2 because according to the aunty,there are plenty of buses going to Lumut at Medan Gopeng bus terminal . However, things weren’t be as expected when we reached there. There were only one bus company- Express Kesatuan , the only bus company which provide buses going down to Lumut. We were quite lucky as there were 2pm bus available for going to Lumut by the time we reached Gopeng. Moreover, we were fortunate enough to meet with Wayne before the bus departed.So we managed to buy ticket which cost us RM7.10 each person.
It was really a long journey, 60 km more from Gopeng to Lumut. I did not expect this, Oh well, it is not only I, but WE did not expect this! So, chit chatting along the journey will be the only way to spend the time efficiently.=p
By the time we reached Lumut, the clock ticked 4.30pm. So straightaway,we managed to board a ferry (Mesra Ferry Sdn Bhd) which cost us RM10 each to the Pangkor Island. Finally we reached the island. Feeling completely tired, we board a van( pink in colour) to Seagull Beach Resort which cost us RM15. Personally, I feels that the resort is not so bad, though it is quite far away from the town, it is famous for its hornbills’ favourite spot.
When the night approached, we took a light walk to the nearby beach and took our dinner. There were not so much activities on the very first day as night was approaching by the time we reached the island. Five of us spend our time in the room, chatting, teasing , scolding , laughing, joking etc. P/s: You have to be sporting enough to indulge in this game! XD
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| 'Packed' with heavy luggage! XD |
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| Beautiful scenery |
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| The beach resort that we stayed for 2nights |
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| Seagull beach Resort is well-known for its hornbill habitat. |
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| The view of Jetty |
Day 2（19Dec2010）
We woke up early in the morning, planning to enjoy the sunrise, but it turned out to be so dark. The sun supposed to rise in the other Teluk, so disappointing. So we just enjoyed the beauty of early beach views.
Well, being in Pangkor island, in order to travel around the island, you have either of f these 2 options:
1. Book a pinkish van and travel around the island for RM70-RM80 for only 2 hours.
2. Rent a bicycles ,motorcycles or cars to travel around the island for RM15 per Bicycle, RM36 per motorcycle or RM100 per car for 1 whole day!
Initially, we planned to rent 3 motorcycles. But I am not too used to riding a motocyle, too bad I know, sorry friends as I did not practise my riding skill long time ago and the road at Pangkor is very steep and swayed it will be quite risky for a novice to ride here. Well, eventually we go for renting a car. We were lucky enough to be able to rent a Kancil car, though the charge is RM140 per car( considered quite expensive as there were other car owner rent it for a mere RM80), and one more frustrated thing about the Kancil car, the engine is so dead. We need to push the car numerous time in order for it to move!
Well, after all, option 2 is more worthy as we are allowed to travel for one whole day as compared to option 1. So, I can say the journey was overally fun as we managed to travel to Dutch Fort, Satey factory, FulingKong Temple,Jambatan Gantung from noon till evening.
Dutch Fort: A historical place, nothing much to see except the remained huge wall.
Satey Factory: Lots of people made satey , managed to see the process of making satey and bought the famous local products like Ikan Bilis, Keropok Ikan, etc.
Fuling Kong Temple: Very nice and really display a panoramic view! I particularly love the word ‘缘’carved on the huge stone on top of the hill.
Jambatan Gantung: Quite spooky as there were no one there except five of us.
At night, we went to Pangkor town to look for other souveniers, and best of all, we celebrated Chun Tatt birthday. It came as a surprised to him! Lol.
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| The temple near Teluk Nipah |
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| Having seafood,yummy! |
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| smooth Sea cucumber |
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| Snap at Dutch Fort |
Time to check out at Noon, so early in the morning we went to swim. Enjoy the crystal clear water , building sandcastle, eh, is not sandcastle, is ‘sandpeople’made up of Jiunn Haw as a framework model. Xtra Creative and funny!!XD
Finally, we checked out from the resort and lucky enough we drove the kancil car to jetty to return to the owner and boarded a ferry back to Lumut. The trip is really fun! =)
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| Angel Found! XD |
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| The sandpeople with us |
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| Red cum white match! |
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| celebrating Kct's Bday |
