More of Pangkor... Going on to what's inscribed on a stone...

OK... Continuing straight from the last story on Pangkor...

A kind of cave not far from our chalet...

A smaller island off Pangkor...

There's a Malay saying "ular menyusup akar tak akan hilang bisanya" (literally "a snake slithering under tree-roots won't lose its venom") which means a strong and powerful person can stoop down to humble himself and yet that won't make him weak... In other word, don't worry or fear being humble, something like that...

I saw this cat walking through this roots and wondered if the saying applies in this case too... Hmm...

The picture towards the beach from a food-stall where we had lunch the next day. Oh, for the record, we converged in Manjung on January 27th of 2007 and left for Pangkor the next day. So this picture was taken on January 29th then...

A rather unique and strange tree right in front of our chalet. Why, it even have a 'cave' which could fit one or two grown-ups inside!

Part of the beach seen from our chalet. In the picture is a Chinese temple which peculiarly had a statue of Donald Duck on top!

The tomb of a 17th Century Malay warrior said to be of Bugis descent known as Panglima Kulop Mentok. He lead a small army which destroyed a Dutch fort nearby and drove the invaders away... A story on the fort will follow after this article is completed, God willing!

This is the Batu Bersurat (inscribed stone) of Pangkor...

Inscribed on the stone are rough letters and figures which tells the story of how a Dutch baby was 'kidnapped' by a tiger sometime in the 17th Century. The official interpretation is that the tiger is a symbol to denote the Malays... That means, the Malays kidnapped a Dutch baby in order to scare them away!

Some locals here beg to differ saying that it was the Portugese who did the kidnapping as they were rival colonialists to the Dutch. Furthermore, it is against the Muslim faith to kidnap babies even if they are the babies of our enemies but the Malays were accused of the crime in order to turn them into the villains. Hmm... Food for thought here... Heavy food for thought!

The view of the mainland from the location of the stone. Seen in the background is the naval base in Lumut...

The main mosque of Pangkor... Next!