#14 Betong, Thailand— checked!

Well, hello assalamualaikum— everyone!

So this post will gonna be a bit about our road trippin' details, abt the budgets, itinerary and also the good places to visit in Betong, Thailand. I'm sure most of you never heard of these place. Well, me either. So lek ja. Banyak je tempat kita taktau pun wujud dalam dunya ni. So, meh lah aku introduce sikit Betong ni dekat mana and apa. Basically its located approximately 15 km from Pengkalan Hulu, Perak and its plus minus 375 km from KL. It can be entered from Betong Immigration Checkpoint, macam biasalah, settlekan passport, insurans kereta, well, macam biasa, family aku mmg suka benor travel by car ni, so kitorang p by kereta. Bukan apa, senang. Nak extend pun takdehal, taklde terikat with anything, so mcm lagi leisure. Lagi boleh randomly plan nak p mana and on je bebila mau.

Ce zoom in, tengok lah betapa dekatnya Betong ni dengan Malaysia

Betong Immigration Checkpoint

Kay, so idea nak p travel ni, tak lain tak bukan sebab aku cuti panjang, well alhamdulillah I've started to love my job even more sekarang, sebab every year, at the end of the year mmg akan ada 2 weeks off, sebab plant shutdown, so, I can always plan my vacation during these time. And thank God too, ada rezeki lebih sikit dapat sponsor family untuk vacation this time guna gaji sendiri, rasa puas tu, tohan je tahu. Well, kitorang memang suka gila travel, and seeing them happy, makes me happy too. Sabaq na, next year kita p jauh sikit. Another one is sebab kitorang mmg suka Thailand, I guess passport aku penuh cop Thailand ja haha idk why, maybe bcs of its ppl? Food?

Kay there's something you need to know abt this place. Dekat center dia, mmg penuh prostitution centre. Pelacuran kinda legal here. We made a mistake at first tho, of staying at Betong Merlin Hotel. Kay kalau korang google, that hotel is memang a well known one. Some even rated it as the most expensive hotel dekat Betong. But what I would suggest if you come with family, is DON'T, DON'T stay here. Sebab markas depa, bawah ni je. People will like pelik if you said you duduk situ. Lagi lagi if you come with your family. Bukan apa, tak proper. Well you know, if kome masuk je situ, terbanglah iman kome yang takdapat diwarisi ia tiada di tepian pantai tu. Kitorang get this one glance masa dalam lif otw naik bilik, masa tu ada kitorg girls je, aku anis awin, sebab p ambil luggage tertinggal dalam kereta, of them asking, with surely a weird glance, tanya 'why stay here?' Kitorang at first tak faham, kenapa nak kena buat muka pelik, ni hotel kut kemon apa yang aneh sangat?

After abah explained then we know. Kawan kawan bikers abah yang selalu p sini pun pelik why kitorang stay dekat sini lol haha. Utk rate dia, average is 1270 baht/night utk 1 room. Since kitorang mmg always ambil 2 connecting rooms, and for 3d2n, total for accomodation is: 5080 baht.

The reason of why stay dekat situ: booking lambat and situ je available. 

So mana nak stay? Ha jap. Kau search Butterfly Princess Hotel Betong. Ha that's the right place, right choice. Betong ni kan, kau masuk je border, dh nampak masjid. Dia ada masjid besor satu dekat center. So sebenarnya to find Muslim food, amatlah senang. Banyak choices lah kira. Why Butterfly Princess Hotel? Sebab situ lah area Muslim bersepah. Turun ja. Depan hotel tu bersepah kedai sedap, murah. Well, ala carte nasi goreng tomyam/seafood, dengan seafood yang mencurah ke ladang gandum, baru cost you 35 bath. Kitorang suka direct convert tau, so approx. 3.50MYR lah. Tapi tak pun, since currency kita dh jatuh. Tp gitu ah senang kira. Stay situ, selesa. And memang most of org kita stay dekat sana every time p sana. Betong ni, famous among bikers. Mmg bersepah superbike/touring bike dekat sana. So tak pelik lah why ramai tak tau. Bikers je suka redah ceruk daerah mana ni so depa depa jelah tau. Rate hotel ni? Affordable gila. RM 85/night. Selesa nauzubillah but takdelah swimming pool ke apa.

