The target destination for today was from Georgetown-Penang to Alor Setar-Kedah. The distance was not large with the shortest route on google gives me about 115km. I took my trusted travel website (wiki travel) advice and did the tour of Yan.
The detour of Yan was pretty simple, exit at Sungai Petani and go by the coastal road circling back to Alor Setar. Along the way there are few stops for pictures and little visits to peoples home estates which most times invites stares from the neighborhood. Not the bad kind, just the what is this idiot doing here where the is nothing to see kind.
It was really the peaceful nature of just riding and seeing the countryside starting from the fishing village of Tanjung Dawai towards Small Yan, seaside jetty for Yan then finally the abandon bridge of Pulau Bunting.
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| Leaving Penang (Background is Georgetown) |
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| Route for Detour of Yan |
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| Sungai Petani - Turn off the main road towards the Detour |
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| Tanjung Dawai Jetty |
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| The Jetty |
Pulau Bunting was an accidental find. When I was in Yan for a stop taking some rest drinking tea along the beach I looked at the map and the nearby Pulau Bunting had a Bridge across the sea to it. Quick check on Wikipedia tells me the bridge is there and abandon. So someone built the bridge across the sea to the island but did not developed the island.
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| Detour Stop at Yan |
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| Viewpoint at Pantai Murni - Yan |
The bridge was really abandon and not maintained and at the end of the bridge where it joint up with Pulau Bunting there was practically nothing, a very dense forest at the end of the road. It was as if they built the bridge for the start of something but something never came.
The locals all took advantage of the bridge and was all along the bridge doing deep sea fishing. I had only one thought when I was here ..... I could have camp out here at Pulau Bunting. Alas i had already booked the Hotel in Alor Setar and made appointment with a friend for ol time catch up.
Optional additional route is to also go further up to Kuala Kedah before turning right towards Alor Setar. I had time so I actually split it for the next day.
Kedah is a nice state of Malaysia that keeps its tourism compacted in Langkawi and the rest of the state quint and peaceful. You never feel bored seeing the same things all around Kedah. Paddy fields and fishing village all over the state and in the main town of Alor Setar, beautiful architecture of the old and the new somehow stick together.
Traveled on : Sep 2018
The locals all took advantage of the bridge and was all along the bridge doing deep sea fishing. I had only one thought when I was here ..... I could have camp out here at Pulau Bunting. Alas i had already booked the Hotel in Alor Setar and made appointment with a friend for ol time catch up.
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| Abandon Bridge to Pulau Bunting |
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| End of the Road ... Pulau Bunting |
Kedah is a nice state of Malaysia that keeps its tourism compacted in Langkawi and the rest of the state quint and peaceful. You never feel bored seeing the same things all around Kedah. Paddy fields and fishing village all over the state and in the main town of Alor Setar, beautiful architecture of the old and the new somehow stick together.
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| Alor Setar Tower |
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| The Zahir Mosque - One of the Grandest and Oldest Mosque in Malaysia |
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| Kuala Kedah River Mouth |
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| Sunset at Kuala Kedah |
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