My campervan at Tanjung Tuan, Port Dickson

My son has been asking for a father-son outing in our campervan, which has been sitting idle at my house for a few months. He wanted to go to Cameron Highland, but I only have 2 free days and it is too short for driving up to the highland for just an overnight trip. In the end we settled for Tajung Tuan at Port Dickson, a place we have never camped before. The cape extends into the Malacca straits and has two beaches on each side. The northern side is called Pantai Biru also known as Blue Lagoon but it is really a cove instead of a Lagoon, the beach itself is less than a Km wide. Whereaas the southern beach, which is called Pantai Cermin, is at least about 4-5 Km wide. However, Pantai Biru is the better beach of the two and it attract more beach goers, at high tide during a clear day it really lives up to it's name with emerald-blue clear sea water. At low tide however the sea floor reveals itself to be muddy instead of plain sand, while it looks unappealing to the eyes, it is full of life with little crabs and small shell fishes lining the exposed sea floor. The Ilham resort is built at the same side and it takes up almost 1/3 of the beach front, however the beach itself is fully accessible to the publics. I parked my campervan at a grass field near the beach it was a really nice place to spend and night and wake up in the morning.

My son owning the entire beach in the morning.

My camper on the grass field at the end of the public access road to the beach. 

There are plenty of water sport available.

The mangroves in the background is part of the protected forest at the tip of the cape.

I found it!

I first spotted this camper van on mudah.my and it is exactly what I am looking for. The best part is that the vehicle is registered as having a caravan body, which means it is totally road legal. The previous owner use it as a mobile base for motorcycle racing at the race track. When I first inspected the camper it was in a paint shop, ready to be painted. The interior has clearly seen better days, but everything is largely intact. I did not have much opportunity to inspect and test everything. After the previous lesson, I was prepared to walk away from a deal if I had to. The negotiation took quite a while, over many days in fact, before the deal was sealed.



Inspection as Puspakom for ownership transfer caused a minor stirr. The workers in the inspection center have never seen anything like this before. They were also surprised to find that there's category in their computer for caravan.

The picture shown here was taken right after I have taken delivery of the camper. It looks like the paint shop just mixed all the leftover paint from other jobs to paint the camper. The gray shade made it looks like a RMAF vehicle. The engine was difficult to start and runs terribly once started and the brake barely works. The parking brake cable is broken so I have to stop using bricks as wheel chocks. There's lots to be done before I can take it on a road trip. Having said all this, I was very happy with the camper, this is the beginning of realizing my life long dream.