A Traveller's Tale: A Glimpse of Pangkor Laut

If you are in Pangkor Island, you are bound to be drawn by the island of Pangkor Laut. Putting a night there, I heard comes to over a thousand ringgit per night, a very exorbitant price for Malaysian standard. From Pantai Pasir Bogak, you'd get a glimpse of one of its bays; Emerald Bay, I think, and during a clear day, you'd swear you could see the chalets on stilts there with your naked eyes and at night, you could not help but wonder what goes on there where the lights are flickering.There being two other bays in Pangkor Laut: Royal Bay and Coral Bay. Michelle Yeoh, the ex-Bond girl and star of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, reportedly spends her Christmas here each year in the more secluded and more expensive Royal Bay where you can ask for breakfast in bed on have lunch or dinner on the beach. You'd have to pay for that of course; so, perhaps, if you are just traveling on a shoe string budget, you'd just take a boat ride to get a glimpse of the unspoiled island which has always been touted as Malaysia's most internationally acclaimed resort....A glimpse probably would bring some pleasure...

Pangkor Laut...



Houses on stilts in one of Pangkor Laut's three bays...