.... of Tanjung Dawai

This is the sleepy hollow of Tanjung Dawai town. Two rows of tired and worn out shop houses.

This seems to be the only modern complex here and it houses many stalls selling almost the same things : dried marine produces, clothings, cheap plastic toys and food.

( There are many shops and stalls selling dried marine produces, and, of course, salt fish is one of the most popular one. Better half bought a piece of "Ikan Talang" to cook salt fish curry. Y S knows salt fish is not health food and some claim to be related to nose cancer and what nots. But it is not Y S' staple so what is the big fuss. It is also once in a really blue moon. Come to think about it, salt fish was my mum's favourite and it was almost her staple. She lived to 92 !!! Passed over peacefully for old age. )

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One of the many things in Yours Sincerely 's ( Y S's ) "Bucket List" is to see places from near and far. Sometimes it is not the far places that escape us but the near places. We plan and book up months ahead for the far away places and pay through our noses but for the near places we tend to procrastinate because these places can be done anytime. Time flies and suddenly you have retired and you haven't been seen all of your neighbourhood. Btw anytime also means that time has to be set or prioritized for them, or else they just slip away or you might have expired while waiting to do it. "Some people wait so long for their ships to come in, their pier collapses " John Goddard. Y S learned from experience that if there was something lacking, it might turn up if Y S went for it, saved up for it, worked for it, but never if just waited for it.

Y S always wanted to take a peep at Kedah coastal towns ever since the days when the children were younger but, as you know, Penang always won the day when a choice is to be made for a family outing.

This island is visible from the jetty at Tanjung Dawai. Further in the horizon is Pantai Merdeka.

This is the fisher folks' jetty. It is livelier during weekends and people come a hunting for marine produces.

Part of the beach is protected from erosion with huge boulders. The beach is cleaner than Kuala kedah. At least, the sand on the beach is visible and not mud, mud and mud as in the latter.

More dried marine produces for you to buy.

So long as the location is not yet visited, it will interest Y S to check it out. Live before you expire.