Well this is how it looks like

Okay. Why Betong? Apa ada dekat sana?

Here got few attractions yang korang wajib p:

1. I - yerweng Hill, 'the awan karpet'
2. Piyamit Tunnel
3. Betong Hot Spring
4. Winter Flower Garden

Kay this is the best part of our trip kalini. Plan firstnya nak makan and p tengok awan karpet ja. Memang tu niat utama, eksaited kut. First time tengok awan karpet without kena hike! Siapa taknak? It looks like this:

Siapa taknak kan? Read more here

At first abah dh nak cancel, sebab kalau ikut van package dengan hotel, it costs us 2000 baht, RM 200+, mahai benor. But then kitorang jumpa another alternative. Naik rental motorcycle! Thus it makes this trip become more interesting. Meh aku habaq why: sebab kitorang deal dengan Abg Zan, owner motor yang kitorang sewa ni, nak ikut dia pepagi buta esoknya dengan bikers from Singapore, naik tengok awan karpet. Kay the reason why korang tak nampak any superbike in any of my posts, well depa mmg pakai touring jackets tp naik motor biasa/skuter? Mesti pelik kan? It is because of the road condition. Tak sesuai nak bawa motor besor. So depa yang datang mmg akan rent motor, naik sana. To be honest, jalan dia, adventure gila! Why I said so? Sebab nak p I - yerweng Hill ni dalam 45 km dari bandar Betong tau, kitorang gerak at 5 am gitu, gelap, and hujan. Jalan memang layan corner je, tu baru nak keluar town, then habis layan corner, masuk simpang bukit tu, nah, layan pacak pula. Dengan jalan off road, licin. Ada sorg couple husband and wife ni jatuh, bebetul depan aku. Masa tu takyah habaq ah, dalam hati ni ngucap je. Among all the riders, aku je the only perempuan yang bawak motor. Lain semua duduk belakang. Haha terpaksa, kitorang ber enam, abah dengan umi, amad bwk anis, well, aku kena lah bawak awin. 

Part paling best is when Abg Zan offer kitorang follow dorang, p rumah anak yatim, p visit masjid, sebab geng bikers ni nak sampaikan sumbangan. Thats why dalam ig story aku haritu, ada gambaq dengan budak kecik. Well, depa lah. Its a new experience for me, yelah, mana pernah, bawak motor sehari suntuk, cover almost 100 km, dari Betong sampai Yala, masuk celah kampung orang. Best gila!

With the kids

Bila datang Thailand, korang sewa lah motor. Seronok. Sehari dalam 350 baht ja, minyak lah mahai sikit, 4 ringgit gitu seliter. Tapi motor kan, so save gila. And dekat sini, takyah pakai helmet. Quite risky tp mcm best sebab kau lek je lalu depan polis depa. Dengan polis polis sekali tak pakai helmet haha. And dekat sini, kau takyah risau pasal minyak sebab bersepah depa jual minyak tepi jalan, range harga 20 baht sampai 80 baht gitu

We supposed to stay for 3d2n, tapi sebab abah dh serik nak hadap jammed, kitorang pun extend. And this time, kitorang stay dekat Butterfly Princess Hotel tu. Idk if I should wrote this, tapi malam last kitorang dekat sana, tetiba satu Betong blackout. Ingatkan blackout biasa, but the next morning, dengor local kata ada org bom tiang lektrik dekat Yala. Bukan satu, tapi tiga empat biji. Thailand bahaya sebab sebab gitu lah, sebab depa still ada rebellion, bahasa senangnya gitu lah, so if kau p, and nampak askar berkawad, and ada beribu pos askar mcm dekat border, jangan lah pelik. Bcs they need that. Bebila masa je boleh ada kes.

