Went to Kukup, Pontian district, Johor, Malaysia on 31st August 2011 (Our National day holiday) for one day trip with my family (Only 4 of us). We decided to go there as it has been a very long time about 13-14 years ever since last time we visited there.
It was 10.30am when I woke up in the morning and had some breakfast, at the same time fed my fish aquarium. Kukup fishing village was not far away from my home, Johor Bahru, which took us more than 50km away. We started the trip at 1.00pm by car. It was not much jam at Toll expressway Taman Perling (the way can reach to Nusajaya) at that time (I thought all people have already 'balik kampung' during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration, so there would be not much vehicles on the highway). We just followed the signboards of Pontian and Kukup on the road.
After the drove of 1 hour, we finally reached Kukup fishing village around 2.20pm. I felt very happy and fascinating to see there were some changes of the sceneries since our last time visit.
The first thing to do when we reached there was to find a parking area. There were not much parking area for the cars. Luckily, we saw a car had just moving away from the parking space and we took the place. You will see there was a chinese school, S.J.K (c) Ken Boon nearby too. There were many visitors' vehicles from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Perak.
I also saw there were many holiday tour buses out there too..some people were busy taking out their packs from the buses. Some groups of visitors were delighted to stay for few nights here.
It was a sunny day. May need umbreallas if you don't like to expose to heat of sunlight...After a few walks, we felt hungry and we were looking for seafood restaurants. There were few old famous established seafood restaurants out there..We were having lunch at the seafood restaurant (though I couldn't remember the restaurant's name). When we entered the restaurant, there were too many people inside at that moment, which only left one table for us to occupy the seats. We checked for other seats in an air-con room, inside all unoccupied tables were left with uncollected dishes (there were no enough of workers to collect the dishes away at that moment). So we went back to the table we had just seen (hot area). We ordered the foods and waited for about 25-30 minutes. Later, foods were served...it was tasted really nice~ seafoods here were fresh and tasty and 'I think' you may find the prices here less expensive if compare to urban restaurants.
Above is a picture I took from the view of seafood restaurant. It was quite relaxing and enjoyable for sight-seeing. The business hours: 11.00am - 9.00pm. We enjoyed ourselves by sitting down and chit-chatting..The lunch cost us about RM115..we ordered 1 kg of crabs, big prawns, vegetables, and so on...
After the lunch, we took a few walks and did some shopping at the shops..The shops sell varieties of foods and drinks, snacks, noodles, toys, souvenirs, etc. My brother and I bought some nice souvenirs..I could still remember from the past 14 years, when I was only kid, my parents had bought us Boy London wrist watch here for about RM16 each. Fruits and drinks were bought, and my mum bought clothes, shoes, and slippers :D.
The time allowed us to shot several unique pictures. Above pictures are beautiful and relaxing sceneries of Kukup fishing village. In other word, the local people usually called it kelong, which is an offshore platform built in wood. It would be great for the eco-tourists and natural lovers to enjoy a sight-seeing here. The photos were taken at 5.00pm.
This location also allowed people to ride a boat from jetty around the kelong. We didn't ride a boat, so I don't know the price of the ride..but I had heard some people said that you can ride a boat to the Johor National Park to visit. We also did some brief walking around the living areas of the village. Soon after several shots of pictures, the day was quite near to dark..It was 7.15pm! We actually didn't fully explored the village and residential houses..I hope my next trip of Kukup will be come along with at least 10 people together by bus (relatives or friends) and stay for one night there to truly enjoy the whole trip. Though it was only one day trip, I still found it quite enjoyable day for me ;D.
Below is my personal rating of my one day trip to Kukup:
Food: 3.5/5
Parking: 2/5
Sightseeing: 4/5
Shopping: 3/5
Cleanliness: 2.5/5
People: 3.5/5
Things to bring if I have an opportunity to come again and stay for 2 days and one night (my own suggestions):
- Fishing rods (if possible)
- Own favourite dvds for karaoke
- Playing cards
- Barbecue kits
- Fire crackers (if available)
- Laptops
- Torch lights
- Magazines/newspaper
Soon it was a time to go back home..
On the way home, we took a short rest in the car and above was a giant pineapple photo took at Pontian district, Johor. I think Tanjung Piai is good place to hang out with and good pictures to shot and quite not far away from where the picture was taken here, but we didn't manage to get there..we think maybe next time..
We reached home at 8.30pm.
