Penang Bridge Fun Run (24 June 07)

Penang Bridge International Marathon is one of the biggest annual events of Malaysia. This is the only time that the bridge that connects Penang Island and mainland of Peninsular Malaysia will be closed. Imagine that running or even walking on the Penang Bridge that is no car and specifically closed for runners.... it should be fun. So, I decided to participate in the Fun Run category this year. The fun run category is opened for participants of 13 years and above. The distance is 10km and participation cert will be given to runners that finish the distance within 2 hours. This was my first time participated in the run.

I joined Lai and her friends for the trip to Penang on 23rd June. I met some of them before, like Hui Meia, Cheng Mei, Sew Yong and Keen Yee. The world is small. Hui Meia, Keen Yee and I were actually university course mate. Hui Meia was our senior and Keen Yee was from different major. Besides the run, this was also a “makan-makan” trip. 9 of us traveled from KL in 2 cars and reached Ipoh by 9 something in the morning. We went to restaurant Ming Court to have dim sum. After the heavy breakfast, we proceed our way to Penang Island and checked in Anggerik Lodging around 12.45pm. There were a lot of participants stayed there because it’s near to the starting/ending point of the run. We then went to Queensbay mall to collect our t-shirt. In the evening, we walked around the check out the exact place for the registration the next morning.

24 June 07, we woke up at 3.30am and had some light breakfast. All of us walked to RECSAM to register ourselves. RECSAM was crowded with people that we could hardly walk. This place was the registration place for quarter run and fun run. Fun run started at 5.30am. About 8000 persons participated in the fun run. Started from RECSAM, all of us ran towards Penang Bridge. I felt very tired after running slowly for half an hour, so from running, it’s turning to fast walk. After making the u-turn at the mid of Penang Bridge, I stopped for a while and walked slowly. The sky became brighter and brighter. Overlooking Penang Island from the bridge, I slowly run towards the finishing line. It’s tiring but somehow it’s fun. By 6.55am, I had finished the run, feeling excited and exhausted. Sew Yong saw me, took a picture for me and told me to look for others at the Milo booth. Ding, Chak and Keen Yee had finished earlier. Soon, Hui Meia arrived. Lai had also joined in the run even though she hurt his leg during training. All of us managed to finish the 10km distance.

The run was completed. So, we went to “makan-makan” again. We had our lunch at Lorong Selamat which near Komtar. Before we went back to KL, we stopped by Ipoh for the white coffee. The last stop was at Bidor for its famous duck noodle.

Dark Cave Adventure Tour (17 June 07)

Batu Caves is one of the tourist attractions which located not far away from KL city centre. But most of us only visit the temple cave and didn’t notice the Dark Cave, which the entrance is located at step number 204 of the 272 steps leading to the temple cave. I decided to organize a trip to the dark cave after hearing Lai’s interesting experience. I browsed through some websites and sent the enquiry email. Eventually, I got the reply from Patricia, the marketing manager of Speleotrend Enterprise. They organized the dark tour together with MNS ( Malaysia Nature Society ). 2 types of tours are offered: educational trip and adventure trip. I would like to go for the adventure trip that sounds more exciting.

Next, I will have to get enough persons to join the trip together. The cost of the tour is RM50 per pax with minimum 8 persons. After broadcasting the idea via email, I had finally got 15 persons that signed up for the trip. 3 persons joined at the last minutes, so altogether there are 18 persons in our group. Although I didn’t know all of the participants, it’s always nice to meet new friends. :)



17th June 07, all of us gathered at Batu Cave by 10.30am. Helmet, headlamp and Wellington boots were provided. Jaya was our cave warden. The tour began at 11.30am. We walked at the passageway that leads into the dark cave. I felt clumsy to walk with the boots and could hardly see the way as the light was very dim. Jaya brief us on the history of the dark cave and a little bit knowledge of the formation inside the cave. He warned us not to touch the formation in the cave. This is because the stalactite and stalagmite in the cave took thousands or even million years to form. We have to learn to appreciate and preserve it. Besides, he also demonstrated how we should crawl inside the tiny adventure path later.

We saw a white snake while we were on the way to the adventure tunnel. It lie there didn’t seem want to move. So, we bypassed it quickly. When we reached at an open space, Jaya asked all of us to switch off our headlamp and then closed the eyes. Then, he switched off his light and asked all of us to open the eyes. It’s totally dark!! We couldn’t even see our fingers. The cave warden, Jaya told us that this was the real dark cave environment. All of the creatures inside the cave live in the dark. If we encounter any creature, try not to disturb them as we are only the visitor to the cave.

