Lumut At Night

We were out looking for dried seafood stuff at night in Sitiawan... but most of the shops in town were closed; so we ventured to Lumut. This is the place to go catch your ferry to go over to Pangkor Island. As kids, my parents used to take us here to enjoy the evening sea breeze. Such kinds of trips were treats to us those days and we would look forward to it, usually during weekends when dad was free. Over the years Lumut has changed a lot. The old shops are still there but there are many new ones now. It has a very 'touristy' feel and look too. Gone is the rustic charm.

The night was still young but Lumut was quite empty. But the car parks were quite full. Guess many people have gone over to Pangkor Island. I was told that the hotels in Pangkor are fully booked for this hols. Guess more people are holidaying locally now that bad times have also hit our shores.

Anyway, since we were there, Other Half and I took a walk around the town. This is the Bazaar. But like everything else, it was quite, quite dead. The place lacks the vibrance you get in other places like Penang. The town planners should look into bringing more life to this town!

Some of the souvenirs sold in the Bazaar.... all made of shells and colourfully painted. But we saw only one forlorn foreign tourist walking along the Bazaar and a handful of locals.

But generally, Lumut is much nicer than Kuala Kedah or Kuala Perlis. The place is clean; you hardly see any rubbish. The shops are well organized and their walkways comfortable to walk on. In the cool breeze of the evening, it was actually quite nice to take a stroll around and look-see.

I finally manage to get my salted ikan tenggiri papan. But I realized that it was a tardy bit more expensive than the one I got the next day in Simpang Ampat. Tourist spot = tourist price. Must bear that in mind.