Bring me back to Pangkor

I love beaches..

And one of the most memorable trip to the beach was a trip to Pangkor with my batchmates. The best trip ever, as it was before our last semester and graduation. After some planning we managed to pull it off with around 40 people i think. Honestly it was not easy to convince people to join the trip being UIA and all...guys and girls can't mix together (siap ada takut kena tangkap khalwat...haha). But then the plan must go on..so the rest was history and to Pangkor we went, on a bus called Bob 5 complete with a tv and karaoke box to the delight of most of the guys who aspire to be Awie...horror!! This karaoke session resumed on the way back to KL.."goodness gracious".
We stayed at a chalet 5minutes walk from the beach with volleyball court, pool and ping pong table, dining hall and karaoke room (yikes!). Upon touchdown I was excited to hit the beach, some went to recover from never ending sea sickness, trying to figure out the karaoke box, surveying the area, sleep and even putting on make up preparing for the beach (?!) ... the rest of the trip was spent on the beach either mandi laut or makan angin. No nice sunset though as from our place it was blocked by another island but the sky at dusk and dawn were breathtaking also at night the stars were striking briliance.
We went on a boat trip which brings us around Pangkor island. The really nice beaches that I normally see in ads were actually private beaches owned by big hotels like Pangkor Laut, Four Seasons etc. Off limits to non-residence, too bad and a bit unfair to limit the beaches to the few who stay there. But they have their reasons like wanting to keep the beach clean and pristine for the residences. We saw the infamous Pangkor Laut rooms that stretches out to the sea, I can see their toilet pipes from my boat and kwai-los with their minimal dress code stretching out at the balcony (entah dah mandi belum..eee). Pangkor Laut even have their own ferry, helicopter and boats to cater to the visitors so when they say the room rate ranges from RM900 to RM8,000 per night it was a no brainer. Dream honeymoon getaway. Then we went to Coral Island which is full of corals so it was really hard to walk on the sea bed plus there were a lot of gamat. It is very jellyish so you feel like stepping on thick slimey goo, urgh!
Apart from the sea venture, we went sight seeing at Red Fort. The place was recently refurbished and quite nice. Although the dark trap door on the fort floor looks really earie. Then went shopping for dried seafood and souvenirs, did not managed to find a decent sarong for myself (sigh..). We also went to snake park, because remembered seeing a big snake and animal statues...my friends enjoyed taking their picture with the tortoise ("kura") for certain reasons.
At the chalet and other memorable moments there were; I learned how to play pool not bad for a girl, hurt my hand playing volleyball and ate dirt from so much falling, watching people singing their hearts out on the karaoke machine..Cheeks brought her own karaoke cd collection (diam2 jek), ate dirt again at the beach (the swing incident..18SG), played games with the whole gang and sharing quiet time with my McDreamy.

The trip was sure a memorable one which I will treasure forever.