I couldn’t wait to check out the adventure path that Jaya mentioned earlier. But just before we want to enter into that 1 feet high tunnel, a guy was crawling out from the tunnel. This is another group that also went for the adventure tour, but followed the path in opposite direction. When all of the members of the other group finally out from the tunnel, it’s our turn to get wet and dirty. The floor was wet and muddy. But we had to do the army crawl to get through the tunnel. At some point, the hole is very small. So, we had to turn the head on one side in order to get through. Foong Kiew took the pictures for when we were in the cave. She was the only person that brought camera in because her camera has the underwater casing.

After crawling for a short distance, I reached the part where ceiling is a big high up. We rested there for a while before proceed for the 2nd part crawling. Once we went out from the tunnel, it’s turn for us to climb up the wall and slide down to a pool. Jaya went down first to the pool and helped us when we were sliding down one by one. The water level is above my waist. We waded through the water and climbed up the wall again. Then, we came to an open space – a place where the light came in from the top of the cave. The exit was not far away from this open space. Our adventure tour ended at 2.15pm.

Our clothes were dirty, wet and smelly. So, we paid RM1 to took shower at the bathroom which provided by temple. Then, we took our late lunch at Air Panas, Setapak. The food there is delicious. It’s a nice weekend with exciting trip and nice food.


p/s: I am receiving the feedback from some of the members after the trip. I am really glad that everyone did enjoy themselves. :)

Mt Benom

2 years ago, when I was resting at the beautiful valley of Mt. Rajah, Hai Poh told me that there is another mountain which located not far away from Bentong. That was the first time I heard about Mt. Benom – a mountain that very difficult to hike, no view, no scenery and the only thing worth to see is giant nepenthes. Hai Poh even use the word “ugly” to describe it. I never want to hike Mt Benom. However, I still turned up for the trip this time with the mindset of “training for Fansipan”. To my surprise, Mt. Benom is not as bad as I thought. Well, at least it’s better than Mt. Inas.
Two 4WD brought us to the starting point of the trek. Berembun Waterfall is located not far away from the starting point. I had been to the waterfall twice but this time will just focus at Mt. Benom. There are two routes, one is from the waterfall which is longer and we took the other route which bypass the waterfall and directly led us to jungle. The red ginger flowers catch our eyes. This was the 1st surprise that Mt Benom gave me. We took quite sometime to photograph these beautiful flowers before proceed our journey. It’s almost 10.30am when we finally set off for the hike.
15 minutes later, we came to a riverside. After crossing the river, we start to climb up the steep trail. The trek was as difficult as expected but not as wild as I thought. This was the 2nd surprise. The trek is obvious and not much fern blocking the way. Only after 1 hour trekking, Hai Poh stung by bee at his nose. He was allergy to bee sting and his face and legs were swollen immediately. He trekked slowly, took break when he felt dizzy. After a while, his legs started to cramp. Evie, Tack and Peng Meng helped to carry some of his belongings to reduce the load of his backpack. I kept on hearing he mumbled to himself “ 争气一点 ”. Although not feeling well, he still able to proceed the journey.

Lai, Tack, Foong Kiew and I reached the campsite (1761m) at 4.30pm. We were busy posing and taking photos without realize that the weather was changed. Rain started to pour and getting heavily. We quickly set up the tents and stayed inside until the rain stopped. After the rain stopped, Evie and Ren prepared for our dinner. The rest of us are either helped them or just sat and wait for the dinner to get ready.

The next day morning (9.40am), all of us carried the light backpack which loaded with food and water, then set off for the ascent to summit. We have to traverse 32 peaks and valleys before we reach summit and retrace the route back to this campsite on the same day. It’s 64 times ascending and descending altogether!!! It’s tough and challenging for me. We reached the 2nd peak after 1 hour trekking. The view here is nice and the giant pitches can be seen everywhere. We stopped for more than half and hour to take pictures and rest. Ren decided not to continue the ascent. So, he separated from the group and went back to campsite. The rest of us continue the journey in rain. After went through a subtle of ascent and descent, we finally arrived at Mt. Benom peak at 3.30pm.

There is a flat ground at the peak where we can admire the scenery. This is the 3rd surprise. Kok Ming and Hai Poh told us that this flat campsite wasn’t exist 3 years ago. It’s almost an hour later when we started to retrace the route to the campsite. This time, we seldom stop for rest and hoping that we will able to reach before sunset. However, I really very tired and can only trek slowly. By 7.30pm, I had to put on my headlamp and trek in the dark. I walked together with Kok Ming and Evie. At last, we back to the campsite around 8.15pm, feeling exhausted.

