Saturday, October 4, 2008

Johor: Kukup II

The next morning, we checked out from our chalet to visit Pulau Kukup.

As we were in Malaysia where everything "boleh" (can), nobody made noise even though we were more than 38 passengers in the boat and not given any life jackets.

The island is located at about 1km offshore from the fishing village where we spent the previous night.

To preserve this unique habitat in Malaysia,

the mangrove island was gazetted a national park in 1997

and was granted the status of a "Wetland of International Importance" in 2003.

When we saw the suspension bridge, my niece Zer Ning was too scared to walk on it, so her mother stayed with her.

Mum was very excited.

Zer Yih was reluctant in the beginning. With his father's encouragement and company, he finally also crossed the bridge.

We continued to walk along the boardwalk to see different species of mangroves and other plants.

As Ping worked in Johor Bahru, I hardly had occasions to travel with her.

This time thanks to Leong's arrangement,

we managed to gather together for this trip.

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