There was another tropical storm last night and it rained monkeys and lemurs (that’s our equivalent of cats and dogs). The sky this morning was a little overcast. A fact we were grateful for as we were going kayaking. This side of Malaysia where our little island lies is in the Malacca Strait off the Andaman sea. As such the waters are usually calm being sandwiched between Malaysia and North Sumatra. We strode along the long deserted beach to a shack that rented sea kayak. There are a few places renting boats here at the weekend for the regular influx of Malay tourist from the mainland. Being midweek we had to get a young girl to phone the owner who promptly arrived on his scooter and sorted out a kayak for us.
We paddled off around a couple of islands and set off up the coast for an hour or so. There are turtles and dolphin here but we were unlucky and didn’t see any. At one point a small area of the sea bubbled close to the boat and fish started jumping out of the water. I can only imagine that a shark was hunting them and they were trying to get out of the way. We paddled into the centre of the bubbling cauldron but it vanished and the sea calmed as quick as it had started. There are 68 species of shark in the waters around Malaysia with reef shark being the most common. Thankfully shark attacks on humans are very rare so Crispy wasn’t too bothered.
We paddled around up the coast and found a beautiful deserted small cove. Golden sands with smooth white rock formations set against a lush jungle backdrop. It could have been a scene from Robinson Crusoe. We nosed the boat onto the sand and I checked for monkey. I didn’t want to leave the boat unattended with these little shites roaming about as they would certainly steal everything from it. Satisfied that none were around, or at least curious to our being there, we beached the boat on the sand. We spent the next few hours skinny dipping and swimming off the beach in crystal clear water. We have skinny dipped a few times on our travels and it is a very liberating experience when you know you are completely alone. Satisfied and completely relaxed we paddled back the couple of miles to our own beach. A few hours later a flight of navy helicopters flew over and buzzed the beaches. I was concerned that someone had seen Crispy in the shallows and notified the coastguard of a potential great white sighting. I guess we will never know.
After the kayaking we sat in hammocks that were used by the local fishermen reading our books.As no one was there we borrowed them for a couple of hours.
The rest of the day was spent chilling and relaxing. Crispy is in her element as this must be one of the nicest untouched beach places we have been.
I spent an hour reviewing our onward travel plans. The initial plan was to spend a couple of nights in Penang before heading back overland for a few nights in KL before jetting off to India. As it’s the Chinese New Year on the 25th we have decided to extend our time in Penang to ensure we are there for the celebrations. I have booked a cheap internal flight to get us back to KL international hopefully in time for the evening flight to Bombay.
It’s Crispys birthday tomorrow. 21 again.. we can’t think of a nicer place to spend it...
Bare and Crispy signing off, Pangkor Island, Malaysia 🇲🇾
We paddled off around a couple of islands and set off up the coast for an hour or so. There are turtles and dolphin here but we were unlucky and didn’t see any. At one point a small area of the sea bubbled close to the boat and fish started jumping out of the water. I can only imagine that a shark was hunting them and they were trying to get out of the way. We paddled into the centre of the bubbling cauldron but it vanished and the sea calmed as quick as it had started. There are 68 species of shark in the waters around Malaysia with reef shark being the most common. Thankfully shark attacks on humans are very rare so Crispy wasn’t too bothered.
We paddled around up the coast and found a beautiful deserted small cove. Golden sands with smooth white rock formations set against a lush jungle backdrop. It could have been a scene from Robinson Crusoe. We nosed the boat onto the sand and I checked for monkey. I didn’t want to leave the boat unattended with these little shites roaming about as they would certainly steal everything from it. Satisfied that none were around, or at least curious to our being there, we beached the boat on the sand. We spent the next few hours skinny dipping and swimming off the beach in crystal clear water. We have skinny dipped a few times on our travels and it is a very liberating experience when you know you are completely alone. Satisfied and completely relaxed we paddled back the couple of miles to our own beach. A few hours later a flight of navy helicopters flew over and buzzed the beaches. I was concerned that someone had seen Crispy in the shallows and notified the coastguard of a potential great white sighting. I guess we will never know.
After the kayaking we sat in hammocks that were used by the local fishermen reading our books.As no one was there we borrowed them for a couple of hours.
The rest of the day was spent chilling and relaxing. Crispy is in her element as this must be one of the nicest untouched beach places we have been.
I spent an hour reviewing our onward travel plans. The initial plan was to spend a couple of nights in Penang before heading back overland for a few nights in KL before jetting off to India. As it’s the Chinese New Year on the 25th we have decided to extend our time in Penang to ensure we are there for the celebrations. I have booked a cheap internal flight to get us back to KL international hopefully in time for the evening flight to Bombay.
It’s Crispys birthday tomorrow. 21 again.. we can’t think of a nicer place to spend it...
Bare and Crispy signing off, Pangkor Island, Malaysia 🇲🇾
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