Betong Hot Spring

Habis cerita situ, kay utk Piyamit Tunnel, rate dia 70 baht for dewasa. Masuk lah. Utk pencinta Sejarah macam aku, mmg seronok lah, ambik ambik feeling zaman komunis dulu. Dekat situ ada ex komunis yang akan cerita dekat kau pasal zaman depa. Mmg dia yang duduk situ and pernah lalu everything there. Don't worry, depa boleh cakap melayu. Most of org sana boleh cakap melayu, kau try je. So far language takdelah jd barrier for us. Utk hot spring pulak, free ja. P lah bawak parents hangpa. Depa suka treatment gini, since dh lenguh berjalan seharian. Its a relieve tho.

Lagi satu favourite kitorang dekat Thailand— will always be its 7 Eleven!

7E depa seronok, jual memacam. Sebijik macam Korea. Kalau dekat mesia kau boleh tutup mata je takde nak hadap pun 7E sini, dekat sana lain. Pantang nampak, nak je masuk! Pastu shopping haha lol, kau kena p sendiri, then baru kau faham why aku eksaited everytime nampak 7E. Barang dia banyak variety, pastu muroh pulak tu. Kau even boleh shopping skincare dekat sana, dia macam mini Watsons too. In the next post, kalau rajin, kalau eh, nanti aku share skincare haul aku dekat sana. I bought quite a lot, and tak regret it hehe, ni baru start pakai, nanti aku review. And harga dia, serious, waaaaay much cheaper than Malaysia. 

Dekat Betong ni, bundle bersepah. Aku nangis keluaq darah bila nampak banyak betei branded kasut hiking here, semua lawo lawo, murah. Windbreaker pun ada. Just seluor je tak jumpa. Kalau jumpa cius aku borong. Pastu dekat sini ada satu kilang barang dapur, segala periuk kuali pisau belanga depa jual sini, murah gila. Pm je aku kalau ada plan nak p, nanti aku share semua

Aku rasa tu je kut, apa lagi eh. Kalau ada nanti aku edit balik, and share. Tu je kut— so far travel trip paling adventure, paling lasak penah kitorang p. Allah tu susun, baik betei. Of how we met Abg Zan and ikut depa, if tak, mmg pishang kitorang dekat sana. Well, I survived Betong - Yala already! If anyone ada plan nak p sana, habaq je aku, nnt aku bagi contact number Abg Zan, don't worry, he's a nice guy, banyak offer kitorang itu ini. Bawak jalan sana sini without minta return. May Allah bless him. Insya allah aamiin. 

Aku rasa tu je kut. Kalau ada nak tanya pape, kut nak tau procedure bawak kereta keluar Malaysia ke, feel free to drop a comment, takpun reach je aku dkt twitter or Instagram ok? Ciao.

#13 Mt. Pulai, checked!

So cerita dia haritu plan nak duduk rumah je weekend, yelah, baru balik from yb kan, kononnya nak jd normal lah, and having a normal weekend like org lain, attend kenduri kahwin etc, until I realize that I can't. Lol. The inner part of me whom belongs to the wood takleh nak nego, first, sebab member semua angkat sauh so I jealous, second, sbb p lrt gombak and nampak ramai org gather nak p trip. MANA BOLEHHHHHH

So, tangan pun gatai ah text kakmaria, ajak p Nuang. Plan dia sebenarnya nak menuang je. Dak dak yb nak p Pulai, kita pun takpelah, kitorg p Nuang je. Tetiba bangun pagi Sabtu tu, bukak whatsapp, nampak ni "Nawal choose-- Pulai ke Nuang?" Allahu of course lah Pulai, kita pun rindu org utagha, pastu YAAAAAS petang tu terus gerak after kak maria habis kirija. So random man, I guess I kawan dengan semua kepala random, which is why I love them. Hehe

Sebab nak fullkan kereta, aku pun ajaklah konden, amad and emal. I know konden will always say yes to me. Hiks thanks mate, takpernah menghampakan bestfriend kau ni kan. Even ajak few hours before, takde planning apa. Haha lol so kitorg gerak from kl around 8.30 pm, singgah tidur jap dkt RnR sbb kkmaria dh out, then sampai dkt Pulai around 3.45 am gitu. Makan dekat warung sat, and gerak starting point. Tak ingat sangat log, sebab p pun nak lepak hammock je.

