The last few weeks I had a few very pleasant days at Pulau Pangkor with Nazlina and Rose. With the first I cycled around the island, while Rose and the staff of her hotel showed me a remote beach at Pangkor. Enough talks, let's see what this edition of the newsletter will contain:

• RSYC Merdaka Reggatta will visit Pulau Pangkor
• Tony's Pangkor Story
• Nazlina tells about her cycling adventures at Pangkor
• Rose showed me Teluk Segadas
• Pangkor and Lumut Postcards
• 123 Greetings.com
• Uncle Zam, food court in Seri Manjung
• Tropical fruits in Malaysia, a selection
• Malaysian food: free e-book

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The Royal Selangor  Yacht Club is organizing a race from August 30 to September 3. It will be a contest for racers, cruisers and motor cruisers. Believe me, I saw the event last year and it was magic. It made me longing to get a boat and join, out on the great blue ocean. Come to Pangkor and see this event with your own eyes.

Check the  details about this upcoming event:

http://www.rsyc.com.my/news_events/merdeka.php

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Tony's Pangkor Story

Tony is originally from Sitiawan, but lives nowadays in Kuala Lumpur. He has memories about Pangkor and he loves to share them with us. So Tony, please go ahead!

I have been to all these beaches:

- Teluk Muroh(before it was swallowed by the Naval Base)
- Pasir Panjang(opp MFM)
- Kampong Acheh(now part of Lumut Port)
- Teluk Batik - Teluk Rubiah
- Teluk Senangin
- Pangkor Laut Emerald Bay
- Pasir Bogak(Sam Khoo huts)
- Turtle Bay
- Nipah Bay
- Coral Bay
- Golden Sands

Nipah Bay, Coral Bay, Teluk Senangin and Teluk Batik have some of the finest beaches in West Malaysia in terms of sand quality and only lose out to Perhentian or Redang islands on the clarity of the seawater. Pangkor beaches are best for family swimming as there are not much loose broken corals/rocks like those in the East Coast. However I am hugely disappointed with the state of the rubbish disposal situation on the Teluk Dalam side of the Island which is really BAD.

Also I think the tourism situation in Pangkor is deteriorating from the earlier days. The crowd is disappearing. Is that good or bad?

Anyway I think we can do something to repackage the island especially to foreign beach lovers which I think your Website is now doing. I believe to put Pangkor on the world trail of tropical havens we should fine tune the entertainment (eg beers, foot reflexology) scene (something which Malaysians are notoriously not effective for whatever reasons, promotion of local delicacies/products/ culture.

Can Pangkor.com do it? Good luck!

So far Tony, Thanks for sharing your thoughts about Pangkor Island. If you want to comment about or to Tony, please use this contact form:

http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/contact-us.html

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Naz tells about her cycling adventures at Pangkor

Some weeks back I got an email from a lady in Penang. She found the Pulau Pangkor website. She thought it was a cool website. Thanks Nazlina! But she had another question. Was it possible if I would show her around at Pangkor on bicycle?

You probably know I love cycling. And thus Naz came to Pangkor. She enjoyed the day on bicycle. I asked her if she could write a few lines  about her experiences which I would publish in my next newsletter. To my surprise, Naz came with a full story. Here's Naz's in  her own words:

http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/pangkor-cycling.html

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Rose showed me Teluk Segadas

Rose is, you could say, the executive manager of the Golden Beach hotel in Pasir Bogak. The Golden Beach is a very nice hotel, I can recommend it. But that is in this story of lesser interest.

On the north east of Pangkor there's a little known beach called Teluk Segadas. For whatever reason I had never come to the point to visit this beach. It's a little difficult to go, there's no road, only a short 15-20 minutes jungle trek.

Rose asked me to join to visit Teluk Segadas. She took almost all of the hotel staff with her so we were with quite a group.

The trek was quite easy though the jungle is dense. There's a hill to climb which is not recommended after some rain (it'll be slippery after the rain). We enjoyed Teluk Segadas very much. It's one of the very best beaches on Pangkor, if not the best. Few people go there.

Rose made a photo album of the little trip to Teluk Segadas:

http://rosram.multiply.com/photos/album/9

And I made a photo page for the Pulau Pangkor website:

http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/teluk-segadas.html

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Lumut and Pangkor postcards

Finally we have them! Lumut and Pangkor postcards are now available. There are two sets, one for Lumut, one for Pula Pangkor.

If you are interested in buying, please contact us for the details using the following link:

http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/postcards-pangkor.html

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Uncle Zam, food court in Seri Manjung

Uncle Zam is a relative new food court in Seri Manjung. It's open now for about half year. It's a nice, clean comfortable and very cool place. Food is good, in fact some of the food available here belong to the best I have tried in the area. Sotong Kang Kung is excellent. Sizzling mee, curry mee and the satay are great too.

Uncle Zam is a Malay food court but it contains also Indian and Chinese food. As usual, there's TV on big screen available. I admit, I left it for a while but since a few weeks I eat there every other day or so. Highly recommended for lunch and dinner.

You find Uncle Zam food court when you go from Lumut to Sitiawan. It's at the junction of Teluk Intan, Taiping and Sitiawan, at the west part of Seri Manjung.

For more shopping and food, have a quick look here:

http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/shopping-and-markets.html

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Tropical fruits in Malaysia, a selection

Malaysia is a tropical country. Therefore you can find fruit you can't find in the northern regions. I will be honest with you, I love fruits, I love the fruits available here in the area where I live, close to Pangkor. Usually I have whatever fruits at home. Little stalls down the road sell excellent and cheap fruits. If you live in Malaysia, you know what I am talking about: mangos, mangosteen, rambutan, bananas, pineapple, jackfruit, durian and... and... and....

Sometimes I meet people at Pangkor asking me what this or that fruit is. They couldn't find it on the website. That is changed now. The list, of course, is not complete but it gives a nice and tasty selection of the fruits available:

http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/tropical-fruits.html

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Malaysian food: Free e-book

The had last year in every issue some recipes of dishes you can find in and around Pangkor and in other areas in Malaysia. I have collected those recipes and put them together in a free e-book which, until now, was only available for the readers of the You may have missed the e-book last year. Here's your new chance. Have fun with the preparation of the recipes and enjoy your meal.

http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/ebookrecipes

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