Kijal

I had traveled recently after reading all the articles about Bukit Kijal and the tigers of Kijal twins, I took a ride from Teluk Kalung via Bukit Kijal to Pekan Kijal, and took the photos of the vegetation alongside the hill, once roamed by the tigers. I suppose this primary tropical rain forest stays intact and untouched by men, is a suitable habitat for the king of the jungle. I only managed to see the Kijal beach when drove into the so-called Pekan. I saw nice beaches with coconut trees and also stretch of ikan bilis drying under hot sun beside some fishing boats.

Today I happened to attend the wedding lunch (kenduri) of one of my colleagues in Kampung Kubang Kurus and there was a jam at the Bakau Tinggi area near the Cukai river because of a police check point set up probably because of some petty crime, which I am not sure. On sending Azman back to the factory, I decided to take a further route by going all the way to Ibuk so as to avoid the jam and from there again to pass through Kijal one more time. On down hill of Bukit Kijal, the Strawberry Kijal resort and apartments seem to be on receivership and it is up for sale. We dropped in and took a look and it is a nice place.

Just taking a glance at the surrounding areas of Kemaman, so that when people talks about Kemaman I would know which area they are referring to. By the way, a cozy town like Kemaman will have its fair share of traffic jam in the morning and afternoon when people drives to work and back home especially those employees from Perwaja Steel, they form bulk of the working population going that way. The road leading from Bakau Tinggi all the way to the Cukai river bridge and the traffic light of Kampung Bukit Kuang, where two lanes are subsequently merging into one lane on the bridge is the culprit. Heard that the tender was given out to widen the road and the bridge, do not know what is the status now, maybe one has to ask the the BN state government on this. I was told to avoid this stretch of the road especially during the festive season, when the folks here go on the exodus of " Balik Kampung"