Fabulous place, I was there for a week about 10 years ago. We then went and stayed 5 days out at Koh Lipe (sp?) which was even more breathtaking… Best trip I ever had. I am really, really jealous!
Oh, and by the way, when I was there I swam face first into one of the dinner plate sized clear and red ones. I remember it was bad, but the memory is kind hazy. Worse, one of the people we were with stepped on a sea urchin and the spines broke off in his foot.
Meh, nothing but good memories really.
First Ko Muk, over Christmas, then Ko Lipe, then something along the Malay coast, then Meleka, finishing in Singapore and then home to several feet of snow, and cold, cold reality, mid January.
Previous journeys were always timed to bring us home in spring or summer, returning to the very dead of winter ought to be an interesting adjustment!
“But I’ll think about that another day!” ala Scarlett O’Hara!
Good god that was funny!
We have box jellyfish sightings around our islands but the non-venomous ones are bad enough. A recent swarming near the shore clogged the cooling intake of one of our biggest thermal plants, causing a shut down and power outages throughout the main island. The news report (cannot be trusted for accuracy) says the power company hauled out 50 truckloads of jellyfish.
Definitely make your destination Pulau Pangkor Laut. Not to be missed if you can help it. The place is a rare gem.
Melaka (a.k.a. Malacca).
I’m considering Pangkor, Penang (just for the eats!), or possibly Langkawi. Meeting friends in Melaka, (again, partly for the eats!), then stay with them in S’pore, and y’know, eat a lot, before returning to the land of ice and snow. With full bellies, clearly!
Did you mean Pangkor Laut Resort? Or just the island? If not the resort, where did you stay? Any place less expensive perhaps? Thanks for the tip. I’ve visited Pangkor before but never Pangkor Laut and would love to hear more about it!
I was stung by a box jellyfish the day after my tenth birthday. The fucker was already dead - there was a regatta in the bay the beach was on, and apparently the boats slice them up into smaller parcels of death - and still damn near killed me. Adrenaline shot in the chest near. The worst part was passing out in the beach club bar and waking up naked to people dousing me with vinegar.
Pangkor Laut is a smaller island next to Pangkor, the resort there is quite luxurious, and Emerald Cove is rated one of the best beaches in the world. *Laut *means ‘the sea’ because this island is a little farther out to sea than the big Pangkor. I remember on the ferry over, in the strait between the mainland and Pangkor, seeing basketball-sized ghostly white jellyfish floating and trailing their tentacles. However, Emerald Cove is on the opposite side of Pangkor Laut, and snorkeling there I found no jellyfish, unless it was those tiny ones you mentioned who give little stings but can basically be ignored. They have a net across the entrance to the cove which I think must be screening out the bigger jellyfish.
Langkawi is a beautiful island, but has been heavily developed for tourism. Nonetheless, if you hike up to the waterfall there, it’s a lovely, relaxing spot.
They say having someone piss on your jellyfish stings helps immensely. I’ve never had the opportunity to try this, but it sounds like a great way to find a date.
It’s generally a bad idea. You pour vinegar on it (except Man o’ War stings.)
Why dey call dem Jelly Fish when no can eat on toast?
…well, you actually can Jellyfish recipe
Ugh. One of my nightmare replays is the time I was playing in the surf in So Cal and looked up to see an 8-ft wave studded with jellyfish just about to break over me. I tried mightily to run, but I was pounded by the wave and roundly stung.
The sight of the relentlessly advancing wave with all the jellies was worse than the stings, but it still was an uncomfortable night.
Can you piss on the victim after applying vinegar? Just for grins.
4 days later, and still no let up in the number of people willing to pee on me!
Enjoy it while you can. Own it!