Decided to join them for a few days to get away from the city. These are photos from Teluk Cempedak from yesterday. Its a superb place for relaxing. Never realised what a nice place Kuantan is. I had a sneak preview last year when Soeren, Mathias and I visited our friend for Hari Raya, and her house is literally by the beach. And one of her neighbours is a fisherman and her family sometimes has the "pleasure" of receiving fresh fish.
Annu's place is less than 10 minutes from the Teluk Cempedak beach, which is pretty clean and well maintained. We also saw several treks that are accessible via the wooden bridges built along the beach. I love to see families and groups of friends hanging out in nature and what luxury to be able to do it on a Monday evening! Annu has already written in to sign up as MNS member, so we can join in their activities. You can't live in Pahang (with the longest river and biggest national park on the peninsula) and not explore it:)
I've come to appreciate cities and towns close to the sea as being sane living. Some of my favourite cities have that access like Cape Town and Sydney. I felt it most therapeutic when I was in Fredericia after the funeral to be able to walk by the beach, listen to the sound of the waves and be lulled by the sea breeze. At least for 2 months, it became a routine for me to go for morning or afternoon walks by the beach. Someone told me once that people feel at peace near water because that was our cradle for 9 months in the womb. I won't swear by that and wonder how it works for those who have aquaphobia (ok, scared of water, ya, me included). But the sound of the water and its rhythm on a non-stormy day calms down your own heart beat, I think. Anyway, its too bad that the neither Putrajaya nor Kuala Lumpur is close enough to the sea to have strolls by the beach. It only means have to make regular trips to Kuantan!
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