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Monday 14 March 2011

A Trip To Tanjung Piai-The Southern Most tip of Mainland Asia







Ahad-13 March 2011
Kami memulakan perjalanan melalui Skudai-Pontian expressway tepat jam 11.30 pagi. Keadaan jalan yang agak baik semasa berhampiran taman perumahan dengan dua lorong menjadikan perjalanan agak licin walaupun jumlah kenderaan di atas jalanraya makin bertambah. Pemanduan menggunakan MPV Exora Auto dengan 6 penumpang sedikit pun tidak terasa penat walaupun melalui beberapa pekan kecil seperti Pekan Nenas dan beberapa kawasan perkampungan. Pemandangan di tepi jalan dipenuhi pokok pokon yang menjadikan pemanduan tidak lah mebosankan.Sesekali dapat dilihat deretan gerai menjual buah-buahan seperti durian,cempedak,nenas dan pisang menjadi panorama biasa apatah lagi sekarang adalah musim raja buah.







Setelah 40 minit pemanduan kami pun memasuki jalan Sri Bunian-Tenggayun menghala ke Kukup. Jalan raya menuju ke Kukup agak tidak rata di beberapa tempat menyebabkan pemanduan agak perlahan.Jalan ini biasanya agak sibuk pada cuti hujung minggu kerana ramai yang akan menuju ke jeti Kukup untuk ke pulau Kukup. Nasib baik jalan ini hanya dilalui dalam 10 km sahaja sebelum kami memasuki jalan menuju ke Tanjung Piai. Jalan ini nampak lebih kemas dan baik berbanding jalan ke Kukup tadi.Kami melalui beberapa perkampungan.Kebetulan pada hari tu terdapat beberapa rumah yang mengadakan majlis kenduri perkahwinan.Jalan untuk ke Tanjung Piai tidak banyak kenderaan yang melaluinya memyebabkan kami tiba ke pintu masuk Taman Negara Tanjung Piai sekitar jam 12.30 tengahari.Selepas parking kenderaan di tempat yang disediakan kami pun melangkah masuk ke Taman Negara Tanjung Piai. Terdapat laluan pejalan kaki yang diperbuat daripada papan. Kami mula melangkah masuk menuju ke tempat paling selatan di benua Asia. Laluannya yang sejauh 563 m tu memang best di samping kami dapat melihat pokok-pokok bakau di kiri kanan jalan.Anak-anak saya memang rasa teruja. Kami juga dapat mengambil banyak gambar-gambar untuk dijadikan kenang- kenangan.Kami juga dapat melihat kapal kapal besar yang sedang berlabuh.Kemudian kami juga berjalan ke jeti pancing.Keadaan di sama memang menyegarkan dengan tiupan angin dari Selat Melaka.Cuma kat sini tiada liputan talian telefon bimbit yang saya gunakan.Kalau ada pun talian dari tanah seberang. Macam manapun beriadah di Taman Negara Tanjung Piai memang sesuatu aktiviti yang menyeronokkan.









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Sunday, 13 March 2011
We began the journey through the Skudai-Pontian Expressway exactly at 11.30 am. Road conditions are reasonably well just after passing the housing estate with the two-lane. This made our journey a little smoother even though the number of vehicles on the roads is on the rise. Driving the Exora MPV (Auto) with 6 passengers made me not feel tired at all even though we had to go through some small towns such as Pekan Nenas and several villages. The scenary are filled with trees that make our driving not getting bored . We also had the opportunity to see fruits stall selling fruits like durian, jackfruit, pineapple and bananas. Such a panaromic is very common during the fruit season. After 40 minutes of driving, we took to the left to the Tenggayun- Kukup Road heading towards Kukup town. The road condition is somewhat uneven in some places causing a our driving a bit slow . That road is usually quite busy on weekends because many will go to the jetty to the island of Kukup. Fortunately, we just drove for about 10 km before we enter the road to Tanjung Piai. This road looks better than the road to Kukup. There were not many vehicles on the road heading towards Tanjung Piai. Shortly after that we finally arrived to the entrance of Taman Negara Tanjung Piai at around 12:30 PM. After parked our vehicle, we then walked into the National Park Tanjung Piai. There is a walkway made of boards. We started walking in to the southernmost place in Asia. We took a walk for around 563 m before we reached the southern most tip of mainland Asia. My kids seemed to look very excited. We also can take a lot of pictures for memories.We also can see many large ships stop there.We then walked to the fishing jetty. We felt so refreshing. However there is no coverage for my mobile phone. To me, a visit to Tanjung Piai National Park is an enjoyable activity.

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