Rounding up my report on my recent trip to Kukup fishing village.
In between meals at the resort, while some of my mates opted to go for a massage, the rest of us decided to explore the area to see what the fishing village was like.
There are no roads in the village. This is a foot path, and one of the more decent ones that we came across. Villagers go about in motorcycles, bicycles or three wheelers which some called a tuk-tuk. All cars have to be parked in the car park before the village.
This is an example of what most of the smaller, or ‘non-main’ footpaths are like. You will notice from the photos that guardrails are not commonly seen – which prompted the question – do people fall into the sea? I am sure all the residents must have fallen into the sea at least once in his or her lifetime, especially when they were young. Or some drunken tourists might have misstep, or lost their footing. I am intrigued by the most inconsequential of things. I wished I had asked the people who run the chalet we stayed at.
A restaurant. The dining section is inside with a view of the sea. In the front, they sell locally produced stuff - mostly dried seafood.
A shop selling local produce.
This is a kelong – an offshore wooden platform, where fishermen fish and farm fishes. They usually have simple accommodation so that fishermen can stay the night to keep an eye on the kelong, and to shelter them from the elements.
When it is low tide, you see a lot of debris washed by the tide. It is quite unsightly. You also have to bear with the stench, especially when it is hot. The stench takes some getting used to.
Residences – some are in better shape than others.
This is the edge of the village. The yellow building at the center left is the ferry terminal. It is not a very big one. I imagine it deals with ferry and fishing boats from neighboring domestic states.
Boats are harboured here, and fishes are farmed here too.
This looks uninhabitable and seems like it might tumble into the sea anytime. But as you see, there are clothes hanging in there. So it is still being used. Probably by squatters, or illegal immigrants.
Kukup is certainly a very interesting place. I had a great weekend there. There are not many places like this in the world.
You can have a look at my other posts on my weekend in Kukup 👉 HERE 👉 HERE and 👉 HERE if you are interested.
A boat ride to the kelong was included in the trip. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to visit the kelong. Just a cursory glance at the kelong from afar. Here’s a video one of my mates recorded of the ride - a small part of it anyway.
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The meals were included in the three days, two nights tour package to Kukup. Five meals a day – breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, and supper. Soft drinks like tea, coffee and soda are also free of charge.
The food was decent, but not exceptionable. They were more in the lines of home-cooked meals. Or maybe it was the setting and surroundings that made it look like home-cooked meals. The one dish that stood out for me was the pig trotters and ginger in vinegar.
Lunch was waiting for us when we arrived at the resort. Leaving our stuff in the rooms, we dug into our lunch excitedly, in anticipation of what lies ahead in our weekend holidays. We were curious to see what the fishing village has to offer.
These were the lunches. There was pork, chicken, fish, vegetables and soup. Prawns and a few other local dishes were swapped about.
These were the dinners. Our first dinner was a steamboat, or hot pot dinner. Typical hotpot fare. Prawns, fish, crabs, vegetables, mushrooms and a couple of other ingredients. The following dinner was barbecue. I thought we had to do it ourselves, but they had someone doing the barbecue for us. And only a few of the items were barbecued - chicken wings, satay, stingray, crab. There were a few other cooked dishes that went with the barbecue dinner.
In between, there wes breakfast, tea and supper. The items were more or less the same. However, they varied them a bit by doing a ‘mix and match’. So, it was still acceptable. There was porridge, Nasi lemak (coconut rice), fried vermicelli, Nyonya cakes, fritters, and dessert.
So, we were fed five meals a day at the resort. Needless to say, we did not go hungry. It was a lot of eating. But that’s what holidays are about isn’t it? You relax, eat and enjoy yourself.
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