This was in mid May. We thought it was good time to head back to the boyfriend’s hometown at Sitiawan. It’s been ages since he was back to visit his grandma *tsk tsk such a bad boy*. So after months of procrastination my pestering finally worked; we packed our bags for a night stay.
Woo hoo! Because i was so bored in KL. Day in, day out, the same sh*t – shopping malls, traffic jams, fast food… urgh!
It’s my second visit to Sitiawan and here’s some photos taken there. All photos were taken with the boyfriend’s phone. It’s a little blur and the lighting is poor but i love the vintage feel of it.
My fav photo of the geek.
We had lunch at a run down shack under a big tree at Kampung Koh. The loh mee is definitely not something you can get in KL. A wonderful experience especially sharing a table with a mob of frenzy flies!
On our first visit we drove to Taman Paya Bakau (mangrove swamp) in Lumut just to find out it was closed for maintenance. Fortunately our second visit is a success.
The swamp is really beautiful if you could get pass the strong smell and the aggressive monkeys at the entrance. The monkeys are so used to human contact that they have no fear approaching humans and snatching food right out of our hands.
Oh well, the ice cream tasted weird anyways so yeah monkey you can have it!
This is a popular place for locals taking wedding shots.
We saw a group of young Malays carrying cameras and a couple (the future bride and bridegroom i presume) complete in the traditional costumes running around trying to get the perfect angle for the shoot. Poor girl have to maneuver around on loose wooden planks in a 3 inch heels!
There’s nothing much to do here except to relax and stoll around and point at tiny crabs crawling in the muddy ground. LOL!
Ok you can’t see the crabs from this picture. It’s all over the place but it’s really small.
It’s time like this that i wish i had a DSLR with me.
Dinner at Sitiawan = fish maw!… and erm… other similar colored dishes?
The entire next morning was spent driving around because we got lost looking for the Turtle Conservation Centre. Instead of the centre, we accidentally drove to Teluk Senagin.
It’s pretty secluded and the small path along the bay is narrow, rocky and with pot holes. The boyfriend have not ventured here before so drove slowly to check things out.
I find this bay much better than Teluk Batik. The later is much more accessible but the water here is cleaner and the sand softer. There are less people too compared to Teluk Batik even though there are like dozens of chalets and villas beside the bay. The boyfriend calls it a failed tourism project LOL!
In the end we did managed to find the Pusat Pengurusan Penyu at Pasir Panjang Segari. Phew!
The place is not as big as i had expected.
There’s a pool filled with baby turtle hatchlings! My first time witnessing live turtles from such a close angle. They were the most adorable thing ever… awww…
And there were few teenage turtles and adult turtles in their separate pools. Look at the beautiful turtle shells!
Lo and behold! Huge turtles!
I don’t know but i feel really sorry that these turtles are kept in a pool no matter how spacious it is. I hope these are released periodically into the sea.
There’s a small tent nearby where they keep the turtle eggs but it’s a prohibited area.
Pasir Panjang Beach is the longest beach in Manjung but still undeveloped. Besides the Turtle Centre being set here, this beach is basically undisturbed. When we were there, the beach was completely deserted.
The white sand was soft and the place was free of the normal human rubbish – plastic bottles and bags and wrappers. Mucho love this beach!
But the waves are strong here so i don’t think it’s best to play too far out in the water.
Well that sums up our short stay at Sitiwan this year. Nothing much to do but it was relaxing nonetheless. I even get to snap a photo of the industrial chicken coops on the way back from Pasir Panjang!
I’ve never seen one before this! Clueless city girl, i am.
