#1: Arrived at the jetty!Visit To Pulau Aman, A Peaceful Village Island – The state of Penang does not only consist of Penang Island, but there’s many small islets laying around the main big Penang Island, e.g. Pulau Jerejak, Pulau Aman, Pulau Betong, Pulau Tikus, Pulau Gedung, Pulau Rimau and Pulau Kendi. Some is inhabited with people, some is not.
Pulau Aman, also known as ‘Island of Peace’ is a island off Batu Kawan of the mainland of Penang, I have seen the name from Penang’s Tourism brochure, as well as the road sign while driving on the North-South Highway, but I have no idea what’s Pulau Aman is about until then.
#2: You pay for the ticket once you on board the mini speedboat.
#3: Timetable of the jetty.
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After doing some research on the Internet, Pulau Aman is actually a small Malay fishing village and famous for the Mee Udang (Prawn Noodle, different from the Penang Hokkien Prawn Noodle). There’s is also one historical attraction, the Telaga Emas and a short stretch of sandy beach, as well as chalet for rent. Nothing much else.
#5: No fishing at the jetty.
#6: You can see a lot of jellyfish here, so it’s strictly no swimming here.
#7: It’s Penang Hill at far.
I visited the island with a bunch of friends last week and our main point of the visit was actually to eat the Mee Udang and the Mantis Prawn, which the island famous for too. From Penang Island, I travelled to the mainland Seberang Perai then headed south to Batu Kawan Stadium direction. From there, you will see direction board pointing to ‘Jeti Ke Pulau Aman (Jetty to Pulau Aman)’.
We then reached the Jeti Batu Musang, the jetty on the mainland that ferries people to the island. There’s a new jetty complex which is yet to open to public as it’s still under construction.
Ticket price to and fro the island is priced at RM6/person and there’s various traveling time per day, the earliest boat is 8am. We went on the second boat at 10am. It takes about 15 minutes to arrive at Pulau Aman.
#8: The jetty.
#9: Getting onto the speedboat.
#10: Me and dear, Hueisean.
#11: Traveling across the sea.
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Upon arriving at the island, a sense of peacefulness and sound of nature approach me as the island and the city is totally two different place. Hustle bustle of city sound cannot be heard at here. It’s sea water, windy sea breeze, chicken, and the laughter of the local inhabitant at the village can be heard.
We were hungry and we went straight to the famous Restaurant Terapung for Mee Udang as our brunch.
#14: A map of attractions.
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#16: Old Malay-style house.
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#18: That’s the new jetty on Pulau Aman, but not open yet.
#19: That’s Bukit Mertajam from far.
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#22: Instax of us!
Because of time is limited to us on that day, I did not have much time to visit the whole island, I will visit the island again and do some real exploring on it.
