Trip To The Beaches in 1 Day! - Part 7

Do you still remember this beach? Yeah, were here in August of 2013, around 2am (!) looking for turtles laying eggs. It just wasn't our night because we did not find any. Or... maybe we were noisy that night.  But the beach was eerie at night.

This was Pantai Teluk Mak Nik, Dungun, Terengganu.  Another name for it was Pantai Teluk Monica.  I'm going with the first name because it's more plausible - Mak Nik is more logical and local than Monica.

So we came back this time.  We made this stop - first to find the best satar as recommended by my friend (Aunty Maiza) and second to seek for a beach - well, sort of our last call! It was almost 4pm and we still couldn't find a beach for Meen. Ops, she now wants to be called Zoey!

The thing about the beaches here are that they are beautiful regardless.

The people here do care about their beaches and we rarely see rubbish around.

The sea was still uncooperative and like I said, beautiful regardless.

 

You guys were already tired by the time we stopped here but Papa and I kept persuading you to get out of the car and enjoy nature.  Muka tu muncung jugak la.

I took some videos of the sea and the sound was overwhelming (scary actually).

And the wind was also still going on strong.

So we just took our time enjoying the sea, the beach and the sound of nature.  Nasib baik dah boleh senyum.  Kalau tidak mau nak kena berletiaq dalam keta satgi,

There were also a few families nearby with little children but they also just stayed away from the sea.

Next to the white car was our car, nampak dak?  The visitors lazying around under the shelter.  Papa stayed inside the car. Behind these beachcombers, there were lots of houses actually.  The INTAN (Institut Something Something - lazy! Hahaha...) Eastern Region was also there.  There were also stalls selling yummy tidbits including keropok lekor, goreng pisang etc..

Near that small hill was the place we waited for the turtles that night in August. Well, it's not very scary in daylight though.

Good job!  Posed as instructed.  Hahaha...

Okay, time to leave the beach.

We bought some Satar here - a local delicacy prepared using fish flesh, grated coconut and spices.  The satar here were good and delicious. It turned out that this was not the place described by Aunty Maiza.  It's the one next to it - not pictured here.  Despite the wrong place, the satar was good!

This eating place was right before the entrance towards the sea and the beach.  Other than this local delicacy, the night we came here, we ate some Chinese food at a Chinese Muslim hawker stall - situated a few meters from this store.  Yummy too! And yup! We ate around midnight and business was still happening that time of night.

We didn't find the turtles back then and we didn't have the chance to enjoy the sea either. Luckily Zoey was sleeping in the car and she couldn't make a fuss.  Maybe after the monsoon season, Zoey.

So, we headed home - about 40 minutes away from this place.  Just before we arrived home, it started raining, lightly at first.  Then, it dragged on for a few days and the big flood started coming, destroying houses and everything in its way.  People are still mending today - almost 2 months later!