The 3rd day, the descent began around 10am. On the steep trail, I slide down instead of trek down. :p The 4WD picked us up at the foot of mountain and drove us back to Sg. Klau. The trip ended with the late lunch at Bentong. Mt. Benom, the 10th highest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia is not the peak that thrills hikers, but somehow she still has special charm and it’s a really good place for training.

p/s: Evie said Mt. Benom is difficult than Mt Fansipan. Hmm….how true is it? I will be able to tell after September. ;)

Mt. Inas (30th April - 1st May 07)

Hai Poh went to Gunung Inas 5 years ago and had described Gunung Inas as the 2nd beauty of Banjaran Bintang. So, 14 of us signed up for the Gunung Inas hiking trip during the Labour day. I went to Gunung Bintang at June 2005 which also located in Banjaran Bintang and I had seen the most beautiful sunrise at Gunung Bintang. So, I had put the high expectation on Gunung Inas. Higher expectation leads to greater disappointment. Gunung Inas – “too beautiful” which made me never ever think of want to visit her again.

We separated into 3 cars and headed to Ipoh at 29th April. We spent the night at Dee’s house. The next day, we started our journey to Lawin at 6 o’clock early in the morning. I slept in the car all the way and when I opened my eyes, the signboard of “Selamat Datang Ke Lawin, Perak” came into sight. We passed by a secondary school and a police station, stopped at the Malay stall beside the road to have our breakfast. Hai Poh went into a shop to buy something. A Malay told Hai Poh that he recognized him and asked whether he came here to climb Gunung Inas. We felt a bit unbelievable but later we found out that he’s a friend of the tour guide that Hai Poh hired at his previous climb. He saw the photos of Hai Poh before. His name is Salim and turned out to be our guide this time.

After breakfast, we parked the cars at Salim’s house and started our journey. We bypassed the rubber estate and walked into the palm oil plantation. After an hour walking, we reached the starting point of the trek. Gunung Inas is about 1800m and half of the trek is the logging trail. Fern grow wildly along the trail. Our guide was in front to make the way for us by removing the fern. Hai Poh, Tack, Kok Yuen and Ming also took turn to chop down those fern. Guide hiring is the spontaneous decision and we are glad that we have a guide with us. Without Salim, most probably we will get lost in this forest.

Rain started to pour around 12pm.Leeches had become extremely active in the rainy day. They attacked us aggressively and wouldn’t lose any opportunity to suck out our blood. We stopped to check and remove the leeches. This activity had become more frequent from time to time. Imagine that you will find leeches on you every 5 minutes walk, then you will able to understand why leeches is our nightmare at Gunung Inas. Salim kept on telling us that campsite is not far away, only about 2 hours journey. “Dekat saja, 2 jam” and the problem was he had been telling us this since 2 hours ago. We only reached the campsite at 5.30pm. It’s 8 hours journey.

The campsite is located beside the river but it’s not the nice campsite, a lot of sand fly. The river at this campsite is the last water point. If we would like to camp at the summit, we need to carry the water from here and all the way up to summit. We are afraid that we might be able to descend and go out the forest before night fall if we camp at the summit. So, we decided to hike up to summit the next day and come back to this campsite for overnight. The next day at 9.30am, we slowly trekked towards summit and reached the top 4 hours later. The surrounding was covered by clouds, couldn’t see any scenery. There was nothing at the top except the pine trees. We teased among ourselves again for spending the holiday in this terrible place. We descended back to the campsite around 2pm and reached campsite at 6pm.

1st May – Labour day, we packed all our things and desperate to go out from this mountain. We were ready to battle with the leeches again. Maybe because of not raining, the leeches are not as much as 2 days ago. But still consider a lot comparing to other mountains.

At last, we had left Gunung Inas at 4pm. The only thing that I remember of Inas is leeches. I can still clearly remember the scene that everybody busy to remove the leeches and kill them with yokoyoko and “minyak angin”. Chee Yong had prepared a small bottle of salt water and put the leeches inside. He said this was the spa that he prepared for the leeches. Phew! I am so glad that this nightmare had finally ended.

