a different escape

may 4th to may 6th i've went for a different holiday . . .

for me a normal holiday just resting and free from busy and stress

but this one is rather an enjoying-type holiday

location is pangkor island

the 3 days was off-peak period from tuesday to thursday

it's like the resort only 10% or less occupied

7 of us take bus from klang sentral to reach lumut

and a 25 minutes ferry trip to the island

10 years ago i step on this island before

didn't remember much of it though

we stay in coral bay resort 2km from the main jetty

the cool thing is the resort is 100m from the beach

evening, night, morning we walk to the beach

hope for a nice sunset, nice star-sky-view, nice cold breeze

but we're not in good luck i guess

sunset could have been better without cloud

stars couldn't been seen clearly, either it's thick cloud or the light is too bright

we barely see a few stars shine the second day

and about sea breeze, a very week one actually

the pasir bogak beach not that clean also, still the sea water is better than some in east coast

still have good things though

the food we having in the resort is really not bad

so much food and the lunch and dinner set we have to waste some

breakfast buffet is nice, just that milk is missing which i really hope they have it

most of our activities is by the beach

walking by the seaside, picking up and throwing stones

shell hunting and some rock-climbing to get higher view

the best activity will be the snorkeling and sight-seeing

all on a speed boat where the we run into strong winds

we snorkel one hour and then swim by a so-called private beach for half-and-hour

the snorkeling is fun and really a lot of fishes out there, colourful one is nice of course

and also the place where we keep on taste the sea water

that 'private' beach can only reach by boat cause it's a small and pretty island apart from the main island

so not much people there, in fact only our group by there that time

the beach is very clean compare to the main island's

and sea water is just so crystal-clear

first time i seen it really surprise me

because in my mind, there's really less beach that's clean unless it is really private

second day evening, we walked 2km to town and weather just so hot

simply walk around and managed to buy some local products

and on the way back, found a very very rare ice kacang stall

due to off-peak period, not much food and dessert can be found

even the people that make ice kacang also out of ice for the moment when 7 of us ordered

at the beach, saw some fellows putting kites, really professional

looking at them while they racing their kites to reach as high as possible

quite a scene by the beach, feel so relax

that night, and lucky enough, some fellow catching fish by the seaside

and the process is 'live' in front of us

they catch dozens of squid and some medium-sized fishes

a lot has 'jump' away when they pulling back the net

for a city-kidz . . . it's nice experience

another thing that surprise us is we saw some friends from our secondary school

ex-schoolmates, either is malaysia too small, or could be we have the same thoughts

i bet even if we chose some other place, we could still see some familiar faces

it's good somehow

the morning on the day we back

we spent our last activity on the beach as well

this time sand-art

lot of stuffs put on to make some good photo for cameras

other than footprints, we even use specs to decorate the sand

one that only us can make it because 7 of us wear specs

the only thing that this trip make me really relax is sitting by the beach

looking at the sun, the sand, the wave

and think of nothing else

no worries, no problems, just pure relax

''wish for another trip XD''