Rainbow Waterfall Sg. Lembing & Snake Island Cherating

Yeah, went for Rainbow Waterfall again after almost 2 years in May 2010.

For my last Kuantan trip, please click this to view: Kuantan Trip 2008
We managed to go few places for this trip only.
It's really a short trip.

We went to Cherating to see fireflies at 1st of May night.
Anyway, this is totally disappointed trip for me this time if compare with my last trip which actually saw a lot of fireflies on the tree.

The guide told us that we missed the golden time to see fireflies.
We should see it around 7-8pm, not at 10pm.
HA! 7-8pm?? That time we still in Karak Highway on the way to Cherating~~
Besides, the full moon in the Lunar calendar also affected to see the fireflies.
Anyway, I don't know how true is it~
But, what i check in the Wikipedia, fireflies are active in 1-2 hours only after sunset.
The moral of story: must see fireflies at 7-8pm! The best moment to see~

After we see fireflies, we actually want to go Kemaman beach to see turtle also.
But, we need to go Rainbow Waterfall in the early of the next day morning.
We need to wake up at 4am.
So, we hit back to our guess house to rest.

The moral of the story: Must plan Rainbow waterfall in the 1st day of the trip. If it held on 2nd day, the night we can just go back to rest and it's wasted~

Okay!
2nd day, 2nd of May.
We depart from Kuantan to Rainbow Waterfall at 445am.
We reach there around 520am.
We have a breakfast at Sg. Lembing market.
Still, the food there is still nice to eat, especially the "Yong Dao Fu".

We wait there until 630, if not mistaken...then we depart to Rainbow Waterfall piedmont~
I really enjoy the trip to piedmont on the 4WD. We sit at the back of the 4WD.














hahaha...it's really funny and excited!
We must be alert when the lorry is moving, if not, i am assure that you will hit by plants or branches~~





After 1 hour, we arrived the piedmont, we start jungle trekking with cross over few rivers. It's not very high and my stamina was more than enough to hike 1 and 30mins all the way up to waterfall~








huh~ finally~ reached waterfall~ the view is still spectacular..so nice~











Around 11 something, we walk down to the piedmont and go back Sungai Lembing Market to change our wet clothes.

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Eat lunch there, then depart from Sungai Lembing to Cherating. This time, we went a small island for snorkeling.

huh~~~Cherating is a beautiful place. Don't need to describe much, just look at my photo, then you will understand~














The guide said that is Dinosaur's footstep (don't know real or not)







Okay, now, understand or not? Why I like the place so much?
ha~ It's really amazing, right?


This time I remember to ask the flyer from the guide we used to be last time.

AIF Cherating Boat Services
26080 Cherating lama,
Kuantan Pahang.
H/P: 013-9099683 (Nazrie)

Show you the daily activities he has:

River Cruise
Leave at 9am/4pm
Duration 2 hours
RM20/per pax

Fire Fly
Leave at 8pm
Duration 1 hour
RM20/per pax

Snake Island Snorkeling
Leave at 9am (Negotiable, i think. Because we went there at afternoon)
Duration 3 hour
RM40/per pax

Fishing Trip
Leave at 9am
Duration 4-5 hours
RM350 per boat (max. 4 people)

Turtle Watching & Release Baby Turtle to Ocean
Departure depend on turtle
Duration 1 hour

Jungle Trekking
Leave at 9am
Duration 2 hours
RM45 per pax

Transportation service and Batik lesson on request
Watersport rental facility,
Jet ski,
Banana Boat (max. 7 pax)
Para sailing
Water ski/Catamaran

The prices stated above are negotiable if you have a lot of people.
Just call Nazrie to confirm or further information.

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i- City Shah Alam

It'a difficult for me to criticise a place I went as I like to see the whole world.
Somehow, i found that i-City is the place I will not recommend you to go.

1. Useless

What is the point to have such lighted trees with different colours???

2. Environmental Pollution

Remember the Earth Hour in March every year? We cannot just to do that once in a year, some more for 1 hour only. We should carry out everyday.

3. Bad breath

Someone said that the place is good for us to relax or go for a walk after dinner. But, a place without REAL trees or natural plants, is it good for us to go? Without fresh air + thousand of people, you can imagine how bad the air there. May be I'm quite exaggerate. Anyway, you can check by yourself.

4. Money wasted

There are so many lighted trees or light cactus without lights. They do not maintain it! So, what is the point to waste so much money to build the place?

I know, you will feel that I am not romantic at all. Who can criticise so much with the colorful light there?
I can't deny that the lighted trees are so beautiful. Just, really wasted if no people maintain and without any purpose.

May be they can actually plant some real trees, put some chairs etc, just like a park or garden. So that people who go there can sit there for relax. Build a trail for people who like jogging, may be a trail with stone for foot massage too.
Then, build a small amusement park for kids also.
There are so many things can do with that big place.

I think it's better to do some changes, if not, how to attract people to go there? How the developers there make money? The business idea was totally failed. Without changes, it will not last when people get boring or nobody maintain the place. Remember NZX at Ara Damamsara? I suspect that i-City will become 2nd NZX soon~

May be you will still curious with that place and wanted to see it with your own eye. Of course, you may go. But, i advice you not going at weekend. Too many people~~
Okay, after critise the place, let me show you some photos I took~

The Christmas Tree



The Entrance for one of the park in i-City can't recall the name (Another one is Safari Park)


Orange tree









Cactus


Maple Leaves






So call -Night Safari Park

Okay, now, how to get to that place???

Very easy.

If you are in Federal Highway, follow the signboard to Shah Alam. All the way down, if you are from PJ Hilton Hotel, you will need to pass by Sunway, Subang then reach a toll. After Shah Alam toll, still straight, around 1-2km, you will see the signboard to i-City, exit to i-City Juction, turn right at the traffic light. Go straight, pass by Pizza Hut and turn left when you see a building called Wisma Jakel. Go straight again, then you will see i-City car park at your left hand side.

Amended:

Forgot to inform you all that you need to buy a RM10 voucher for 1 car before you drive into the car park.

I don't know how about for week days, i went there at Saturday and we bought the RM10 voucher.

You can use the voucher to buy drinks or as ticket to visit the indoor Snow world or Night Safari.

We bought 4 ice-cream as the voucher only valued for RM8 if below RM20 purchased.

Oh ya, my friends went there at May, it was totally free.

So, can I suspect that there are actually collect the maintainance fee to maintain the lighted trees there? huh~ I don't know~

Batu Pahat Trip

My very 1st time went to Batu Pahat. huh....managed to go after so many year promised Hui Wen. Thank her so much to bring us walk around Batu Pahat and also other city, brought us to eat this and that.

The 1st place I went when I reached. HW brought us to have a look at a small fish village in Munyak Beku. It was late evening that time we arrived there, not manage to get a snap shot to the sunset. Somehow, it was still consider nice view to me.

Poeple who know me well will realize that I like mountain, those green plants more than seaside/beach. I don't like listen to the beating sound from wave. But, I do like fish village, it makes me feel so calm when look at the quiet place. (will explain more in my Sekinchan Trip)

huh, sometimes I was impressed by my skill. Nice huh??

Yeah, the 2nd day, we went to Tanjung Piai, The Southern most tip of the mainland of Malaysia. hehe....







Another Fish village, it was raining again. Somehow the views was better after rain~ so nice~



















See! From here, we saw Singapore~











The bridge was so long



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