Bukit Takun (25th March 07)

7 o’clock in the morning, I reached Foung Yee’s house at Pinggiran Batu Caves. Hai Poh, Kok Ming, Foong Kiew and Man Tack had arrived earlier. Today, we are going to climb Bukit Takun. Peng Meng and Joshua were late. By the time all of us met, had the breakfast and tried to lodge a report at Selayang police station, it’s already 9am. As Bukit Takun is located in the private area, Foung Yee told us that police report is needed to enter the place. Due to some issues, we are not able to get the police report. But we still proceed our way to Bukit Takun which is near Templer Park Golf Course to try our luck. Fortunately, the security guard at the entrance let us entered the area. So, we left our IC there and moved towards Bukit Takun.

We walked uphill, bypassed the luxurious bungalows and came to the end of the road. The journey started with 20 minutes steep jungle hike until we reached a wall. We moved towards the right side of the wall. After 10 minutes, we came to an open area and another wall which is at least 30m high. This is our starting point – climbing up this 30m high wall. Foong Kiew seems very worry when she saw the wall. This is her 1st time for rock climbing. But she was doing quite well. Hai Poh led and set up the safety precaution half way up (at the place where he can stand properly). Peng Meng was the 2nd person that climbed up. Then both of them belayed us from the top. I felt scared and clumsy when moving up. Even need Joshua and Man Tack help to push me up on the first attempt. Anyway, one by one, all of us had successfully climbed up. But we still have half way to go. So, the process repeated. Hai Poh led and made the necessary safety precaution. Finally, at around 12.50pm, all of us had reached the top of the wall.

We continue scramble over a rocky hill. All of us were amazed by the limestone pinnacles up there. The rock formation is unique and beautiful. After hiking for half an hour, we couldn’t find obvious sign of the trek. So, we stopped for snack and admired the stunning view of pinnacles. After some rest, Kok Ming wanted to continue the trek. So, all of us followed. Hai Poh, Kok Ming and Man Tack were in front searching for correct direction. The route was challenging and sometimes scary especially when scramble up the side of a cliff. But the view was getting nicer. The entire Templer Park Golf Course, Anak Takun that located in the golf course and all the luxurious bungalows can be clearly seen.

It’s already 3pm when we started to retrace our way back. Descending is not easy and we have to be very careful. It took us some time to recognize the way down through the massive limestone column. The journey ended with the exciting 30m abseiling. Around 6pm, we left Bukit Takun. We went to Kepong for dinner. It’s Joshua birthday. He treats us for the dinner. We had also bought a cake to celebrate birthday for him.

The trip to Bukit Takun is indeed challenging. If you ask me to describe my feeling, I will say scared but excited, tired but contented. :)

Pulau Ketam (10-11th March 07)

I had been working in KL for several years but I haven’t been to Pulau Ketam which only need 30-40 minutes ferry ride from Port Klang. So, when I knew Huay Mein was organizing the Pulau Ketam trip, I signed up immediately without any hesitation.

The jetty to Pulau Ketam is located opposite Port Klang KTM station. So, some of us took kommuter and some of us drove and parked the car in front of KTM station. We would like to take 2.00pm ferry. However, the ferry only arrived the jetty at 2.20pm. After 35 minutes, we reached Pulau Ketam and checked in Sea Lion Hotel which is just a stone throw away from jetty. The rooms are quite cozy but with no bathroom attached.

The weather was hot. But we did not want to waste the time at hotel. So, we decided to go for a walk and exploring Pulau Ketam village. This is a mangrove island. The houses are built on stilt. Motorcycles are prohibited in this island. Bicycle and boat are the main transportation in this island. Majority population is Chinese and they are mostly fisherman. There are schools in this island. I noticed that there are a lot of temples here. We found out that one of the temple will having some celebration at night. That will be one of our programs at night.

I went back to hotel around 5.30pm. There were a few groups of people checked in the hotel and made the hotel nearly full. Teck Long came back to hotel and told us that a tour guide was offering us a package which includes Pulau Ketam sight-seeing, crab catching and also aborigine’s village visit. Each person cost RM15. All of us agreed to take up that package. A boat took us to one of the end of the island where a fishing chalet is located. From here, we slowly walked back to our hotel (central part of the island) while listening to the tour guide brief us on the attractions, culture and history of the island. This part of the island is very quiet, seldom visit by tourist. We took our time to admire the scenery, taking photos, listening story from the guide. It’s a very relaxing walk.

I think it took us more than 1 hour to reach the central part of the island. Wilson said he had been to Pulau Ketam twice and only now he realized that the island is so big. It’s dinner time. We stopped at one of the restaurant for dinner. We ordered crab, fish, prawn, fishball and squid. We waited for very long and when the dishes served, we felt disappointed. The portion was small and it’s not nice. Only the fried squid was good. The dinner was very expensive mainly due to we are tourist.