So ni plus minus lah eh, Mt. Pulai 24 September 2017 log:

4.30 am     Sampai starting point, start hike
6.57 am     Sampai peak
10.00 am   Start descend
11.30 am    Sampai starting point

Basically Pulai ni normally org naik santai around 3 hrs, and for me trek dia is 3/5, cane eh, as for me, satu line je, "Siapa kata Pulai senang?" Haha dia takdelah susah, I enjoyed the track so much, sebab dia memanjat, and pacak pangok sampai kesudah, which is good, sbb tak panjang, so takpenat sangat, maybe sbb dia berbatu, and batu dia tajam, so bahaya, can't imagine if org naik masa hujan, naik is fine, turun tu, you need to be extra careful. Susah dia dkt situ kut, masa turun, and sebab sangatlah bahaya. There's no room for a mistake, tergelincir and you're done. So far my favourite track. Just malas nak turun, sakit kaki woi. Nak lari pun cam dalam mimpi jelah haha

Starting point dia, korang waze je Sekolah Kebangsaan Pulai. Masuk from situ, belah kanan, dia lalu rumah org semua, jalan quite mcm entrance Liang. Gitu ah. Nnt parking je bawah tu, dia tepi sungai. Ada je tempat parking. No worries. And akan lalu jambatan besi lama. Start from situ la, awal awal dh pangok, redha jelah, and enjoy the journey! Plan manusianya nak tapau Mt. Baling sekali, tp semorang dah terkulai haha so lipak, weh Pulai pun dah cukup weh cius. View pun pawe, tp kitorg takdpt view sobs idk if its jerebu or what, the view shud be like dis (its from here). Geram kan cam why not jalan je atas permatang tu? Haha you can't, aku dh p riki dh cewah, its like 80 degree junam bawah, they shud build flying fox instead 

Wtv it is worth it lah p, even it takes forever to arrive there, plus tak tidur, and daypack je p Kedah pastu redah hiking pulak, it was fun. Sebab lineup pun, another family that I own, and lepas hike kitorg lepak Lata Bayu tu layan tiruk pulak. I guess sebab hiking lah aku jd aci redah gini, and boleh buat kl - kedah tu mcm sebelah sebelah. Cameron ape tah lagi. Kay azam aku is next weekend aku duk rumah, kali ni serious talk, tolong aa jangan ajak aku p memane dah, cius ni, hopefully weekend ni takdelah tetiba up dekat IG tetiba dekat Fraser Hills pulak. Eh apa? Semangkok? Hewhew

Just by that, Mt. Pulai, checked! 
Moga niat aku nk duk rumah weekend ni dipermudahkan haha kay ciao

#12 Mt. Yong Belar 2.0 Daypack

So idea nak p trip daypack g7 ni is idea abg yazeid, dia proposed dekat joe, maka tertubuhlah group and lineup yang 15 orang ni. I was thinking abt it banyak kali, sebab first, I dislike daypack, second, I lembap, third, I always rasa I takboleh p trip daypack, and forth, sebab I tak berapa kenal lineup, kenal mcmtu jelah sbb jmpe dkt korga tp tkdelah sembang pun. Masa agree tu pun banyak kali questioned diri, boleh ke tak, or is it a good thing to do or nah? Bukan pe, takut kita jd punca trip tak sukses, segan pulak kang. But bila fikir, bila lagi kan, and nak try, so I did joined the ws group. Tawakkal je weh. The date suggested is 16th September 2017, hari Malaysia.

