Friday, April 14, 2017

Pangkor Island Outing.

Pangkor Marina organized an excursion to Pangkor Island and not only the Sail Malaysia Rally participants were invited, but also the sailors presently at the Marina. We had an early start taking the ferry across from the Marina and were taxied around the island ending up with an excellent lunch at the beach. The following is my collection of the photos taken during the outing.



 The first stop was at a temple.





 Then on to a fish processing plant where they dry and sort the small fish which one find everywhere in the area. 






 Then on to a fishing boat construction yard.
 Beautiful timber.

 Drying the fish in the sun.




 The keel has been laid. But what condition these workers work under.
 Finally to the beach restaurant for a great lunch.

 Beautiful setting and if I will have the time, I would like to anchor off in this bay?



 The food just came coming and its was great and tasty. This is Crab.
 Then Scrimps.
 Rice salad.
 Fish.

 Chicken.
 Aparently some parts of a fish(?) but it was very tasty.
 Vegetables.
 And then return journey to the Marina.



Friday, April 7, 2017

Market Day Close To Pangkor Marina.

On Fridays it is market day close to the Marina and it is very interesting. Everyone are smiling and friendly. I ended up buying more than I can eat, but it was good.

























Monday, April 3, 2017

Visa Run To Singapore.

As my visa for Malaysia was running out this week and the Immigration in Ipoh could not issue me an extension, I ended up going for a day to Singapore. It is a very long way and it took the night bus 14 hours to get to Singapore, but "only" 10 hours to get back to Lumut, where I arrived this morning at 07:00. It was a tough trip, with hardly any sleep and the bus going south was full and we had a huge amount of traffic all the way. In any case, I managed to get my 90 days visa for Malaysia and did spare parts shopping in Singapore, as well as a walk in the center of this busy town. Some of yesterdays photos below shows the different main religions present in Singapore. Namely:

1) Buddhism:




2) Hindu:



3) Muslim:


4) Hippie:









5) Modern architecture: