Pangkor Island hornbill9 (Photo credit: Cecil Lee)

English: A Beautiful sunset at Pangkor Island, Malaysia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Oriental Pied-hornbill on Pangkor Island, Malaysia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Sunset at Pangkor Island. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Pangkor Island (Photo credit: Mike Tok)

After Kuala Lumpur and Malaka,

Pangkor Island / @ Pantai Pasir Giam (Photo credit: bahtiar1070)

our Malaysian itinerary was as follows:

•  Pangkor Island – 4 nights
• Cameron Highlands – 3 nights, and
• Taman Negara – 6 nights

Each of these locations were spectacular, stunning or sensational in their natural beauty but  completely different from each other. This is the first of three posts.

We visited Pangkor Island, located in the Straits of Malacca, in the monsoon season, so we were expecting some rain but we were surprised at the huge amount of debris washed up each day on the idyllic, tropical beaches, however they were cleared…