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Federal
Beach Hotel, Port
Dickson, Teluk Kemang
Visit date : 2012,
2013
Year of opening : 1977
Current status : Fully
restored and now the Pacific Regency beach Resort |
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researched this location fully before making the 3 hour drive
to get here, I was still unsure if access was even going to
be possible or not upon arrival. You never know and prepare
yourself for whatever awaits. To my relief the main gate was
wide open and I drove straight into the old carpark. I knew
a maintenance team worked here through the week and could
see them lounging in the lobby. I waved and smiled and asked
if I could explore the place. The chief man wryly said yes,
but perhaps you could buy us all some soft drinks to sweeten
the deal. No problem, I said! Soft drinks duly bought my explore
could begin in earnest, there was much to see with limited
time.
This hotel dates from 1977 and was
at the time the only top class beach front resort in the
area, boasting 200 rooms and suites. Seeing its layout and
location, it must have been an amazing place to stay at
in its time. Sadly now, not so much.
The site has been abandoned for probably
a couple of decades now. What’s so amazing was that
every single room here had stuff still inside them. All
the beds, bed side tables, cushions, bed sheets etc, etc,
it was all still there! It was near information overload
for me and it was tough to be selective in what to capture
and what not to waste time with.
Over the next year I paid the location a couple
more visits and was surprised to find on my last explore
that the owner had put the place up for sale. All of the
hotels contents was in the process of being removed and
scrapped. It was great while it lasted.
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