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                                   Tanjong Piandang Fishing Village

The small town is approximately 21km from Parit Buntar. It is situated at the mouth of the Sungai Tanjung Piandang (Tanjung Piandang River ) which flows into the Straits of Melaka. Building in this small town are also pre-war buildings as is apparent throughout the district. this town serves as the activity centre for the fisheries activity. There are many fishing villages scattered around this town.In the south of this town there is an eroded area used to be exemplary paddy   field  but now it is so could be visualize what it used for.Two of the famous fishing villages are "Kampung Nelayan Bagan selatan" and "Kampung Nelayan Bagan Utara

          
Mr. Tan Yam Chean with cyclist from USA and Japan
Click Here to see Prawn Farm

   
Mr. Yam Chean is very nice man. He is a good friend  of mine. I have taken many cyclist  to his Prawn Farm. After visiting
his Prawn Farm  he will bring some prawns to cook in a restaurant in Tanjong Pinang. He is well know and very respectful man in Tanjong Pinang and he is also chairman for Chinese Temple



 
Most of the elderly man come and rest here and sometimes gamble to the past time



 

 
Cyclist from Holland and Maggie from Germany were here too



 



 
Eating King prawns and Chinese tea and some time beers





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