Pulau Ketam, me and jnr..oh what the heck bring the rest

In brief
Wat was a trip between Big and Jnr vadai turn out to be a big jing-bang going the more the merrier and it was fun..




The Pulau Ketam is located 30 nautical miles from Port Klang (Longitude : 03 01 03 N, Latitute : 101 15 19 E). The area is about 22.921 km2. The Island is a mangrove island surrounded by mud flat area. It was reported that the first settlement was built in the year 1920. Total population is about 10,000 of which 95% are Chinese, 4% Malay and 1% Indian. There are four neighborhood fishing villages consisting of Ketam Island Township, Bagan Teo Chew, Sungai Lima and Sungai Dua. Most of them are fisherman and seafood restaurant operators. There are also a few aborigines families in Sungai Dua living in traditional fishing village.

Thats the technical part lol

So when you have a bunch of indians bout 15 of us landing in Pulau Ketam I think we shifted the balance on the % lol

We took the open air ferry as opposed ot the aircond to give the kids a feel of everything..Traveling by ferry from Port Klang will take about 45 minutes to reach the jetty at Pulau Ketam. It cost bout RM 10 for a round trip. The boat trip from Southport to Pulau Ketam takes about half an hour and passes near mangroves swamps. Jnr was taking it all in.

The scenery was beautiful and enjoying for the kids...despite the lamenting and the grumbling of the elders I took him and his cousin to the railing of the boat to the cockpit and made sure he had a wonderfultime.










On the island...in the absence of proper motorway, the people in the island are using either motorcycle, bicycle/engine-powered bicycle or simply walk to move from one place to another.

The main area is worth taking a few hours to explore. There are two main commercial streets, where shops and restaurants are built. The Teochew and Hokkien quarters are located a short walk away, though they do congregate at the temples to make offerings to deities. Most people come to island for just one day just like us.
There is only one hotel, and if you like, you can stay at the fish farm or at an homestay and they even got tours/The island is popular for its crab and other seafood.
This rustic fishing village attracts visitors with its unique stilt-village, where the wooden-board streets are just five-feet across. The traffic consists largely of pedestrians and bicycles. On the island are a clinic, schools, a bank, a church, a mosque, a police station and EVEN some pubs.

WE went tocheck out some of the interesting spots on Pulau Ketam, including the Nan Thiam Keng Temple, a centre of worship which gets busy during the sixth day of the sixth month of the Chinese lunar calendar as devotees celebrate the birthday of the temple's deity. There was also another temple nearby, the Hock Leng Keng Temple also gets busy with celebration of it's deity on the 28th day od the fourth lunar month.


A temple right next to wooden houses. The island is said to have been discovered by three Hainanese fishermen about 140 years ago.

WE were lucky since it was post CNY there was lion dances and cracker a double treat for the kids and me toooooo see my multiple shot pics it was awesome..... even the kids never get the chance to see it this close. it was a real treat






Soon it was time for lunch...we stopped by this restaurant ordered crab, prawns, fish...it was yummy byt the price same as in Port Klang maybe cheaper then KL. WE enjoyed till we were 'bloody' full. Jnr Vadai was walloping lol.

I took him back to see the live crabs and how they actually cleaned...he was having fun with the crabs tine thry tried to pinch him lol.. Watching how they clean the crab was a delight in it self.

Soon it was time to go home...both the vadai was exhuated and we had a super time with the rest... I was happi that he could get to do all this.


Links

http://www.pulauketam.com