We got a bus from KL to a place called Lumut and then a ferry on to Pangkor Island. We checked into a little beach cabin literally about 20m from the beach. It cost us about 8 quid a night. It had a balcony, satellite TV and air con - cheap as chips! The taxi's in Pangkor were crazy. Bright pink little mini buses everywhere. We seemed to always ...

Pangkor is about a 4 hour bus ride and a 30 minute ferry from the Cameron Highlands. The island is pretty popular with Malays due to its proximity to KL. It is not as popular with backpackers, who tend to hit the islands off the east coast of Malaysia, but the weather on the east coast was rainy, so I headed to sunny Pangkor instead. I stayed on...

Penang Suddenly everything seemed boring & tardy after a spectacular rollercoaster of 3 days in Sumatra - an amazing experience & one we will never forget. We had just an overnight stop in Penang, so bagged a hotel in the state capital Georgetown, & went out for a few beers & chilled out, reflecting on the past few days! Next mor...

We left Langkawi and headed down the coast to Penang via boat. It was a 3 hour journey from hell with everyone on board being sea sick and the only relief was to go and stand out on the back for the whole duration of the trip. Once at Penang we checked into somewhere nice in the chinese district, it became apparent pretty quick that it was actua...

Pangkor island is a favoured holiday destination for Malaysians. However there is a popular backpacker haven - Teluk Nipah. We arrived in order to use up a couple of days before hitting Kuala Lumpur. The best beach we have come across for a few weeks we spent the day topping up our Tans and acting like children in the burying each other in the s...

Friday 28th July '06 (Diary) '...OK - so up and out by 11ish - taxi to the bus station and then the 12.30-pm bus to KL, couldn't get any money at the station from one ATM and waited nervously at another (Maybank)- really didn't fancy a repeat of Delhi! Bingo got some cash - bought some sort of hotdog and climbed aboard the bus. About 3hrs to KL ...

Slight change of plan - had a "team meeting" on Saturday and all voted that we'd like to stay here a bit longer. Since then, the last few days have passed in a blur of laziness. Lots of reading, Scrabble, cards, swimming, etc. One small blip of energy involved cycling around the island yesterday - 17km. Big mistake! The pedal on my bike kept sli...

Arrived on Pangkor Island yesterday. Had a 4 hour bus journey from KL to Lumut and then took a 30 min ferry to Pangkor Town. From the ferry, you have to take these funny taxi van things - arrived in Teluk Nipah at 4 in the afternoon. Checked into the Hornbill Resort, and got a room facing the sea. Room is pretty basic but view is fab. Walked dow...