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Very hot day at Pulau Ketam

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I can't recall when was the last time I visited Pulau Ketam (Crab Island). I guess it could be about 15 years ago. So it was my curiosity of how much would Pulau Ketam had changed that I agreed to Jeff's invitation to go for this 1/2 day trip (these 1/2 day trips is turning into a de-facto standard trip length for our impromptu photo trips). With reference to www.pulauketam.com, Pulau Ketam used to be an inhabited island full of mangrove swamp, where fishermen travelled back and forth from the mainland to catch crabs, prawns and fishes. Eventually they started to build houses on stilts and slowly the population grows to today's 6-7 thousand. To reach the island, we took a 40-minute speed boat ride from Port Klang (KTM Komuter Pelabuhan Klang station). These fishing boats are located at the river near the main jetty. I can see plenty of mud crabs mud skippers at the river banks. Seems to me the residents of Pulau Ketam goes around with bicycle or motorized bicycle. I didn...