Pangkor Island Beach Resort, a long weekend at Pangkor

by TJ
(Singapore)

TJ and her boyfriend stayed at the Pangkor Island Beach Resort. They are from Singapore and visited recently (July 2007) Pulau Pangkor. Here's her story:

It was one months ago, me and my boyfriend went to the beautiful island. I started to plan our 6 months ago for our 3days 2 nights holiday. After 3 months searching for the location, finally Pangkor island came into our mind. I'd found so many websites about Pangkor and what's special in the island. We choose to stay in a the Pangkor Island Beach Resort, formerly known as Pan Pacific, a 4 Star Hotel in Teluk Belanda.

It was really am amazing place for the vacation. Both of us enjoy ourselves very much on the island. We went for canoeing ,cycling, and had a very relaxing quiet moments. The natural view from the little jetty is so peaceful and we were hard to imagine that we are in such a wonderful place.

We went from Penang to Lumut by bus which only cost us RM 12.50 per person. When we reach Lumut, the jetty to Pangkor island is in walking distance. The ferry will stop on another small fisherman village before Pangkor island. The people in Lumut are so kind, when we were about the leave the ferry to the small village, one of the passenger stop us so that we didn't go to the wrong place and end up disappointing holidays.

Once we reached the jetty in Pangkor island, the people are so nice. After we had our lunch (kuay tow soup)in one of the hawker stalls. The boss stopped a taxi for us.He was so kind (Thank you !). After 15 minutes beach and town view in taxi, we reached the resort.

The resort is much more beautiful than its photo in the website. We managed to upgrade our room to the ocean view one. We spent the whole day in the resort. After dinner, we went for a walk at the beach ... wow! it was so romantic. Love this part so much. Listened to the wave while your love one whispering beside you. What a amazing feeling, right?

The second day, we chose to enjoy the facilities in the resort, we rent a bicycle and start our journey around island. We stopped at the small beautiful jetty after 500m ride from the resort. The peaceful view from the jetty is a priceless thing i had form the island. There was only both of us at the jetty. The whole road to town is so peaceful and it's hardly to find a saloon car here, or a annoying motorbike.

The roads are so steep for bicycle rider, so we only managed reach the second climax. It took around 30 minutes. We did not feel any tiredness because we could stop anywhere we like and rest. In the evening , we rent canoe from the resort and had a very fun time canoeing. We watched the scenery of the island from the sea. At night, We walked by the sea and this time we found something new... BABY CRABS! There is thousands of baby crabs on the beach.. we played with them and finally watched them went back to their home.

Come to the last day ... After a wonderful breakfast at the resort, we went to the town to get something before heading back to Lumut. The hotel employees helped us to hire a taxi from the resort. The town is full of dried seafood shops. The Dried fish is the most famous thing in the island. There is also some dried seafood that we could not find from other place else for example: dried baby squid, dried stingray, dried cockle, dried baby oyster, and much more.

3 days past... finally our journey comes to the end . However, the sweet memories we had in the island will always fresh in our mind. Thank you Pangkor Island for giving us so much precious moments.