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Great if you are an ecotourist wanting to see mangrove forests
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not much entertainment, unless you create your own!
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Charming village on Stilts
Aidy_p Says: What's the best way to experience how the locals live? Well, the best way is to stay with them. But if you're there only for a day trip, the next best thing you can do is to walk around the living areas of town.The people there will not greet you with open arms, but as the...
Aidy_p Says: Located in the seas of Kukup are about 50 or so fish farms. It is also known as "Kelongs" Beyond just raring fishes, the entrepreneurial fish farmers have combined their daily work with hosting of tourists on their fish farms. As the fish farm was located in the seas between...
Smile, You're On Candid Camera
Aidy_p Says: From his fishing net, the fish farm owner dredged out a shark. The owner was giving a running commentary about the shark but I was busy taking pictures. So what did he say? I really do not know. But my, what big mouth and nostrils the shark has. No wonder I'm such a bad...
Aidy_p Says: Can Asian just think beyond food? Yes, the roe of these sea urchins are edible. But cast your eyes beyond them ending in your tummy, and what you will see are spiney creatures that are rounded in shape. The spines might not kill a person, but stepping on a sea urchin is as...
New Kukup Restaurant: New Kukup Restaurant
chiabh Says: The restaurant is on stilts jutting into the sea, just as like other buildings in Kukup Laut... There is an airy non air-conditioned dining hall as well as an air-conditioned room... The restaurant treats the sea as a disposal rubbish dump as restaurant workers can be seen...
Long Huang Seafood: Restaurant with Dishonest and Abusive Staff
kohsj Says: My family and I went to this restaurant for lunch. We have picked a dish (Sea cucumber & Fish Maw) on their menu, that states small for RM16, medium for RM24 and large for RM30. As we have ordered many other dishes, we have requested for a small one for this dish.During...
aztecgal Says: Other than dinner (Usually BBQ) and popping your own firecrackers (If you brought any), after dinner plans would mean staying in and having a karaoke session (Have to bring your own collection though! Our resort had their own, but it was kinda limited), or a game of mahjong...
Driving from S'pore to Kukup via the 2nd Link
bpacker Says: If you're going to Kukup, go by the other causeway (2nd link ) instead of the one at Woodlands. Though a tad bit more expensive, it is compensated by the sanity you'll stand to gain. The checkpoints here are practically empty, even on a weekend morning!Here's the directions...
Aidy_p Says: The road into Kukup is quite narrow and on a busy weekend, it would be hard to park your car. You can try your luck by parking your car further away from the seafood place. If you're there early, then you should be able to park just outside the restaurant. But never park...
Aidy_p Says: When you're in Kukup, making a trip to the floating fish farm is strongly encouraged. How can you be gorging on th seafood without paying homage to the source of it? There's a separate charge from the boatride if you choose to do a stop-over at the fish farm, but I say it...
Maywe Crystal Jelly: Must try!
Aidy_p Says: Our guide helped us to order this Kukup specialty. A pack of 12 crystal jelly cost RM6 and there are many different flavours. I was not really interested in eating these crystal jelly but thought that my family might like it. True enough, my family finished everything and I...
Aidy_p Says: This is on of the sundry shops that you'll find in Kukup. So what's so special about this shop? Well, they generally sells about the same items, but what attracted e into this shop was how nicely the crackers (Also known as Keropok in Malay) were lined. Aren't I Crazy!!?!!...
Kwee Lim Sundry Shop: This Is What We Call a Provision Shop
Aidy_p Says: It was quite nostalgic for Singaporeans visiting Kukup as sundry shops in Singapore have been modernised. Seldom do we see shops with a traditional sign board, red chinese lanterns, long light tubes and also, old school ventilation grilles. You can get just about anything...
Aidy_p Says: In the past, when sundry shops do not own cash tills, the tin and pulley method was the best way to ensure that the money is kept away from prying hands. The owners will pull his tin down, slots his money into the metal container, and then just let the pulley do it's work,...
Aidy_p Says: Different asian countries have different ways of partaking their coconuts. When in Vietnam, coconuts were not carved open. This means that you are not able to eat the coconut "meat". Whereas in Singapore and Malaysia, the meat is something that we go for other than the cool...
World's Largest Uninhabited Mangrove Swamp
Aidy_p Says: When you go for an organised tour, there might just be some place that you might miss. The Pulau kukup was just one place that I missed due to the tight schedule that the tour agency was running. Any place that is known for "The World's..." should never be missed! Yup, I'm...
Aidy_p Says: If you have seen the whole of Kukup and still the wild side of you still beckons, then I'd suggest that you take a boat ride from Kukup to an Indonesian island called Karimbun. The one hour boatride will lead you to a bustling port town of Tanjung Balai. There, nature-loving...
chiabh Says: The first nine plays to 2,992m on the blue tee while the second nine to 2,906m... The course is rather flat as it is on the coast by the sea... With a total length of 5,898m from the blue tees, water comes into play in at least 12 holes... with water in play from holes #8 to...
123flowers Says: What i enjoy most on my trips to kukup are the evening scenes...Preparing for a seafood barbie with my family...the chicken wings would be all marinated and just waiting to be roasted, the prawns and stingray pieces wrapped up in tin foil, someone will get the charcoals...
Aidy_p Says: After you've gone on a shopping spree and you're now low on your ringgit, don't fret! There're licensed money changers located in the heart of Kukup. So do bring along some other currencies just in case you need to convert some cash into ringgit.
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From the Visitor's Centre, there is a network of broadwalk that radiates for it... The broadwalk goes to the gazebo to the jetty about 800m aways where you can...
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Q: Hello There Does any one know where I can get an accomodation/hotel for 3 people in 2 rooms. We are arriving on Sunday 14 June...
A: I found this just by Googling the words Kukup hotel: http://www.kukupgolfresort.com.my/location.html http://www.kukupgolfresort.com.my/accom.html It should meet...
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Right down at the edge of Johor's brackish waters, lies a little village that rest on stilts above the water. Now this charming place is called Kukup Laut and it's over here where you'll find houses,...
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Kukup - Small town by the sea with good seafood
Kukup is a small town located by the Straits of Malacca in the state of Johor, Malaysia. This town is well known for its good seafood, kelongs (fish farms) and houses built on water. Hope you will......
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It has been 40 years since I have been to this part of the country... but I have not been to Kukup... I have passed thru Pontian Kechil and Pekan Nanas on the way to Johor Baru... I have heard so much...
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Kukup is a fishing village built on stilts over the sea and is located about 70 kilometres from Johor Bahru, and 20 kilometres from Pontian with only one road to get there. Kukup is famous for its...
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Kukup is made up of 3 villages - Kukup Laut, Air Masin and Kampung Melayu. Kukup is a fishing community and this place was famous for cheap and fresh seafood. (but I dont think so now) you can also...
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