May 15, 2006
Welcome to a new edition of the 
in 2006.
Last month I was too busy with other things (including my website about cycling) to give you an update on the situation here at Pangkor. However, some things have been done.
As you probably have seen, on the homepage is a weather box available. Unfortunately I couldn't find one yet with the Pangkor weather. So it became Sitiawan, just a few kilometers away.
So, what does this edition of contain?
- Golden Beach hotel at Pasir Bogak
- Airial photos of Lumut and Pangkor
- Sembilan Divers News
- Is Pangkor really nice? Here's the answer
- ChooseIt, helps you to find YOUR subject to build your own website
You can read
our latest updates in my Blog:
http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/Pulau-Pangkor-blog-1.html
or subscribe to my feed:
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Golden Beach hotel and Resort
Golden Beach hotel and resort is a new hotel at Pulau Pangkor. It is situated in the heart of Pasir Bogak. More on
http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/Pangkor-hotels.html#Golden%20Beach%20Resort
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Airial photos of Lumut and Pangkor
In the last edition I already mentioned the Era Bed and Breakfast Hotel in Lumut. I have to do it again. The reason is that Mr. Syed offered kindly some amazing AIR PHOTOS of Lumut and Pangkor.
Although I have not used those pictures on his Hotel page I have used quite a few photos on other pages.
Look for example on my homepage:
and on the Lumut page
http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/Lumut.html
Mr. Syed was as a navy officer able to shoot these photos from a navy helicopter. If you are interested in buying some photos, feel free to contact me at:
http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/contact-us.html
or use the contact form at the Era Bed and Breakfast Hotel page.
http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/guest-house-in-lumut.html
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Diving at Sembilan Islands
Diving at Pangkor is still possible. Doing some courses too, it's actually a very good time to do so. Also, Sembilan Divers has some special offers. Here's what Claudia wrote me:
1) Dive/Course Schedule May/June 2006
Sat/Sun 20/21 May: Sembilan Islands:
* Advanced Open Water Diver
* Deep Diver Speciality or
* Fun dives (also: 03/04 June)
Advanced Open Water Course
Special Promotion: costs only RM 890 AND: Get a PADI eRDP OR an Underwater
Camera (reusable, 30m, flash) worth RM 100 for FREE.
Deep Diver Specialty
4 Deep Dives - 2 Day - and you become a Specialty Deep Diver - doesn't that
sound great to you?? For sure your dive buddies will love that!
You have already Advanced Open Water Rating? - We give you credit on your
Adventure Deep Dive from your Advanced Course (does not matter if you have
not done it with us) towards your Specialty Deep Diver Course. Do 3 Deep
Dives in 1 day (yes, we can do that safely within PADI guidelines ;-)) and
become a Specialty Deep Diver!!
Special Promotion in May and June: Pay only for the dives and the
certification card but get the full instruction course.
Price example:
4 dives/2 days + cert = RM 199 (cost of 2 fun dives) x2 + RM 150 = RM 548
3 dives/1 day + cert = RM 199 + RM 100 (1 extra dive) + RM 150 = RM 449
Fun Dives:
Join us for fun dives - 2 dives - RM 199 incl. lunch/soft drinks on board!
Since I'm away overseas at the moment and will be back by mid-May, the Course Schedule will continue in May and June 2006 as follows:
Advanced Open Water Course 19 May (Fri afternoon Knowledge Reviews, Compass Training, Equipment Fitting), Diving Sat/Sun 20/21 May.
Open Water Course New students or already registered students please note the schedule:
Academics & Pool: Fri-Sun 26-28 May
Open Water Dives 1-4 Sat/Sun 03/04 June
Promotion Price: RM 999 only! more info - see the flyer attached
EFR Course (prerequisite for Rescue Diver Course): Friday 02 June 2006
Rescue Diver Course: 15-18 June, Academics in Lumut, Confined Training
(Pangkor), Final Rescue Scenarios with Diving Sembilan Islands Sun 18 June
(up to availability)
Promotion: costs RM 1290 + FREE EFR! more info
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Is Pangkor really nice? Here's the answer
I can tell you how nice Pangkor is. But that's me, right? Here's two examples of people who enjoyed Pangkor.
Michael from Sweden wrote:
After we had been at wonderful Borneo, we went to Kuala Lumpur. Wonderful city, but we wanted some days at a paradise beach, so we went by taxi to Pangkor Island. Wow, what a memory, it last for a lifetime! The food, the sunset, all the wildlife! We saw wild monkeys and the beautiful hornbills. The beaches is very good and clean. One late night when we where at the beach, the sand was sparkling and glittering, we didn't know what it was, but I think it was some kind of very small sea-animals that had been swept up on the beach. Its lovely to bath and swim there. Overall, this is a truly paradise, and I surely will be back!
and
Meg and Ken from Japan recommend some nice restaurants:
During our stay, we enjoyed local food very much and we have never eaten at the restaurant in our hotel! I am not sure if you are interested in, but we recommend some restaurants which are very good and cheep. They are "Guan Guan restaurant" in the Pangkor town close to the Maybank, and "TJ restaurant" in Nipah Bay.
Guan Guan is a Chinese restaurant and sea-food is excellent. We ate fried squid, steamed prawn, noodle, and soup and all we love so much! TJ is a sea-food restaurant, you can choose from "today's catch" in front of the restaurant ,there are many kind of fish, squid, prawn, stingray, etc on the ice and chef cooks them in front of you. But if you go there a little bit late, nothing left!
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ChooseIt
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