Historical Sg Lembing

view of the valley from museum

A visit to Sg Lembing, the former tin mining town located 40km from Kuantan city-centre or just a few kilometres away if you exit to Kuantan via Kuantan Exit of the East Coast Hiway.

One of the entrance to mining caves

artifact?

Cape of Lust?

It wasn't the best beach among the beaches in Kuantan, and it mostly known as a place for couples to hang around. Just dropping by on the way to Teluk Chempedak.

Picnic(s) in Janda Baik

Janda Baik (if you were to translate literally it would means 'A Good Widow'), is actually a very nice place up on the hill adjacent to the famous place of gambling-Genting Highlands, but unlike Genting Highlands, this place is much, much quieter with not so many development taking place. It's famous for a good place to have your picnic by the river over the weekend. We found a couple of spot, and our favourite would be the private resort belongs to a family fren...enjoying tranquility of nature at your door steps, heaven!!

Train Ride - First Time for Some!

We took the children for long distance train ride for our journey from Kl to Ipoh. They behave well and all excited!

How to enjoy Sungai Siput

Sungai Siput is actually the hometown of my father where he used to go to school and spent most of his childhood. Nowadays, we known Sungai Siput not for that fact, but for the famous groundnut and 'apam balik' (it's a thin crispy crepe complete with ground nuts and corn paste). Of course, most of the time we would only be there if we had to visit his country-home...

Sitiawan - the way I remember...

I remember Sitiawan as a small town where I did drove by once or twice during my early childhood. The last time I drove-by Sitiawan was in 2004 where my family and I were actually heading for Teluk Batik. So basically, Sitiawan is a town where you only drove by on your way to Teluk Batik or to Lumut. It used to be an old town with series of colonial shop houses, but nowadays it has evolve to be a develop town and perhaps has gather the status as a city? (I'm not sure whether it has been upgrade to a city status, but the whole development makes it looks like one, the only trace to the old Sitiawan would be the existing colonial shop houses). And, it has already had a drive-thru McD while Ipoh still aren't any - so, it's a city or what?

For the past one year, I have to get myself to Sitiawan on monthly basis to attend meetings of a development project undertaken by our Firm, until it has recently completed. I remember that I started going during the period of road widening for the trunk road leading from Sri Iskandar to Sitiawan was still at the early stage of its construction, and now it has completed and I have no longer need to drag my hubby to accompany me. The older road was narrow with lots of heavy vehicle and the journey seems forever. Now, I can reach Sitiawan in 3 hrs (if you exit via Bidor from NKVE)

Family Vacation in Bukit Merah

A fun-filled family trip up north to Bukit Merah Laketown resort

Ferry Ride to Penang

I can't believe we were stuck in the que to board the Ferry for more than an hour!! the children has started getting grumpy by minutes...

The Clock Tower of Teluk Intan..

My family and I went to attend a wedding of a good friend in Teluk Intan. We later decided to take a tour around Teluk Intan and visited the 'Clock Tower' of which famously known for its similarity to the famous Pisa Tower of Italy.

The Clock Tower is actually constructed of good  quality which why it could stand until today, but of course who would have thought it would actually built to cater the water storage of the whole Teluk Intan?! Errrr...??

'Hiking' up Fraser's Hil

As long as I lived, my parents never took me to Fraser's Hill nor did I have any interest of going there. Rumours has it that, there was nothing much to do other than being appreciative of the slightly cool temperature than the normal 36 degree Celcius that we are having here in Klang Valley.


Anyway, on a what was a boring weekend, my hubby suggested that we drove up there.. well why not.. Our journey was via Kuala Kubu Bharu where we make our pit stop to get some snacks (do you know that Kuala Kubu Bharu was the location for Baik Punya Cilok a movie by Afdlin Shauki). We later drive through quite a quiet road, given the fact that there are only a couple of cars passes us by during the drive to the bottom of the hill. The road going up the hill was terribly winding, if I were to relate to the most winding road I have ever drive on to, this would be far worse than the old road leading to Cameron Highlands from Tapah! It's quite scary when you can immediately sees the deep ravine next to your window..huhu

When we finally reach the top... I guess the rumours was right all along!! There ain't much for you to see or do unless you are an avid nature lover or you are the type whom enjoy the laid back and quite town...I guess it would be a better option to come to Fraser Hills with a bunch of frens or groups of people so you can have a gathering of some sort by enjoying the environment..

Anyway, we didn't spent much  time there and before the evening ends, we already queuing up to go home (there's actually a schedule of coming up/going down the hill as the only road leading is winding narrow)