Monday, July 03, 2006

Berembun Waterfall (1st - 2nd July 2006)

I had a date with Berembun waterfall at the 1st day of month July. It is accessible with 4WD from Sungai Klau. Altogether 11 of us ( 3 cars) drove from KL to Bentong , then Raub and finally met our guide at Klau. It's not a smooth journey, we couldn't find the way and couldn't contact the guide as there is no network coverage. But finally we reached the destination. There is a big signboard opposite the road promotes Berembun Waterfall just after "好谊记" restaurant. But the color of the signboard is faded which made it not a good landmark.

Our guide is wearing a cowboy hat and looks very energetic. He brought us to the place where we could park the cars and we started to put our luggage into the 4WD. We hired two 4 wheel vehicles and it took us about 40-45 minutes to reach the waterfall. We passed by durian orchard, rubber estate and banana plantations. Then, the driver stopped and "locked" the car. Well, I don't understand what it means but I knew that the off road 4WD adventure is going to be kicked off. The vehicles shake violently when climbed up the slope and negotiating the huge rocks. It's an exciting journey.

From the place where 4WD dropped us, it only took 5 minutes to reach the 1st Berembun waterfall. The water is cool as ice. I just swim (with tyre) for half an hour and cannot stand the cold anymore. :p After swimming, we ate the honeydew while waiting for the "Bubu ChaCha" to get cooked. My body felt warm after having the hot "BuBu ChaCha". At night, we were having steamboat. This is the 1st time I am having steamboat in the jungle. It's such a relaxing and enjoyable weekend.

Next day morning, we went for the second waterfall. We do the slides at the 2nd waterfall. The water is still as cold as ice but we are excited and not willing to leave there early. We left the 2nd waterfall at 11.15am. Around 1.30pm, we left Berembun waterfall with the 4WD again. On the way back, there is a slope where our 4WD couldn't pass through and stuck. It required help from another 4WD to pull over from another side. It was such a nice experience with this ride.

The trip was ended and we were headed back to KL with the sweet memory of Berembun Waterfall.

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