We arrived at Kuala Terengganu bus station with the intention of continuing our journey towards Redang Island. It was still early in the morning, thus our driver suggested for us to make a short stop at this one unique place called the Turtle Alley in the heart of Kuala Terengganu city. We were a bit unlucky that not all our group members could join us at the stop because there’s some “drama” where the other driver didn’t want to make the stop there.
Kampung Cina area
the main gate
Our driver dropped us under the grand gate of Kampung Cina (Chinatown), where we were surrounded by some old buildings. The entrance to the Turtle Alley is just nearby the gate. As we enter the pathway, we could see that it portrays stories about turtles on both sides of the walls.
The alley stretches about 150m between Jalan Kampung Cina and the waterfront area which runs parallel with the main street of Kampung Cina.
Beautiful turtle mosaics where spotted along the alley and there’s also metallic plates that bears the story “Little Turtle Messenger”. Do read out the interesting story being put on the plates. A few nice turtle mosaics are also being installed at the floor area.
Mr JanggelTrekker (janggeltrekking2.blogspot.com)
A few of the #TravelholicAwesome members
The area was said to be initiated by a local politician with the intentions of promoting awareness about the endangered turtle species and at the same time making it a tourist attraction. I was impressed with the alley. It was surely a creative move converting a normal alley into a tourist destination.
at the waterfront area
another view from the waterfront area
LED tree lights
On the other side of the alley is the waterfront area. This area looks like it was just being developed where you could enjoy relexing by the estuary area. There were also some LED tree lights being put there, which reminds me of the I-City in Shah Alam.
So if you happen to be in Kuala Terengganu, make sure you drop by and give a short visit to this place. Also do check out their site at http://www.turtlealley.wordpress.com.
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Try tido td tp tak dpat..then bangun n check ur blog. Yay, entry ini sudah siap!
I ♥ turtle alley!!
sila gigihkan buat entry anda pulak yer :p
Ah-ha! Thanks for this! Will definitely check out Turtle Alley this coming raya break!
lol.. i tot u knew the place.. brp lama dh ni ko x blk
The alley must be relatively new. I was in KT just last May. Tapi biasalah, putera lilin, tak keluar rumah, hahaha!
Wow, the Turtle Alley looks awesome!!! I seriously need to make a visit to the east coast…
there are lots of interesting places in the east coast.. I myself haven’t been to most of em
I’m more ashamed to say I have yet to set my feet at all at east coast…unless Genting Highland and Cameron Highland consider part of the east coast…
genting & cameron doesn’t count! haha
genting & cameron doesn’t count! haha
Oh ada promosi di sini kekekek.
*malu*
promosi baik punya nie hahaha
ini tidak adil tidak adil tidak adil bagikuuuuu…
hmm…
bertabahlah…
hehamboiiii jeles ok sebab haritu takde kamera…. nyampasss sungguh tawwww….
seb baik, unkel van berjiwa besar nak promote tempat jenjalan kat sini…..
ntah.. penat jer aku nk bg pinjam sd card time tu.. tgk2 bateri xdak pulak.. haha
wah
ada turtle …
…aummmmm…..
turtle pon aumm jgak ker? :p
I guess the next place to visit is Terengganu! When will be the good time to visit?
just don’t go during monsoon season 🙂
Definitely haven’t been to Turtle Alley. I didnt remembered, when was my last visit to KT as well. So, it means that i need to go there again la nampaknya! Hehehe.
Do go!.. if u found any other interesting place, please share k 🙂
Hi, thanks so much for writing so very kindly about Turtle Alley. Do check out our website on the alley (www.turtlealley.wordpress.com) for more info on it and like us in facebook :))
thanks for dropping by.. I’ve just added the links to your site on the post
hi. im doing the asgmnt bout tourism. i love this turtle alley topic. may i copy this story?
thanks regards