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The Resthouse in Pontian Kechil - Left inoperative for the last 2 months. |
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This is Pontian! Outsiders not familiar with this corner of the country will look confused when asked Pontian kechil or Pontian Besar? |
The business hub
The town is 171 kilometers south of Malacca and 49 kilometer from the centerline of the Peninsula
There is only one major town i.e. Pontian! The one that the river - Pontian Kechil passes through.
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coastal Highway 5 follows the western shores of the
Peninsula and from its southern tip, Pontian, the highway moves north.
There was another smaller settlement a few kilometers north of this bridge, Pontian Besar, named after the river at that spot. |
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Pontian is a "metropolis" and a "cowboy" town, meaning that it had a bustling town center. However, the major shops seems to hug and lined up along this one and only major road. The same main road that divides the town into two. |
Unique river mouth town
Pontian is about life at the estuary.
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the choice of the settlement started with the conveniences provided by
the estuary.
Today, traces of life in the same place remained unchanged. Here the intercity road passed over the traditional marine throughoutfare. |
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Further upstream beyond the perimeters of the modern township, residents cling on to their old ways of life along the riverside- a prime location of the past. |
| Downstream towards the estuary, owners had every reasons to stay at the banks a place where their fishing fleets were parked or serviced. |  |
The Rest house
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mooted and built in yesteryears, this Resthouse in Pontian was located at a prime site!
At one corner of the popular esplanade facing the sea. A modern structure complete with split unit air-conditioners |
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Beside the
good view at the front, this Resthouse was situated on
large piece of land giving it a lavish compound at the
side of the building.
The building appeared well maintained and in operating state. A caretaker present, decline to comment on its status since it last took in guests a couple of months back. From the looks of things, the assigned contactor could have problem managing the outfit. There was no notices placed to inform the public, like us, who wished to use the facilities! |
The Esplanade
| This town
was blessed with the beautiful scenery at the estuary.
To offset the presence of a wide mudflats, a retaining wall and a coastal road complete with garden beautify the whole stretch. Enhanced by playground, effort has transformed this stretch into a park. |
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Another
view here looking southwards.
The estuary is seen here as a faint line in the background. |
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A close up
of the same scene.
The rising tide had concealed the mudflats. The whole coastal region at this time projected an near prefect scene. |
The hawker center
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We were
still looking for good food.
This was the car park for visitors to the seafront park. There was an official hawker center built to complement the park . |
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center was still in operation, but typical of Malaysian culture, the
new boys outside the center served better food.
This was the scene of the street vendors who transformed the open car park into a gourmet center. Satay was definitely 1st class. |
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We had
"otak otak" fish paste wrapped in coconut leaves
brought from the street vendors and accompanied by Satay.
The "otak" a specialty of this region is a "must try" for visitors. |
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