Video Link to Malaysian trip videos:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3ydq4chfvho02xk/AABD8GdfEgNjr-_3mrnnnuEga?dl=0
We’re excited to begin our first full day in the Pangkor Laut Resort. On the way to breakfast I pointed out the “bat” tree to Judy. Those bats are huge.
All the large dark objects hanging in the tree are bats, really big bats!
Breakfast was great. There was so much variety! Indian, Western, Malaysian, and Chinese foods were spread out into 8 or 9 different areas. The fruit drink area was our favorite. After selecting the fruits we wanted, we handed the plate to the worker who mixed and juiced them. We’ve dabbled in a few of the breakfast foods from the other countries, but still keep going back to the standards, eggs, sausage, waffles, etc.
After breakfast we wandered through the property back to our villa, stopping to take some pictures of some crazy looking birds. We enjoyed some time on the deck. Around 12:30, we walked to the shuttle stop and rode it over to Emerald Bay, on the opposite side of the island.
A really interesting tropical bird is in the tree, in the middle of the picture. As it turns out, there was as many as 7 or 8 in these trees.
The beach on the main side of the island isn’t really for swimming. It’s less sand and more gravel. The beach at Emerald Bay is perfect, and the water temp was cool, but not cold. There were never more than 20 people on this really large beach. When we first arrived, there was a little excitement as some of the guests noticed a snake, and the workers sacked it up. We camped out under some trees (checking for snakes first), enjoying the view, the shade, the tranquility, and of course, some tropical drinks with umbrellas. I posted two videos in the linked file.
Emerald Bay
It’s really secluded and quiet.
Shade and a gorgeous view.
A picture of the beach, shot from the water.
We ate dinner later at the beach restaurant, and as we finished, there was a commotion down on the beach. The waiters and beach staff were scrambling after a monkey that had sneaked up behind some guests and grabbed their dinner. He got up a tree and moved away, eventually getting to a place they couldn’t reach him, where he calmly finished eating his “catch”. I walked over a little later to get a better look at him, and he started down the tree. I thought he might be about to sneak up on someone else, so I started shooting a video. To my surprise, when he hit the ground he came right at me. I didn’t have time to react before he ran past me, and then calmly moved away. The video is in the file accessed with the video link at the top of this blog. One of the beach staff told me the monkey was a “regular guest”. Some of the resort literature mentions closing doors and windows before leaving a villa to prevent monkey visitation.