It has been a strange holiday. We were not able to take a holiday together as a family till recently when all of us were able to get together. Kids were done with carolling on 23rd December. So the next day we made our first holiday trip together as a family ... it was actually a short break just to retreat from the busyness and relax. I had to approach both HM and PK1 to request to be excused from meetings on the 26th.
KC estimated 7 hours drive to Kenyir Lake by going up north to Gua Musang and then turning east. So by 6.10am we were in the car. We stopped at Bentong for breakfast. It was interesting to find a kopitiam that serves vietnamese noodles. All of us except Dan had viet beef noodles which was just ok. The coffee was good though.
After breakfast, we decided to make a detour to Camang waterfall. We felt we were still early....so we could afford the time. Took a left turn and drove about 8km to the waterfall.
Really glad we made this stop. The waterfall is beautiful and impressive. Water is clear and clean.
There is even a hanging bridge.
Closer to the waterfall. Quite a big one.
Slightly past 9am, we continued our journey. We headed towards Raub, Kuala Lipis and planned to stop at Gua Musang for lunch. Raub and Kuala Lipis route has lots of logging junctions....as it was raining...we didn't meet many trucks. We even saw a signage showing a gold mine...Penjom Gold Mine.
It was a cloudy day....cooling for the drive. Along the way we saw a few accidents. I managed to get pictures of these two.
A truck turned over. Some local motorists stopped to loot the truck.
It was sort of drizzling when we arrived Gua Musang. Along the way we saw many limestone caves. They are even more beautiful than the caves in Ipoh. A possible location for filming Hobbits??? KC thinks so....every peak he saw was a possible Erabor. That is the train station with limestone hill behind. I like Gua Musang....very quaint town.
We looked through a few blogs and found this restaurant recommended. So we had our lunch here. Fish, 4 beans in sambal and a taufoo dish came up to RM122.50. The fish is RM110 per kg....(fresh water fish which is supposed to be popular in this place). Fish we ate was RM85....very nice. We enjoyed the lunch...delicious though pricey.
The next route was tricky. We were supposed to go on east using Felda Aring road. Blogs warned us of bad road etc. Wow...as the picture shows...the road was full of potholes. It was an awful drive. It was raining the whole way. A low car would have problem...the best is a 4 wheel drive. At the resort, the buggy driver told us of a guest who lost a wheel bumping on this road.
From this bumpy road, we turned into route 185....KC missed the junction and drove into Felda and was stopped by the security. Route 185 is supposed to be better but still need to be cautious. It's nothing like the highways and roads on the western side. We saw this real interesting tree. As there was not much traffic on the road, KC drove slowly so we could take a few shots.
Again from the blogs we read, we looked out for the Elephant Sanctuary. It was quite a while before we saw it. It was raining heavily by then so no elephant rides. Five big elephants and a small one in a cage. All the elephants were chained at the foot. Huge animals. Looked quite well taken care of though it was pitiful to see them chained and nodding their heads in a sorrowful way.
After taking some pictures, we hit the road again. We were so tired by the time we reached Kenyir Lake Resort around 5pm. We spent almost 11 hours on the road covering 4 states....Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Pahang and final destination; Terengganu!
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