Sunday, July 20, 2008

Pangkor trip 2008

On 12hb July 2008, 6 souls were gathered around the world to participate a joint exercise in Pangkor Island, off the shores of Lumut, Perak. There are multiple objectives for this trip, some treat it as a getaway, some wanna spend time with friends for an outing, and for some is to recharge mentally for the next coming challenge in life.
The gang basically consist of (from left): Alvino, Jeebs, Jocy, Keebs, Joyce, Neebs (Photo courtesy of Jeebs)
Not really sure why the picture is skewed to the right, probably due to high wind from the sea...

Anyway Pangkor is a real crappy place: Mediocre beach, pathetic tourist attaction site like the (Holland fort, big rock and.... that's about it!), very little chicks in bikini, road system is dangerous and alot of blind spot slope... luckily the total length of road in Pangkor is not that long, you can basically round the blardy island in less than 20 minutes, 15 if you had a good car.
The food is ok, can't expect much in a small island, having said that, price ain't that bad, seafood ain't that bad (thanks Alvino for the treat!)
But basically food in Pangkor lacks variety... imagine the first food we crave to eat once we get back to mainland is McD! Maybe we are becoming city slickers... But then again still those seafood I take from Koh Samui or Perhentian were not as bad as those in Pangkor.... And yeah, Pangkor doesn't have much ang mo, so probably that's why the situation is like this, at least its not expensive.

Luckily the weather was great over there: It was cloudy when we go snorkeling and sun bathing, it was raining on Monday morning, it was raining on Monday morning - How often do we find it raining in the morning especially on your off day? Nice!
And time flies pass the 3 days we were there, I think the reason time goes by so fast is because of the good company of friends, and of course partly due to the liquor. Once the bacardi entered my bloodstream, the lullaby already start singing in my head. Maybe that's why Alvino and Jocy cheated my money for those nights.

All in all, it was a great trip, better than Genting and much cheaper than Langkawi and cleaner than Port Dickson. so despite its patheticness of the place, it still worth remembering

Heck, even my PSP was having a good time in Pangkor. Seen here is the PSP crawl out of its pouch to had some sun bathing, backdrop is the sunset at the beach in Pangkor.





On a different note, I will be going to Singapore and Bintan Island next week for training, duration expected to be a week or so. Lets hope I get to see the beaches of Bintan and grab some pictures back for posting...