Sebenarnya, banyak pancaroba for this trip. Tetiba pulak demam the day before nk p, dh rasa tksedap badan, maybe sebab berjangkit dengan awin kut, bcs dia demam too, then tetiba petang Jumaat before nk p tu, kereta rosak. Mati tengah jalan and aku sorang. What an experience. Masa tu dh ws hilmi, and dalam kepala dh fikir nak lipak trip sbb serabut sgt, dengan demam + kereta buat hal, tp fikir kesian dia, sbb nnt carpool alone, aku pun redah je. Smpai rumah maghrib, janji dgn hilmi nak jmpe dkt LRT Gombak at 8 pm, mati la nak, apa pun tak packing. Idk why, selalu if ada trip aku paling seronok packing awai, trip ni, tak. Maybe sbb daypack kut, kalau camping aku eksaited ah nak packing siap buat flatlay haha lol. This time aku redha je main capai beg baju apa semua, ciao.

Otw p simpang pulai, singgah beli panadol + strepsils, everytime bila demam, without fail deme jelah aku telan haha then skip cerita sampailah lepak mamak Nasi Kandar Pulai, the same restaurant singgah masa yb 1.0 haritu. Reminiscing habis. 

Team Korga March 2017, reunited

Long story short, ni lah personal log daypack yong belar 2.0 gua:

5.00 am        naik powil from Masjid Lojing
5.30 am        start hike

6.45 am        stop dekat false peak, subuh

7.45 am        kem tudung periuk

8.00 am       angkat sauh, jalaaan

10.20 am      kem kasut, lepak regroup

10.45 am      angkat sauh

12.00 pm     arrived at the summit of yong belar, 7156 ft/2181 m

2.30 pm       descend 

3.35 pm        kem kasut

5.45 pm       kem tudung periuk, regroup + tunggu maghrib

7.20 pm       angkat sauh

8.25 pm       pintu rimba

8.32 pm       sampai kebun, pondok bangla

9.30 pm       naik powil, ciao

15 ketul lineup padu

Geng korga reunited at yb

Ni personal log aku, as for me, pace masa naik dh cantik, tkdelah berlari but constant, and tk stop banyak, masa turun banyak drag masa, since dh melepet lama dkt puncak, siap sempat tidur, what's great abt this trip is-- yb belanja view! Lawanya ya tuhaaaaaaan, I always wanted to know what's behind all of the fogs and clouds masa p first time haritu, and I did this time. Couldn't be thankful enough. Nah belanja sikit.

Bila lama dh melepet, siap tidur, nak restart tu allahu, malas gila rasa nak turun. Pace masa descend from summit smpai kem kasut, laju, kitorg quite berlari, laju aa haha but after nak ke tudung periuk terjumpa hilmi aisyah and hariri, depa sangkut sebab knee aisyah injured, so start from situ aku stick dengan group sweeper, and sebab geng depan (joe, awie, abg yazeid and azam warpu) berdesup berlari on trek, sis tak mampu nak kejor, ada la sekejap on trek sorang semata nak kejar depa, smpai jmpe one group otw kem kasut siap tegur kita kenapa jalan sorg, masa tu dh pasrah so lepak la sis alone termenung tunggu geng sweeper, sampai one spot terjumpa joe dengan abg yazeid, masa tu baru split jalan dgn abg yazeid ikut pace sendiri. Quite koyak lah. First daypack trip kan, somehow masa otw nak balik ke kem tudung periuk tu rasa macam forever.

But still, lepak dekat simpang pelaur tu, sbb tau still kena tunggu sweeper apa apa pun so no point laju laju p tudung periuk pun kan, sweeper kitorang si Joe siap tidur on trek haha so thats why kut masa paling lama is nak balik p tudung periuk balik tu, and siap tunggu maghrib, so basically trip ni mmg santai habis. And macam macam jadi, azam siap tertapau warpu sekali, sebab silap simpang hahah bukan biasa biasa daypack 2 puncak dia this time. And yb, being yb, selut dia mmg pawe takde gunung boleh kalahkan, kau kena redha tawakkal je, redaaaah. And one thing to mention abt the lineup, I can proudly say that I've found what I always wanted in my hiking journey, a family. Sayang korang. Even trip daypack but you gais didn't make it as strict as it shud be, but still timing kita tetap cantik and what's important is, memories kita bersepah.

