Pangkor Island In The Mid Eighty's (1) Pangkor Village

Pangkor Village in the mid 80's ... 

Pangkor island was to all us Perakian the closest  place to go for a weekend getaway and that relaxing swim in the sea. Obviously there was Teluk Batik but that was more for a day trip at the beach.

The drive to Lumut would take about 2 hours then and another half hour to forty five minutes to Pangkor village.

In the 80's they used a ferry that had wooden benches, no-glass windows only a canvas outside to shelter from the rain and absolutely no air-condition

That was in the eighties before the North-South highway was completed or even the Penang bridge so Pangkor for a weekend getaway was a very feasible idea.

Pangkor in the eighties was a far cry from what it has be come today, a duty free island and i want to show how far it has changed.

...a fishing village and their warehouses 

A view of the fishing village from inland with Lumut in the background

Fishing boat. Note the 'wooden boxes' ..which have been replaced with plastic containers in later years

 

A sneak peek of the townsfolk and 

..their homes...though this was mostly a Chinese neighborhood

On the way to Pasir Bogak. Shots taken along the way .... a vegetable patch 

...'petrol station' .....

..dead but 'artistic' trees 

These are sorely missing now   ..  the Coconut Trees'

Honda 70's ruled the roads

..and the bicycle 

On the way home....Pangkor village at low tide   

Fishing apparatus neatly stacked in the warehouse

My lasting memory of Pangkor Village ....during low tide