04/08/2022
Started our journey from Pelangi Leisure Mall at 5:30 am on the 26th July 2022.
Stop over at 688 kopitiam at Yong Peng for breakfast, this kopitiam serves Foochow mee, goreng pisang, porridge. The half boil eggs are very well done.
Resume our journey to Kuantan and arrived at the Kuantan Sin Kee Hong that sells local dried foodstuff.
Had lunch at Pak Su Restaurant at 12:15 p.m. for lunch.
Than we continued our journey and visited the Panching mountain, it is actually a cave temple, used to be a Thai enclosure but have since been taken over by the Indian community after the last Thai monk passed away many years ago.
After that we were on our way to Sungai Lembing and checked in at the Lakeside Castle Resort, a homestay located in this area. The owner let us take a tour of his little museum inside this homestay premises. Quite interesting artifacts being displayed inside this little museum.
Had BBQ dinner located beside the homestay with Karaoke system provided for the guests to enjoy before retiring for the night.
27th July 2022
Departed at 5:30 am in the morning, the group was divided into 2 groups as we can only go to Rainbow Waterfall by using either the Hilux 4 wheel drive or small pickups.
Had breakfast at the foodstall near the homestay. The famous local Yong Tau Fu stall was already opened for us to patronize their locally made delicacies.
Departed for Rainbow Waterfall at 6:45 a.m., our first stop was the Sunrise Hill, a short distance away where we waited for the sun to rise. Did not see the sunrise as it was quite cloudy. So we continued our journey from here to the Rainbow waterfall and it was a very bumpy 50 minutes ride to reach the entrance of the waterfall. Here, you can rent the walking sticks for RM 0.50 and water shoes for RM 3.00.
Trekking up the waterfall can be quite tricky, going up the mountain treks and and maneuvering across the rocks is quite challenging.
Took about an hour to reach the waterfall. Coffee, tea and cup noodles were provided which was included in the price of the entrance fee of RM60.00 per pax.
Descended the waterfall at 12:00 p.m. and we had lunch at a local restaurant at Sungai Lembing at 1:10 p.m.
After lunch, we departed for Orang Asli settlements to distribute some goodies to the children staying along the settlements.
Than we drop over to cross the Sg Lembing hanging bridge and drop over the local coffee shop selling the popular Sg Lembing beancurds and coconut biscuits.
Went back to the homestay at 4:30 p.m. and had dinner at the Lai Seng restaurant around 7:30 p.m.
Return to the homestay to rest for the night.
28th to 29th July 2022
Once again, we checked out of the homestay at 5:30 a.m. and had breakfast at the same foodstall as the previous day.
Left for Lake Kenyir at 6:30 a.m. and arrived at the Sungai Lembing jetty at 11:00 a.m.
It took 2 hours from the jetty to the reach the jetty where we were docked and stayed in the boat house for two nights.
Activities here included a visit to the Orchid garden, waterfall, speedboat rides, canoeing, karaoke or swimming in the warm waters of the lake and the best attraction of this lake is the visit to the Kelah fish sanctuary.
All the meals provided on the boat house were prepared by the local Malay caterers on the boat house.
29th July 2022
Started our journey from the jetty at 5:30 p.m. for JB with an hour stopover at a Kuantan restaurant for dinner.
Finally arrived at Pelangi Leisure Mall at 2:30 a.m.
