Visit to Kukup, Taman Negara and Tanjung Piai @ 15th April 2007 - Partr 2

Upon returning back to the Kukup town, Mr Ho brought us to visit where the locals reside. We walked on narrow planks connecting each individual houses built on stilts where only bicycles and motor cycles are passable. It was not surprising that most of us were lost after a short walk. We were shown a local Chinese temple with history of more than 100 years old. We also get to view anchoring fishing boats at the edge of the settlement. The sight of new houses under construction also attracted us and we were enlightened by Mr Ho that each building takes about RM250,000 to construct. Most of these buildings are now used by the locals as chalets for the increasing numbers of tourists who have been converging here to distress themselves.

From Kukup town, we moved on to our next destination, Tanjung Piai which is the southernmost tip of the Asia continent. We drove for about 10 minutes in several vehicles and finally reached the site. Mr Ho, the guide shoved us pass the Tanjung Piai Resort and lead us a long walk on a concrete jetty which face the Malacca straits with Singapore island on the background. Many large ships, mostly containers were seen anchoring waiting to berth at ports in the island. The view was magnificent so much so we didn’t mind having ourselves drenched by the drizzle as we were making our way back to the vehicles.

We then make our way to the Kukup Golf Resorts where we had our sumptuous dinner. Of course the main event of the day was where members of the CVClub with birthdays falling in the months of February, March and April 2007 celebrated their birthdays.

The whole outing finally ended at about 8.30 pm where we bid our guide, Mr Ho goodbye. Although unwilling, we reluctantly made our way home back to JB, wondering when would be our next activity in the coming months.