Long story short--
I did it!

Walaopon selalu rasa takleh, hm, hiking ni banyak mengajor aku, try je! Challenge yourself to go beyond what you expect and you 'ought you can't do, sebab sebenarnya kau boleh je, and of course, support system. Lucky that I got them, and ada org tu teman kita smpai peak, thanks hewhew for believin' in me. Even kita banyak ngomel on trek, banyak tanya haha pastu bising, dia layan je, its good to have a 'see, I dh cakap dh kan that you boleh' kinda person. Haha you know who you are. To more daypack, camping and summits together, awak! 

Hewhew, just by that, trip daypack yong belar 2.0 sukses!

#11 Koh Lipe— checked!

Hey ssup? Assalamualaikum yall. So post kali ni, I'm going to share a lil bit abt our short notice kinda vacation— of Koh Lipe since ramai dm tanya abt itinerary and budget so here it is, kita share mana kita tahu, hope it helps! So basically this trip is trip aci redah, sebenarnya dh lama umi habaq, of nak p somewhere masa cuti aidiladha, we often go for vacations during raya haji since dh takde kampung nak balik, so yas, tapi semorang cam chill je lek lek sebab ingat tak jadi. Haha lol plan sebenarnya nak p Lombok pastu divert p Koh Samui, kita ni gigih lah research pasal budget semua, as always, since trip South Korea pun kita prepare itinerary and all, then all of sudden, a day before p, abah kata divert lagi, kita p Koh Lipe. Maka, berciciranlah anak anak mu p survey how to go there, hotel, transportation, budgets and all. It was so random, sehari before baru cari SEMUA. Like literally semua. A day before tu jugaklah berpuluh tab dibuka, and malam before p baru booking hotel hahaha lmao

Oh, btw Koh is Thailand bermaksud Island. So basically its Lipe Island. It can be reached by air, naik flight smpai Hatyai, ambik transit van, or boat from Pak Bara pier or Langkawi (tp low season ferry from langkawi takde tau) and by car. Kitorang p by car. We love to travel by car, and we're blessed by having a parents who loves travelling yang aci redah, takkisah by any kind of transportation, we've been to Thailand by train before, 12 jam dorg still lek, so alhamdulillah for that. Kira boleh gang ah. Trip aci redah paling best. Ingat nak redah walk in hotel dkt island tp bila fikir balik and suddenly jmpe a proper place to stay, teruih booking. Lg satu best by car is boleh sesuka hati extend and p tempat yang takde pun dlm itinerary, again, randomly. Hewhew.,

Wang Kelian border

So kitorang gerak at 5 am on 30th august, we arrived at Wang Kelian border by 11 am kut, lepas settle custom and immigration, settle kereta semua, maka masuklah kitorang dalam Thailand. Oh, better masuk from here, one, sebab tak apcked so u dont have to literally buang masa beratur sbb tak ramai mcm border lain, second, sebab from border to Pak Bara is less than an hour, dekat ja, third, sebab the scenery, its so beautiful— if you're a nature lover as I am, suka tgk gunung, hijau and all, u shud lalu here. Dkt kaki bukit, perlis tu masya allah lawa sangat. Dont forget to singgah its lookout point, lawa sangat! 

