DD escape to Pangkor Island

DD here doesn't mean Dead line or D-day..hehe..it just means double day, yea double day escape to Pangkor Island...Yet another cuti-cuti Malaysia for 2nd consecutive weeks..just for relaxation with families and relatives. and yes it's one of the most looking forward activities with my cousins and aunties and uncles. We stayed at the Pangkor Island Beach Resort, which turned out to be quite cool! To get to the Pangkor Island, you need to drive for about 2.5-3 hours until you've reached Lumut harbour and then take a boat to the Island which took us about 30mins. A small tram will be at the harbour to pick you up (3 mins) until the hotel.

Reviews and VIEWs of the beach and hotel are as below..:)..Enjoy!!

The lobby of the hotel

One of the night lounge by the beach as well

That's the room I stayed viewing the beach (not exactly in-front but there are chalet just on top of the beach for honeymoon couples.

The view by the coffee house..I would say that the good nature landscaping influenced the atmosphere here

The view from my room's balcony

Following below is the beach and activities for the 2 days

We rented 2  catamarans but it brokedown halfway, YES it brokedown..

That's me on the left and me, my uncle and my cousin sis on the right..

I really love the blue skies and cloud formations during that day.it enabled me to create a dramatic HDR photos which could be accessed here.

some crazy fellas including me waving in the middle of the high wavy sea..and luckily it's very shallow and we roamed quite far away.but sure it's fun to go 'against' the wave..

and to my surprise, there were many hornbills flying around

When the dawn is breaking, we had our buffett dinner by the beach and poolside accompanied with song performances

Enjoying the sunset while having dinner..

WANT MORE of those sunsets? Check my HDR quality sunsets here

Overall I would rate this hotel 

4.5 out of 5 for the facilities, 

5/5 for the foods 

and 

4/5 for the room as it was a little heaty at night

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3 Stars Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo

Well this is my 4th time stay at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel. It's situated at the Shinagawa-ku, one of the 23 special wards in the Tokyo metropolitan city. The train station is just 5 minutes walk away and it's within the famous Yamanote Line in which you can travel directly to famous places such as Akihabara, Shibuya. Ginza, Shinjuku etc. The hotel's huge with lots of facilities such as shopping center, cinema, amusement park, restaurants, aquarium, dolphin show, bolwing center etc. You name it, you got it. From the first photo below, you can see one of the lobby, it has 2 wings thus it has 2 lobbies.

of the Main Lobby

The Xmas Tree Deco, I really miss this one

Close-up..not so bright though

The bowling alley

Shopping Alley

OK Here's my room..been in the similar or I would say same layout room for the 4th time.

The whole bedroom..I'm alone here for the first time..sorry for the untidiness..

Some new changes including the TV which has been changed to HD Panel..
and that's the HD TV Show

The washing area..with all the amenities including facial soap, hair dryer, shaver, etc

The hair shampoo and conditioner and body shampoo..branded

* It includes a pair of Yukata and slippers in the hotel room


You know what it is


AND....Here's the view from my room and from other wings of the Hotel..

Morning View from my roomAnother view from my room which is at the 29th floor

Afternoon view..can you see the moon?

NiteView from my room as well

Another view

Another nite view..experimentation with shutter mode


The Tokyo tower and the surroundings from other wing of the hotel

Just another view from different wing.

Well I would like to give this hotel a 4.5/5 rating for its 5 star facilities although it's a 3 stars hotel..wondering how a 5 stars hotel in Tokyo would be...

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