After Kuala Berang, I went to Pulau Manis before calling it a day in Kuala Terengganu. The next day a whole new round of travel/sightseeing starts. After making a few stops near town, I brought the wife and kids across the Terengganu river on to the island of Duyong, or Pulau Duyong (pulau is island in Malay)...
The island used to be a centre for traditional boat-building. In fact I understand they still make such woodens boats good enough for deep-sea fishing. However since recent years, this has largely given way to modern ships. Now they are making big modern fishing ships made from steel which should be proud enough to berth at any respectable harbour...
A major catalyst to the modern ship-building industry is the existence of a world-class yatch club...
The club was made to host the annual international Monsoon Cup yatch race which features top sailors (is this word applicable for yatch racers? Never mind...) from all over the world!
As for me, I came to the yatch club to have a good view of the surroundings. Seen here is the estuary of river Terengganu along with parts of the Kuala Terengganu city...
A look towards the north would show another part of the estuary, and the small tapering part of mainland called Seberang Takir...
We next head for this small jetty...
The views from the nearby jetty makes us wish we could take a boat ride next... which was what we actually did. Anyway this is the 400th posting in this blogspot.
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