Arriving Sungai Lembing Town 26 Jul 2013

This trip actually is organise by Auntie Jasmine together with Sia Chin. I was assigned for the booking and collection of the hotel fees from all the relatives. We are whole ‘Chong family trip’.

Due to the long journey, both Annabelle and Issac together with me, car pooled with Esiang’s car. Papa went together with Uncle Tat Lee’s car.

We supposed to arrive and meet at the Genting Sempah R&R Mc Donald’s. All others were there in the agreed time but only us!

As usual, Esiang would took his own sweet time to come out from the house, drove to our house and picked up 3 of us, sending off his dog to his friend at SS19 Subang Jaya for 3 days, filling in enough petrol for the journey.

We just asked the rest went off first and no need to wait for us. When we were reached Genting Sempah Mc Donald’s, it was almost 11.00am, and we supposed to meet there 10.00am.

We had our breakfast there, then we took off to Sungai Lembing. By the time we reached Sungai Lembing was almost 3.15pm. The rest of the families, like Ah Lee Ah Q, Ah Chua uncle and Er Yi families they had visited Kuantan town already.

I asked Esiang to stop the car aside, and took some photos with the kids as officially we had came to Sungai Lembing ^^.

Then, Esiang straight away drove in to the town, as we need to climb the hilly roads and passed by the forests at both sides. We need to drive through a bridge to cross the Sungai Lembing, in order to reach our resort.

We were staying in Lembing Riverview Resort. I managed the checking in and all the hotel fees. Due to we have a big group, we almost occupy the big house and the chalet house. I had taken the double bed as only 3 of us, is sufficient for us.

After we had settled down ourselves in the room, Esiang, Ika started drove the car out and asked us to follow them. We starting our adventure and wandering around the Sungai Lembing town.

The first place that Esiang brought us to was the hanging bridge. He had been here twice, to climb the Panorama Hill, thus he is quite familiar with the small town here.

Esiang just brought us to one of a few hanging bridge in Sungai Lembing. It was really fun and thrilling to walk on the bridge.

Issac was so excited and want to walk through, I just asked Exuan to accompany him to the other side. Annabelle was so afraid, thus I have to hold her hand and walked to the other end.

The houses that are across the river, looked fabulous at the other side of the river. Unfortunately the shops were all closed, thus we walked back again.

Next, Esiang brought us to an area where the Pahang Consolidated Company Limited (PCCL) old tin mine factory site.

The only thing which can be seen is only the debris and broken walls of the so called factory. There is a signage there written “Tapak Injin Besar PCCL”.

The place just gave me a feeling of sadness, as the place once was the centre economy of why the town exists, and now what is only left is the broken parts and pieces.

Not far from there, across the road there is a huge barrel made in iron. It was almost evening by the time we left the place, and headed to the town for our dinner.

It seems like not much of choices, we can only see 2 restaurants in the town. Our group of families occupied about 3 large tables and chairs.

All of us were so hungry, I cannot recall what have we ordered and we finished the food on the table in less than 30 minutes! It was not to say the food is nice, but the tastes just like the village home cook taste.

We just took a stroll in the town before all of us drove back to our resort.

I just chit chat with them for a while, then went back to our room have a sleep as tomorrow need to wake up early climb up the Panorama Hill and see the sun rise!

 

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