2012年10月8日星期一

PonTian-KuKuP

KuKup Laut , very unique and a century old fishing village built entirely on stilts on the sea surrounded by water , is the southmost village found at the southwest village tip of the Peninsular of West Malaysia , and suppose to be the southmost village found in the Continental of Asia.Located from Pontian , Kukup Laut has only one road to access by land . It may be reached by sea boarding ferry leaving World Trade Center in Singapore daily . The entire village is linked by jetty also built on stilts on sea . This place is famous of its seafood . It's geographically and ideally shadowed by one of the world's largest mangrove swamp island - Kukup Island along which numerous fish-farms bob up and down on the surface of the Kukup Sea .



The Fishing Village Resort is now famous very popular not only to the Malaysian , but also to the Singaporean as well as foreign tourists . They come to Kukup to taste the famous , cheap and fresh seafood of all varieties of cooking . They wanted to witness for themselves life of the fisherman living in house built on stilts . They wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life . They wanted to admire the beautiful seascape and marvellous sunsets . They wanted to feel the cooling sea breeze touching tenderly and welcome them warmly . They wanted to see how fishes were caught and how they were reared . They wanted to get for themselves as well as their friends and relatives local varities , native products , watches and souvenirs at very low prices . They can sing Karaoke , barbecue , fishing , sightseeing , boat-touring , visiting the fish farm , playing mahjong under the moonlight , taste the wonderful spicy and delicious seafood and relax withonly RM75-RM150 per person all inclusive .


Kukup Laut , as you will see for yourself here , is an old fishing village with history of a century old . Its unique of a fishing village built entirely on stilts above the sea , linked by concrete jetty from house to house . As recent statistic shown , this old fishing village is occupied by some 1,000 residents wholly from the Chinese race . Out of a total of 172 houses , about 57 are used as Holiday Chalets . The village will be flooded with flow of tourists on Saturdays and Sundays . Tourists especially from Singapore like to tour and stay here in groups  very frequently because of the economic and cheap expenditures , warm hospitality and many interesting places to be visited . Normally one will only have to spend about RM75-Rm150 in Kukup , and they will get a lots back:seafood lunch/dinner , barbecue , breakfast , sightseeing , karaoke , visiting fish farm in boat and ect . They can stop here very cheap watches , clothing , and native products . The village is very well organised by a committe.