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The journey to Damai Laut continued after Sekinchan. Along the way, passed by another paddy field area with lots of smaller paddy seedling planting machine. After a long way through straight roads, we finally reached the junction into Damai Laut. According to signboard, we need to travel another 12km to reach the resort. Everyone thought 12km is such a short distance but it took such a long time to reach due to the narrow and winding road, with mangrove forest on both side and some small size monkey hang around the roadside eating grass. We seriously think those monkeys purposely stage up an ‘I only have grass to eat’ show for passerby…

We stayed in Swiss Garden Resort’s Apartment area and need to travel with car in order to put our footsteps on beach. Seriously, none of us really interested with beaches along Straits of Malacca. If you are thinking about Redang Island’s silky smooth sand beach with crystal clear water… sorry, don’t have. From the beach at Swiss Garden main hotel, we can see big ships passing by to the nearest port. Fancy a swim? I don’t think so…

We spent our next day exploring nearby areas like Sitiawan, Teluk Batik Beach and Lumut Port. There is one newly open Sea Shell Museum (Muzium Siput) located in Teluk Batik. It is worth to pay a visit if you pass by the area. Even though the museum is small scale operated, there are various types of sea shell from all over the world displayed inside. From shells bigger than your head to as tiny as small pebbles of stone, you just have to pay RM2 for adult entrance fees. The museum curator aka the ticket seller is very friendly and willing to entertain all your silly questions. Just be careful when you hold the biggest sea shell being display at the counter for photography reason. The curator’s face became nervous and her eyes fixed to the largest sea shell (>1kg) I held with just 1 hand… Hope next time those sea shells will still be available for touch.