We proceed to Nan Tien Temple after dinner to check out their celebration. The place was very crowded. Initially we thought there will be Chinese opera but there were only dancing and singing performance at stage. Huay Mein, Lo, Ah Loo and Ah Son went back to hotel after a while where the rest of us stayed until 10.30pm. We played cards and mahjong until 2am.

The next morning, Kok Yuen woke everybody up at 7.30am. We washed up and went for the breakfast. Tour guide met us at 9.30am and brought us to visit the volunteer fire station, Chia association office, couple bridge and Koperasi Herr Ming Pulau Ketam. After that, we took the boat to go out to the mangrove swamp to set up two crab traps. Then, we visited the aborigine village nearby. Tour guide told us that government had gave this village a boat to fetch the aborigine children to go to school few years ago. But most of them had dropped from school after couple of years. We gave some candy and snacks to the children. We were at the village for half an hour before go to collect the crab trap that we set. Will we able to catch the crab back? Of course……..not, anyway it’s expected. Well, at least we knew the way to set and collect the crab trap now.

We back to Pulau Ketam around 11am. There is a thing that we have planned but haven’t done at this moment – cycling. So, we rented the bicycles from the hotel and cycled to the part of the island that we haven’t explored. 12 persons with 12 bicycles cycled around the island, such a nice experience. I am very cautious when cycling, especially when there are people or other bicycle coming from the other direction. I do not want to fall off from the road which is 5m higher than the ground. The weather is very hot. After cycling, we went for the cold ABC and cendol.

We left Pulau Ketam with 2pm ferry and back to Port Klang. Before going home, we had the Bak Kut Teh at Klang as our late lunch. Yum…Yum…it’s so delicious :D

Trans Titiwangsa Trek 西北北路线 (20th – 24th Feb 2007)

Trans Titiwangsa Trek is known as the tough trek in Malaysia. It crossed 3 of the highest mountains in Peninsular Malaysia – Mt. Yong Belar, Mt Gayong and Mt Korbu. It takes 5 days to complete the trek. There are altogether 12 persons signed up for this trip.

On the 2nd day of the Chinese New Year (19th Feb 07), we drove to Ipoh and took bus to Cameron Highland. It was almost 9pm when we reached Kampung Raja and checked in Lok’s apartment.

20th Feb early in the morning, we packed our things and checked out. We took our breakfast at 牛记 restaurant while waiting for the 4 wheel to pick us up. Picture above is the 4 wheel that took us to the starting point of the trek. It was 9.40pm when we began our trek, climbing up hundreds of steep steps. We crossed the dam and slowly trek into the tropical rainforest. The trail was muddy. The muds stick at my shoes. It made me felt harder to move as my shoes were getting heavier. It’s already 5.15pm when we reached the last water point. There is no water source at Yang Belar summit, thus we have to carry the water from this last water point to summit. It was 7pm when we finally reached Mt. Yang Belar peak. Bad news, the campsite was fully occupied with other groups. All of us had trekked for 10 hours. Nobody wanted to move further to the campsite that is another hour away. Moreover, it was getting dark and cold. So, we set up the tents along the trail, took dinner and slept.

21st Feb, we left campsite about 10.30am and proceed to descend to the valley. Descending to valley doesn’t mean that go down all the way, it still include subtle of ascent and descent. So, it’s still very tiring especially my legs felt pain after long hours descending. At last, we reached our campsite near a stream at 4.30pm. I couldn’t wait to wash up the muddy shoes, socks, clothes and myself. I had Dal-Bhat as my dinner. It’s mixed potatoes, corn and green bean. Hai Poh got the idea from the Nepali food. It’s actually quite good.

