"Kellie's Castle"

On the way back from Pangkor, decided to use the more conventional path - highway! Along the road from Batu Gajah to the PLUS highway, there is one tourist attraction called Kellie's Castle. I pass by a few times during my old USM Tronoh days, but never went in... Now, lets see what it's all about!


Kellie's Castle front...

This is an interesting tree. Notice on the trunk is an image of...

... a bear! Cool huh...

Green green grass...

The castle is mostly uncompleted. The owner was said to have run into problems and passed away before it was finished. It was mostly forgotten until recently.

Walking the mysterious corridors....

One of the many secret tunnels/exits that link one part of the castle to another. They made these so that when the castle is under attack, there is a quick escape route. But it was too spooky for me, so I dare not try walking it..hahaha :P

Outside... damn hot day...

Ah, my favourite: the speech podium!

The background building is the first home of Kellie, only left ruins after WWII bombings...

The view from the tower! Notice the round speech podium. It also serves as an observation platform for Kellie to admire the beautiful view from his castle...

The castle is influenced by Islamic architecture.

Recommended? Hey, if you're around town, why not? :D

It's not free but quite cheap @ RM4 per person. The beautiful garden is already worth it ;)

"Pulau Pangkor (IV)"

Tuesday morning, woke up early for one last stroll along the beach.



Fleet of boats. Actually I wanted to take the boat ride that brings u to a few of the nice little islands nearby. Can go see corals, snorkelling, etc. Alas, time did not permit.......

For breakfast/lunch, we took a taxi to the groom's mother's place in Pangkor town. Pangkor is really small, with only ONE road that rounds the island.

The house...

... which is just beside a FEW kopitiams. This is where we had breakfast/lunch. Convenient, eh. Anyway the food is pretty good and the best part is you can order from any stall (even from other coffeshops!) and they will still serve you!

This is the front of the house, where you can basically sit and call the coffeeshop boy to bring some drinks over!

Caught this little cute girl loitering near me. She obediently (willingly?) posed for a pic :P

The main industry in Pangkor: fishing. And the town is a fishing village.

And the jetty back to Lumut was 50m from the house :-S (Can it be more convenient than this??)

The trail back home................ leaving with a heavy heart. Feeling I will miss the early morning strolls along the beach... the awesome sunset... and just living a simple life in a place where time almost stands still...

End? Not really.. still got one more adventure to be had!

"Pulau Pangkor (III)"

Ah, the Wedding Day!


Take some family photos while waiting for the groom to arrive..

Here he comes!

And brings her away on his Mercedes! There were a few 'tests' before he managed to do that though: "Give us ang pow before we let u see her", "Drink this weird drink first", "Sing a few songs", "Say I love u in 9 diff languages"... u know, that kinda crap ... :P

Tea-serving ceremony. There's close to 100 of these pics, with different ppl being served.

By 2pm, I was terribly hungry and bored. That's when we rented a taxi and went for the island tour ;)

But it was going to be very tight coz the wedding dinner actually starts at 5.30pm. Some guy was coming to pick us at 5pm, so we'd have to time the trip really well. That explains the express tour we had: 1.5 hours including makan!

Thankfully we made it. But the hall was already FULL. OMG, have u ever heard of a wedding dinner at 5.30pm?! Anyway, it wasn't long before food was served...

I find this unique, its not the usual starter we get. The mini buns are superb.

To entertain us during the meal...

Aunties singing karaoke and dancing cha-cha!! :D Wild aunties!

Stars of the day.

My role was to take photos and videos of the champagne popping, singing, blablabla............................... zzzz

The dinner was over by 7.30pm :D Crazy, eh.... In fact, the guests never even wait for the bride and groom to stand at the exit... they jz blah! And not even the usual 'Yam Seng'... Oh well, every place has its own unique culture :P

Finally, a pic of me......

Guy trying to show-off his cup trick which I admit, was impressive.

And something we don't see happening these days: don't let anything go to waste! Tah-pao the left-over food, fill the leftover drinks into bottles....

By 8.30pm, already back in our hotel. What a tiring day!


Next: The last day in Pangkor.......

"Pulau Pangkor (II)"

Day 2: the wedding day! Very busy day, even for 'extras' like me because I wanted to attend the wedding AND go the touristy places in Pangkor...

Woke up early at 7am and went for a stroll down the Pasir Bogak beach.



At about 10am was the first wedding event for the day, the bridegroom picking up his bride, who's at the apartment we are renting. This lasted till about 2pm. But lets leave the wedding stuff aside first and see what are the places to go in Pangkor...

There are a few ways to travel around here; bike and taxi seems to be the most popular and easiest. A taxi tour of the place (round the island) costs RM50 for 7 of us for 2 hours.


Uncle talking about his good old days... :P

First stop is the Dutch Fort. Like the Melaka A Farmosa-type of place.


Not much remains of the place...

The pink coloured van at the back is an example of the taxis in Pangkor; can't miss them!


Nice circular rest area.

Nearby is this Historical Rock/Batu Bersurat. See the image of the Tiger on the rock? Apparently a Dutch boy went missing and was believed to be killed by this tiger. Some say the tiger image could also signify the local Malay villagers...


One place the uncle recommended was this Kuan Yin temple.


White sandy beaches!

Kuan Yin on a Dragon facing the sea.


The place has a nice view of the sea and a well-maintained garden.

The last stop (we were in a hurry, the wedding dinner starts at 5pm!) is the Foo Lin Kong temple. There's a miniature Great Wall of China by the side of the temple...

Hurriedly rush back to the hotel... Time was already 4.15pm!

Next up: the Wedding stuff...