Road Trip - Day 3

Check out time, 10 am. As soon as we received our deposit, we made our way out of Sri Sayang and onto the next destination. About an hours drive from the bridge would get you to Taiping. This is where we stopped for lunch. As Shawn’s mum is from Taiping, she recommended that we go to Cashere’s Market to eat as it is one of the biggest food courts in town. By the time we arrived, it was just nice to have our meal. Let’s just say that everyone was pretty pleased with the pricing of food and drinks here. Just to give a rough picture… 5 drinks including canned drinks totals up to RM7. A plate of Char Kuay Teow, no more than RM3 and chicken rice not more than RM3.50. As this was personally my second time to Taiping, I still think this town has the cheapest pricing on hawker’s food. After lunch, I took the group to Taiping’s Lake Gardens which is quite a beautiful sight to behold. We spent about 30mins to take some photos before departing for the second last leg of our vacation, to Pulau Pangkor!

We reached Lumut at about 4.30pm and had to take the ferry across to Pangkor Island. We waited for the ferry which was scheduled to depart at 5pm and cost us RM10 each, to and fro. For those who have never taken the ferry to Pangkor, you need not worry too much about timing as there are ferries scheduled approximately every 30mins. Upon setting foot on the island, we hailed a taxi to take us to Coral Bay Resort. There is always a notion that these hotels with 4-star rating would be impressive. But we were truly mistaken were somewhat disappointed with the place. The hotel looked old, run-down and really not what we expected. The reason that we opted for this place was that it offered condo units and we were entitled to discount with the usage of Shiao Teng’s Golden Reservation card. But nonetheless, we checked-in and tried to make the best of the place.

The sun was about to set and we decided to head to the beach. Down the street from our hotel was a long stretch of beach which was quite decent. We found ourselves a spot along the beach and went on to test the waters. By this time, the tide was coming in and granted us the chance to have some good fun with the waves. The guys started off trying to ride the waves as it hit the shore. Soon everyone gave it a go. There was a battle going on and guess who won? Yes. The sea bullied the hell out of us…haha, but we really had a smashing…or should I say…splashing time. As the tide was getting quite high and sun almost set, we retreated to the hotel’s pool…the same routine as we had in Penang. In this hotel too, we got chased out of the pool…oops! Naturally, everyone showered and got ready to have dinner. All the water and swimming got is really hungry which made us pass up the choice to eat at a restaurant with more people. Our f&b studies have thought us that crowds are indications of a good outlet. But our stomachs told us to be impatient and opted for the restaurant with not so many people. This restaurant was located just outside of our hotel. Despite the fact that the dishes were not all that delicious, guess which was the dish everyone favoured? The simplest of all – ‘Sang Choy’ aka Lettuce…because all had problems doing ‘big business’.

After dinner, what do we do? The same thing we did on previous nights but this time with the premium stuff. Some black jack and mushrooms got everyone…in the right mood to have a sound sleep. :)