22nd Feb, our destination today is summit of Mt Gayong. It’s definitely not an easy trek. The trail is muddy as usual. We left campsite at 10 something and reached junction peak after 3.5 hours. Mt. Gayong still seems far away. We have to cross Mt. 6850 and other peaks before step into Mt. Gayong. However, we felt motivated when the beautiful landscape of Titiwangsa came into sight. You can easily identify all the peaks: Mt Yong Yap, Mt Korbu, Mt Table & chair etc. Slowly, we made our way towards Gayong and reached the waterpoint at 4.30pm. Nobody will miss it as it is marked with a kettle with its spout point to the trail leads to the water. Hai Poh told us summit was only half an hour away. But I took nearly an hour to reach, really exhausted as it’s ascending all the way. As dusk falls, team mates were busy setting up the tents, preparing for dinner and taking pictures. For me, I am sitting inside the tent busy massaging my painful legs. :p

23rd Feb, I woke up at 7am to get the pictures of sunrise. Weather was not bad in the morning as Titiwangsa mountain range can be clearly seen. Mt. Korbu – the 2nd highest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia was surrounded by clouds. It’s our target for the next few hours. We set off to Mt. Korbu peak around 10am. My stamina was getting bad as I really felt exhausted when going up the hill. But the scenery along the way was fascinating. Step by step, I was moving towards Korbu.

Finally, I landed on the Korbu peak, tired and speechless. There are a few campsites at Mt. Korbu peak. It can easily accommodate up to 50 persons. But its popularity has also spoilt its cleanliness. There are trekkers that didn’t bring the garbage down and left it over at campsite. This is really a very bad attitude and should never been practiced. Our journey doesn’t end at Mt. Korbu. After short rest, we continue our trek to descend, from 2183m to 900m. Suddenly, rains started to pour from sky. I put on my raincoat, then proceed the journey. I enjoyed walking in the rain because it was not very cold but refreshed. Before 6pm, we reached the campsite. Ipoh city could be seen from here. Hai Poh called this campsite as “bus stop” which previously had a shelter like bus stop. I went to the water source about 15 minutes away to wash up. Unfortunately it was raining when I reached the water source. So, I ran back to the campsite to take shelter. At night, it was raining again……I couldn’t sleep well as I kept on bitten by the sand flies.

24th Feb, Hai Poh told us that once we go down the mountain, we still have 16km to walk in order to reach the main road. So, we weren’t daring to stop for rest until we came to a big river. The descending trails were infested by leeches. Once we arrived at the river, everyone was busy checking and removing the leeches on our legs and in our shoes. We stopped for half an hour for lunch before proceed the journey. The weather was so hot. I couldn’t stand the heat, decided to walk faster. One hour later, we reached the metal bridge and trekked into the palm oil plantation.
By 4.00pm, I saw the aborigine’s settlement. Kok Yuen successfully contacted Song Ching and he agreed to fetch us at this aborigine settlement. I felt lucky that I can relax at this village instead of trekking on the 16km logging trail. By 5.30pm, Song Ching, Khong Lee and Wei Zhen arrived. To surprise us, they brought us cold drinks – soft drinks and barley. Ohh……..they are so nice. :D With Song Ching’s 4WD and Kok Ming’s van, we all back to Ipoh Khong Lee’s house for shower and dinner.

My Trans Titiwangsa trek had completed at the 7th day of piggy Chinese New Year. The journey ended. The wonderful memories will continually remain….

Chiling Waterfall (1 Feb 2007)

1st Feb is Thaipusam and Federal Territory day. So, those of us that worked at KL and Selangor got a day holiday. I did not apply leave on Friday as I am running out of leave after Nepal trip. Thanks to Huay Mein and Ying that organized the Chiling Waterfall trip that fill up the time for the day. Our group consists of 11 persons and we went by 3 cars. Kok Yuen is our guide as he is the only person that been to this waterfall before.

All of us met at Rawang toll at 9.30am and headed to Kuala Kubu Bahru. After Kuala Kubu Bahru, we followed the road sign of Fraser Hill and by passed a beautiful dam. We stopped for a while at the dam for photos. About half an hour drive after the dam, we crossed a bridge and reached the starting of Chiling Waterfall trek. There is no signboard, but could see many cars parking beside the roads. The parking place is just right after the bridge.

From the parking place, we crossed the road and started to trek to our destination. There are some construction work going on to build a bridge and toilets. We trekked along the river. The trek is easy except need to cross the river for several times. Huay Mein is a good swimmer but she has problem balance herself when crossing the river. Ying need to beware of her slipper as it will easily float away. After almost an hour trekking, we reached the waterfalls. There are altogether 3 falls. We stopped at the 3rd waterfall for swimming. The waterfall is nice. It’s such as good place for relaxing. Surprisingly, there are a lot of fish there. Just throw the bread into the water, all the fish will come over. Fishing is prohibited in this area.

We were there for about 3 hours before retrace our way back. We reached PJ around 7pm and had dinner together at Seapark. Chiling Waterfall is the recommended place to spend for a day or even camp overnight. 3 things that I remembered for this day trip: laughter, shouts and chill ;)