A short cruise and visit to kelong at Kukup
Since it was still pretty early after we unloaded all our gear, some of us decided to take a short walk out into the main town area to do some shopping. The good thing about this place? Its a small town so not much tourists around and you don’t feel like you’re back in Singapore. However, if you’re into shopping for clothes etc, you’ll probably be disappointed since the stalls mainly sell foodstuffs like cuttlefish, keropok, etc. There aren’t many shops with a few being restaurants and some selling foodstuffs and souvenirs.
We headed back to the resort after a short 30 minutes shopping and were treated to the sights of fried prawn pastries by the owner. Due to my haste in enjoying the great afternoon treat, I forgot to snap photos!
At about 5+ pm, we headed out once again to the jetty under construction (apparently already 1.5 years since it started) and took a small boat out for a cruise along the sea. Our guide and driver was a young chap who amazingly after maneuvering his way past various traps in the sea hopped to the back of the boat to introduce the sights. We eventually ended up on a small kelong where the guide introduced a few of the fishes that they reared. There was a particular species that actually started “spitting” at us when we were viewing. Too bad didn’t quite catch the name though I believe have seen it in documentaries where the fish spits to catch insects.
There was also an area where there was a small shark, king crab and puffer fish. We lingered on for a bit in the kelong taking photos and enjoying the view befoer heading back to the resort.
