K M Cheng-Travel Journal: Malaysia (Covid 19 - Transition to Endemic Phase - My Staycation No 3 to Port Klang, Selangor) Sunday May 1 2022 (Labour Day)

Monday, May 2, 2022

Malaysia (Covid 19 - Transition to Endemic Phase - My Staycation No 3 to Port Klang, Selangor) Sunday May 1 2022 (Labour Day)

Cheng Neong Teng, Port Klang, Selangor

Tokong Thian Hock, Port Klang, Selangor

Jetty Bagan Hainam, Port Klang, Selangor

My Good Old Days - Visit to Pulai Ketam
Off The Coast of Port Klang (2017)

" Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day "

" My Staycation No 3 (Transition to Endemic Phase) free & easy visit to Port Klang town, Tian Hock Temple, Buddhist Temple, Jetty Bagan Hainam, Taoism Temple of Nam Suah, Selangor on Sunday May 1 2022 (09.15 > 13.30), travelling by my own vehicle (together with my wife & 3 sisters) from SS15, Subang Jaya, my 36th outdoor trip after a National Lockdown (Movement Control Order / Emergency) imposed by the Malaysian Government on May 6 2021 due to a spike in Covid-19 cases; a National Vaccination campaign is currently being implemented by the Malaysian Government (Phase 1 started in Feb 2021), as at Feb 5 2022, a total of 22.9 million individuals or 97.9% of the adult population in Malaysia have completed their Covid-19 vaccinations; Malaysia is now under the Transition to Endemic Phase starting from April 1 2022, an exit strategy that could allow Malaysians to return to near-normal life after nearly over 2 years of battling the pandemic "

My travel buddies: my wife & sisters Inn, Peng & Mei

Travel itinerary: Subang Jaya > Taman Equine (picked up my sisters) > Port Klang > Cheng Neong Teng Temple > Thian Hock Fook Temple, > Jetty Bagan Hainam > Taoism Temple of Nam Suah, Port Klang > USJ Subang Jaya (lunch) > Taman Equine > Subang Jaya (total mileage 178km)

Total expenses incurred: Rm36.30 (US$8)

Petrol: Rm30 (178km)

Toll: Rm6.30

Sunday May 1 2022 (Labour Day) - A Happy Labour Day to all ! My small LIFE pleasure, a weekend visit to touristy places in Port Klang, Selangor.

Port Klang, Selangor - a town & the main gateway by sea into Malaysia, known during colonial times as Port Swettenham but renamed Port Klang in 1972, it is the largest port in the country located about 6 km southwest of the town of Klang & 38 km of Kuala Lumpur, 2 islands located off the coast of Port Klang are Pulau Ketam (Crab Island) & Sungei Lima, both have become a tourist attraction especially during the weekends / public holidays & a place popular for seafood.

Travel Highlights:

1) Cheng Neong Teng Temple, Kampung Kastam, Port Klang, Selangor - an ideal place for Buddhist practice & meditation, over 100 years old, fine ancient sculpture.

2) Port Klang Gospel Hall, Lot 12, Jalan Kastam, Port Klang, Selangor

3) Tokong Thian Hock - a Buddhist temple in Kawasan 13, Port Klang, Selangor.

4) Nam Tien Men Temple, Kawasan 13, Port Klang, Selangor

5) Port Klang Mural Wall Art (The Workman with a Hard Hat) by Judith de Leeuw - giant murals brighten up Port Klang Town especially in Jalan Kem used to be a sailor street during the Good Old Days !

6) Jetty Bagan Hailam, Jalan Bagan Hailam, Kawasan Perindustrian Selat Klang Utara, Port Klang, Selangor - called Hainam Choon in Hokkien, a century old riverline village at the North Port of Klang, early settlers were Hainanese immigrants from China in the 1900s, this village comprising cluster of wooden houses built on stilts & linked by concrete walkways, sits on the banks of the Klang River overlooking the estuary; urbanites from Klang Valley like to patronise the seafood restaurants here especially during the weekends, my last visit to this place was 3 to 4 decades ago, a trip down the memory lane for me !

7) Pak Bao Shan - Buddhist Temple, Kawasan Perindutrian Selat Klang Utara, Port Klang

8) Buddhist Temple, Kawasan Perindutrian Selat Klang Utara, Port Klang

9) Taoism Temple of Nam Suah, Teluk Gong, Port Klang

My Good Old Days - my visit to Sungei Lima & Pulau Ketam together with 2 of my travel buddies from Singapore (Lam) & USJ Subang Jaya (KC) in Nov 2017.

1) Sungei Lima, off the coast of Port Klang, Selangor

2) Pulau Ketam, off the coast of Port Klang, Selangor

Makan Makan (Eating) - lunch in Chan Sow Lin Fish Head, USJ, Subang Jaya, Selangor after our group visit to Port Klang (Sunday May 1 2022) - ordered a plate each of steamed fish head with ginger paste, stir fried vegetable, Hokkien Mi, Kungfu ying yong fried kwai teow / mi hoon, gu lou yuk (sweet & sour pork) + rice + hot Chinese tea + Hokkien Mi (takeaway) totalled Rm102 (US$23, a treat from sister Mei)