We
went to Pulau Besar with our cousins somewhere in 2012. We traveled from
Puchong to Melaka by car with guidance of my cousin brother. You can go to Anjung Batu Jetty at Melaka Raya
to take ferry. It will cost only RM 14. For more details you can visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Besar_(Malacca).
It
takes only about 5 – 10 mins to reach the island. Ya, I forgot to mention,
Pulau Besar is a small Island in Melaka, Malaysia. We took a van upon reaching the island and reached the Tomb of Sheikh Ismail in less than 5 mins. From
there we walked to almshouse called Wakaf Sultan Arrifin which is located few
meter from the tomb. And all these places located exactly at seashore. Just in
few steps you can steep your feet into the sea.
You
can stay at almshouse for free. No bed or air condition. Fans and lights will
be turn on at 7pm. They will provide you breakfast, lunch, tea break and
Dinner. All for free and unconditional. All
you need to do is, just wake up at proper lunch time, dinner time and
breakfast. However we donate RM 50 each for courtesy. Or you can stay in your
own camp or you can rental from any camp providers in surrounding area. There
is nice chalet also there. I saw only one resort providing the chalet
facilities. D’Puteri Kurnia Resort. Lot
of small stalls and restaurants in surrounding area but the food provided by
the almshouse are most delicious. Don’t expect varieties. It is very simple foods.
Morning we ate fried mee, lunch we have no idea as we reached there after lunch
and leave the place before lunch. Dinner just a bowl of rice with 1 piece of
mutton curry and it was so tasty. The almshouse is maintained by some Indian
Muslims who settled in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. That's what we have been told. After
few minutes of rest at almshouse, my family and I walked along the seashore and in jungles
till 7pm (i guess) and there after I took my bath at the public toilet cum
bathroom. I found there is 2 public
toilets. One is near Mosque and Tomb and another one is at almshouse. Both are
very clean. You have to pay RM 1 for bath.
After our dinner, we went to a very quiet and nice place with small and long wall which
located exactly at seashore. We sat over there and turned on music where we enjoyed singing and gaving a good laugh together. We sat there until 12am before heading to the almshouse. At
night, we all fhad problems in sleeping as there were too many mosquitoes. I especially got up every hour. Finally
I got up at 5am and after my bath I went to a rock under a big tree at
seashore. I lay on the rock and simply listening to birds sound and sea wave
until 8am.
Pulau
Besar is definitely a great place for jungle tracking. I don't know why Tourism
Malaysia never promote this site. However if it is visited by thousand traveler
and pilgrimages, definitely the beauty of nature and silence of the jungle will
lost in human crowd and rubbish. Pulau Besar also a great place for camp fire
and meditation. All the spiritual places I visited previously is purely
spiritual but this one surrounded with undisturbed nature, birds sounds and
sound of sea wave. This land can awaken your “nature”. I returned to my
homeland with full of joy, unconditional love, forgiveness, humbleness. It was
a fun time we had in Pulau Besar though mostly, we visited the tombs.
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| A picture of the sea view! |
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