Travel Series: An Evening @ Morib Beach

This blog was started with the main intention of blogging about my attempts at gardening and embracing Mother Nature.

I have since discovered various bloggers who are SO MUCH MORE better at gardening and chronicling their attempts on their sites...and, here's the clincher, regularly updating too! *eyes cast downward sheepishly*

So, I thought starting 'Travel Series' would be a good diversion alternative, while I desperately search my garden for something interesting to post!!

So, dear readers, I hope you approve. *cricket sounds*  Err, hello? Anyone there?

Anyways, my Paya Indah Wetlands post was the 1st under 'Travel Series'. Now, let me take you to Morib Beach located in Selangor state. Morib Beach faces the Malacca Strait, arguably one of the narrowest and busiest sea straits in the world. On a clear day, I'm sure it's possible to catch a glimpse of parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island on the opposite side.

I've visited Morib Beach as a child and remembered walking along damaged concrete paths leading to the beach which was mostly covered with boulders, gravel and pebbles. Any patches of sand found were light-brown in colour and were not fine nor sand-like.

Thus, I was pleasantly surprised to find present day Morib Beach nicely spruced up with modern amenities and a paved concrete promenade built right up to the beach-line. However, the sand quality remains the same though, haha!

It's a popular spot for couples, families and children to spend time together...there's just something in the salty sea air, cool sea breeze, stinky mud flats, tiny scuttling crabs digging holes in the mud and poking the mud flats for cockles that keep drawing the crowds back time and again.

Morib Beach is not only popular with HUMAN visitors, it is also enjoyed by this family of monkeys! In fact, they have discovered the PERFECT spot to admire the sights...on top of the many matured Casuarina trees grown at the fringe of the promenade/beach line.

 Here's a look of the beach at low-tide. The sea is way way far out there.

We found this sand sculpture made complete with coconut husks, twigs, cockle shells and a garland of creeping plant! That tiny hole towards the bottom of the 'pyramid' was dug by a tiny crab trapped inside the sand! This was found further along the beach where the sand quality was comparatively much better!

One could even catch both the moon and sun appearing at the same time. Turning to my right, I got a picture of the setting sun and turning to the left, yielded a glimpse of the rising moon.

What else is there to do at the beach, you ask? Well, there are a few food kiosks offering fresh seafood. You just choose which seafood you want to sink your teeth into and the style of cooking the same. Sit down, relax with a drink or 2 while enjoying the sea breeze and before long, the chef would have whipped up a yummy dinner/supper for you to enjoy! 

  

While waiting for dinner to be cooked, restless kids could play at the nearby children's playground or pretend-play at being fishermen netting a gigantic conch (?) seashell (made of fibre-glass!)!

All in, we had a pleasant time and was glad to catch this beautiful view!