Pulau Pangkor
Sep 14, 2008
I finally went off the beaten track here in Malaysia. After 40 days amongst buildings, buildings and more buildings, I decided I have had enough of concrete.
And thus I set off on a journey to Pulau Pangkor. I took a bus costing just 18ringgets to Lumut, the place where jetties leave for Pangkor regularly. the journey through Selangor and Perak by bus took more than 4hrs as the driver was not breaking even on his investment with only one passenger going to Lumut. He stopped at every damn bus stop to pick up people for short rides! I didn't complain though. I was mesmerized by the occasional waterfall, and some really HUGE cave temples on the way to Ipoh, the capital of Perak.
I finally reached Lumut in the afternoon. Lumut is a nice small town with a beautiful water front and chinese temples and a clark quayish beach road with KFC, pizza huts and numerous pubs. I walked from the bus stand to the main dock and booked a return ticket to Pangkor on a small boat. The boat ride was for about 30minutes with a stop in between at Sungai Pinang Basil, the fishing village on Pangkor island. I got of the Pangkor town jetty and was instantly surrounded by the taxi drivers. And the taxis were infact minivans, painted PINK!
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