Wednesday's Anchovies

Morning Pangkor! Wake up in small rain and the rain stopped after our breakfast! Lucky us! Started our journey exploring Pangkor Island with our rented Proton Saga! The pink van! In case you don't feel like driving yourself, you can always look for the pink van to fetch you to your destination! The pink van is just like a taxi and it can be found almost everywhere on the island! Mural on the wall in SPK town. So creative! Road in Pangkor is just simple and straight forward. It should be very hard to get lost on this island if you followed the proper road :P From SPK, we followed the main road, passed by a garbage furnace and reached Pantai Teluk Dalam which located next to Pangkor Island Airport! Yes, there is a small airport here! The beach is calm and less crowded compared to Pantai Pasir Bogak. Perfect spot for picnic! Our next stop is Lin Je Kong, which is a temple situated at the edge of Coral Bay and facing the sea! We did not do any...

Kick start of our Pangkor Island 3D2N trip! Visited Pangkor Island during Hari Haji long weekend break, thanks to public holiday! Out of expectation, the island is not crowded during this long weekend, maybe because of the raining season. We had fun eating, playing, lazy-ing and relax our mind during these 3 days at Pangkor Island. Total expenses per person is less than RM300! Including accommodation, transportation, island hopping, car rental, all meals and souvenir shopping!   Our itinerary as below: Day 1 KualaLumpur – Breakfast at Pasir Penambang (Kuala Selangor) – Paddy field atSekinchan – Lumut Jetty Terminal – Sungai Pinang Kecil (SPK) Jetty – Checked inat Pangkor Guest House, SPK – Dinner & Rent a car – Pantai Pasir Bogak Day 2 Breakfastat SPK – Driving around the island (Pantai Teluk Dalam, Lin Je Kong, DutchFort) – Lunch at town – Pantai Pasir Bogak + Island hopping trip (Turtle Rock,Back elephant rock, Whale rock, Giam Island, Pangkor Laut Resort) ...

From Pulau Sapi , we travelled to Pulau Manukan. Just short distance, reached after around 10minutes by speed boat. Stunned by the view from jetty. So BLUE lol! The water is super clear too! Spotted lots of fishes swimming around the jetty once we landed! Pulau Manukan is the second largest island in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park and it is one of the most popular islands in Sabah. Facilities here is quite well-established compared to other islands where chalets and few restaurants are available here. Public bathroom is available here too. By the way, food sold on the island is with “resort” price. Please bring along some snack to save your wallet lol. We saw people bring along whole bucket of KFC! Slurps! Blue, green, cream :P It was around 12PM and the sun was burning! The wooden bridge – A famous selfie spot for tourist lol. Leisure time on the beach :) Can’t get enough of the lovely blue sky! Quite painful to walk on t...

A trip to Kota Kinabalu is not complete without island hopping, Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park is one of the must visit attraction when you travel to Sabah. Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park comprises of 5 islands which are Pulau Gaya, Pulau Sapi, Pulau Manukan, Pulak Mamutik and Pulau Sulug. All these 5 islands located between 3km to 8km from Kota Kinabalu. Tunku Abdul Rahman Park After breakfast, we departed to Jesselton Point Ferry Terminal, which is the ferry terminal heading to islands in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park. At the ferry terminal, there are around 10 travel agencies offering similar types of island hopping package to tourists. Everyone shouting at price lower than next door, just like pasar malam lol. Generally, the package offered is similar among all travel agencies, which are ferry rate for adults or children, for 1 island or 2 islands or even 3 islands and also rental fee for snorkeling equipment.  Famous islands among tourists are Pulau Sapi, Pu...