Pangkor Laut Resort In August
 

I am considering to spend a week at Pangkor Laut Resort in August but I have some doubts and if someone could help me here I would appreciate it very much.

_ How is the weather there at that time? Is the sea rough or calm?
_ My 25 year old son says I am crazy to go to that part of Malaysia after what happened and that another earthquake or tsunami might happen there again. I wasn't afraid of it before but now I began to wonder and to fear it.
Any help here ? Would you travel there anyway??
Thank you very much in advance.

Anyone can help???

I think that people are a little jumpy about Asia in general these days. When we were planning our Bali trip for last Dec/Jan, tons of people asked us if we weren't afraid of being bombed...well, we were, a little, but not necessarily in Bali...I'm actually a little scared of being blown out of the sky no matter where I go, but I still go. :) When we were in Bali and the earthquake and tsunami hit, our families thought we were all washed away - when in fact we didn't even know anything at all had happened for a full day. Even so, now our family is still leary of our wanting to go back to Bali...bombs, earthquakes, tsunamis...you name it, it can happen. Family worries about you because they love you.

Can't tell you what to do, can't predict the next earthquake or tsunami or typhoon or other natural disaster...no one really can, right? Only you can decide for yourself if you are comfortable travelling anywhere at all...there is risk involved in travel no matter where or how you go. You are at risk driving to the supermarket, after all.

Pangkor Laut is 180km away from Penang, which itself was only mildly hit by the tsunami last December. The Pangkor area was not affected at all so I don't see what information caused you to be so worried. According to something I've once read, because the Straits of Malacca is so narrow and shielded by the island of Sumatra, tsunamis are unlikely to occur on the majority of the West Coast of Malaysia.

The weather in August should be pretty hot, but it is also currently very hot in Malaysia, so I doubt it makes too much difference to an island-goer. Here's a weather chart from the resort website itself: http://www.pangkorlautresort.com/info/weather.htm

Just go and enjoy. The resort has excellent reviews and looks like a lot of fun indeed.

Ditto what JanaG said. The west coast of Malaysia was only lightly affected by the tsunami (and then mainly up north near Penang). This is due to being shielded by Sumatra.

Thank you all for your kind and helpful replies. I have booked it already and also the flights . I am so much looking forward to be there that I won't think of any thing that "might" happen hopefully:)

Have a wonderful time. So many people who don't know the area seem to think that all of SE Asia was impacted by the tsunami. Many people have canceled or simply not booked vacations in SE Asia they really need the visitors.

Aug is not a rainy season for west malaysia but receives convection rain in the afternoon for abt an hour.

There is no risk of tsunami as the activity zone is on the west of sumatra and pangkor is blocked by the sumatran landmass.