You know, sometimes people has got weird cravings for food for example sour, sweet, spicy, yada, yada… but the weird me has got cravings for picnic! To add in the weird stuff, I wanted a picnic specifically in TTDI park and starts calling up SIL (they stay nearby) for a picnic but too bad, they has already got plan over the weekend. Well, since Monday is a public holiday, maybe I should bring the children to Pulau Ketam (Crab Island) since I’ve been wanting to go there for ages. Now my last victim would be my neighbour aka younger Sister.
Since the green light is on, excitedly the next morning after breakkie, it took us only 10 minutes to reach the jetty in Port Klang.
This is how the jetty looks like from the departing area.
Tickets are sold at RM7.00 per way for adult and RM4.00 for children but we conveniently forgot to buy the children’s ticket. *ngek, ngek, ngek* Ini Sitiawan mali punya style.
The boat is definitely much lower than the one in Pangkor Island. I am feeling like I am sitting in a submarine and almost submerging.
Well, it does really looks like a submarine as what Eldest Princess reckon. They are air-conditioned too. But if you opt for something cheaper and more adventurous, you can try the old-fashioned boat.
Great for photographers that doesn’t mind to get wet. Well, if luck is by your side, you may spot a school of dolphin swimming alongside the boat. I.am.not.kidding.you! All this while, I thought the journey to Pulau Ketam is similar to Pangkor Island, cruising through the wide sea but hey, this is something new to me. We are actually cruising through mangrove.
Jetty in Pulau Ketam
The journey by boat to Pulau Ketam is about 45minutes ride. Not bad since it is an air-conditioned boat. Upon reaching, my children thought we are in Pangkor Island visiting their Great Grandma. hehe…. guess all fisherman’s village looks the same.
But you can tell, Pulau Ketam is much smaller, more quiet, very relaxing lifestyle and not a single car can be seen. Bicycles are all over the place. I think I’m going to love this place.
We started photographing the moment we step foot on land.
I have issue with my hair that day so you won’t be seeing my photographs. I’ll leave the story for other time. Hmm… on second thought…. this one is still quite acceptable.
Suddenly, we are lost of plan. What are we supposed to do in such a quiet Island? Nothing! There’s nothing you can do except loitering around their village. You can rent a bicycle at RM5 for the whole day. That should be fun. I’ll come back for that other time.
It is sure a very hot day and no, I did not buy that umbrella hat for the kids. A relative bought that for them. Looks fugly but cute on them. lol
No prize for guessing correctly what they are doing there. Just observing some baby crabs crawling on the mud.
You better think twice the next time you eat crab and pregnant lady too.
We started our loitering. Just some look-see, look-see stuff. We should have rented the bicycles plus the hot sun is not helping at all.
Walking is very safe. All you need to do is watch out for the bicycles. There are not a single car in the island. And so we walk and walk and walk. No kidding! Just keep on walking! Bah.
When you think the umbrella hat is cute, watch this.
Thanks to Kimmy the photographer who caught the picture just in time. The wind blew Prince’s hat away. Hmm… wonder what is their face express like. Let me zoom further in ah.
Look at the shock on their face. Poor boy.
See, now he is so sad. What a day. Nah, who wants to help him retrieve the hat?
Reward will be given tho.
Ok la. No more hat. We continue walking and walking and walking and reach a sundry shop. The first thing we do is buy drinks with lots of ice!
It has been such a long long time since the last time I drank from a plastic bag. It does bring back some childhood memories.
So what we did again? Nothing! Just walking! And snapping and more walking!
You can tell that this is a very old signboard or rather the kindergarten has been in existence for a decade now.
One of the owner dried 4 sea horse outside their house. This can fetch a good price at the chinese medical hall.
Once upon a time, my Grandma’s house has wooden door like this. I’m talking about the brown one.
We keep on walking and walking and came to a restaurant. We sat down even thought we are not hungry yet. But I think all of us was so bored and so hot and some relative was grumbling, “You never tell me the place is so hot!”
There are more food on the table. I just choose two of the best to post them. So we just ate and call it a day. But, but that was something like one hour ago when we just set foot in this island! No wonder people has been saying something like “go there makan then come back.” We bought some hae bee (dry prawns) and tiny anchovies. I love those on fried rice.
Then i spotted something nostalgia again.
During our time, it used to be a pacifier. Now they replace it with some dodgy cartoon character.
Err… I make it look so obscene hor. Come, come, cuci mata sikit. Come look at the pretty flower.
*ngek, ngek, ngek*
