When KL people gone to Pulau Ketam

The boat

Pulau Ketam, Crab Island, is a small island located off the coast of Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is a perfect place destination for one day trip. You may take KTM ride from any station to Pelabuhan Klang, and from there you can take the ferry to Pulau Ketam which takes about half an hour. Another option is you can drive all the way to the jetty and then take the ferry to there. There is a very large parking area provided. Pulau Ketam has a small population which is around 8,000 people and most of them are Chinese (Teochew and Hokkien). The main dialects spoken are Teochew, Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese. 

Sufficient life jackets are in the boat

We were quite late when we reached there. It was already almost 2pm and all of us did not have our breakfast or lunch yet. So we went to Restaurant Kim Hoe to have our lunch. All of us were really hungry.

Steamed clam *yummy

While waiting for our food to come, we ordered oyster fried from the stall which is just outside the restaurant. Other than oyster fried, there are La-la fried and oyster and La-La mix fried. You may choose the size also. There are small, regular and large and the price range from RM 6 to RM 12.

Gone empty in a blink of eye

Before

After

Fried sotong

Everything gone into our stomach.

After the lunch, we went to walk around. The main thoroughfares are narrow concreted pavements, whilst in the residential areas, the older rickety wooden plank bridges can still be seen. There are no cars in Pulau Ketam, only bicycles, some of which are motorised. There are quite a number of temples in Pulau Ketam, big and small.

This is the biggest temple at there.

I don't know why, but normally you can see tortoises in temples.

The one and only fire station.

Fish pond.

Houses in Pulau Ketam. They don't close their door, just imagine if you do that in KL.

Sad isn't it? Rubbish scattered around, say no to pollution!

A very big basketball court.

Friendly and cute kids in the neighbourhood, yet they are naughty too.

Scene that rarely can be seen in KL.

Maybank spotted! 

No worries of using up your money, ATM machine is on  your rescue!

Some fishing boats.

Wooden houses and also fishing boats.

An aunty making ice-kacang. It was really a hot weather.

Doggy crossing river.

Vandalism, a spoiled public phone.

Fried ice-cream. There are many flavours and this uncle's business was good. You have to queue to buy.

Lastly, do remember to buy some souvenirs back!

Good bye! See you soon!

We took the last boat to go back to the jetty. Pulau Ketam is quite a nice place for you to escape from the hustle bustle city life. I like the life there, just so simple. Children there are so friendly and playful. They don't carry the burden that most of the KL children carry nowadays - homework, tuition class and homework. Adults there just let their doors widely open and their kids running around the neighbourhood, which you can't see in KL. However, Pulau Ketam is facing several problems such as the pollution. According to my mother, Pulau Ketam used to be cleaner than what it looks like now. I think the government or authorities should do something about it to preserve such interesting place. Although there isn't much sightseeing places in Pulau Ketam, but it is a community that having its own unique culture.

BY: YEONG YEE SIONG