Lookout point of Kaki Bukit, Perlis

Okay kalau korang masuk from Wang Kelian, route korang cani— Wang Kelian - Satun - Pak Bara (pier) - Koh Lipe. From border Satun is like 30 mins je, boleh singgah makan there. Senang nak cari muslim food, sana majoriti muslims. Pak Bara is like less than an hour from there, and makan dekat Pak Bara is sooooooo nice. Kitorang pernah p Pak Bara last year in Dec, by car too, semata nak makan. Trust me, its all worth it. Murah and fresh gila. Thts why we dont mind to repeat and come again just to eat. Dia ada banyak gila kedai, u just need to try SEMUA. Haha lol no, but if u got extra budget, pls do so. U won't regret it.

Okay this is our fav kedai, if korang p, cari kedai ni, nama dia Nawa seafood. Worth every cents. U won't regret it, boleh makan sambil bersila dkt bamboo hut dia, facing the beach smbil tengok sunset. Gitu. Range harga dia? Murah. Crab fried rice dia 60 bath ja, kitorg biasa buang 0 dekat belakang, so kalau 60 bath kitorg kira lumpsum rm6 je. Bersepah ketam. Andddd one thing that you always need to try bila p Thailand is its Cha - yen, dap terok! Murah gila omg I can die if duk lelama dkt sini, teh ais besor ni just cost you 35 baht, RM3.50 mana nak dpt dkt Malaysia?

Cha - yen yums!

Kay since kitorg smpai Pak Bara tengahari gitu, we decided to lepak one night, p survey ferry apa semua, esok baru gerak Lipe. Maka, kami walk in lah p cari hotel, luckily got one, maybe sbb low season, so boleh redah. Aku sembang rate backpack la eh? Sbb major member nak p backpack, if korg nak stay sini (Pak Bara), rege dia affordable allahu— kalau budget traveller, nak backpacking style, sorang dlm RM30/night pun dh dapat, and cozy gila. Tu apa yang aku survey lah rege dia. Kalau nak mewah, berlambak je, mcm aku, aku tkkisah ngat, asal toilet dia okay, and selesa, and aku boleh spend more nights being there, aku on je. Kata backpack, ye idok?

Okay nak ke Koh Lipe, kita akan naik ferry from Pak Bara pier, from guesthouse aku, dekat sangat that boleh jalan kaki je. From apa aku survey, better korg walk in beli tiket ferry/speedboat sebab boleh dpt cheaper. So far before p kitorg survey mmg 650 baht/one way. Luckily kitorg tak beli online, kitorg walk in tp risky sikit la if korg p masa high season, takut takde ticket. Ha high season starts on Nov sampai May, so p la bulan lain kay. And aku rasa masa high season rate mmg 650 baht/way and 1200 baht/return, fixed. Aku p haritu kitorg dpt 900 baht/return per person, which is way more cheaper. Kitorg beli from Prasan World Tour (www.prasanworldtour.com), dia punya building belah kanan, kalau korg dtg dr kl/satun. But advisable if nak walkin usha rate, better p pagi, sbb kitorg haritu sebbaek sempat, 4 pm semua dh tutup haha lol 

So long story short, kitorg ambik speedboat plg awal, which is 9.30 am, journey from Pak Bara pier to Koh Lipe dlm 1.5 hrs so be ready, if jenis mabuk laut, tabah jelah. Tp kitorg mmg kaki laut, so mmg fun for us. There's something we didn't know— that we gonna land on a floating jetty hahah lmao pandai deme buat business kan, so bila dh smpai Lipe, u have to ride on the long tail boat to reach the island, tak jauh pun, its 50 baht/person. P balik dh 100 baht, kitorg berenam, bila aci redah benda ceni ah kena prepare, emergency money kena always ada k?

Floating jetty

For this trip, we're staying at Salisa Resort, its located at the Sunrise beach of Lipe, korang boleh survey dkt booking.com or trivago. Its soooooo good, rasa nak pindah duk sana haha erm for accomodation dkt Lipe, banyak sebenarnya, and ada jugak jenis dorm, jenis capsule, kita nak survey pun lenguh kaki berjalan sbb banyak sangat haha so again, sila lah p masa low season, kalian boleh dgn senang hatinya jalan mencari hotel mengikut hati and budget. For Salisa Resort, bilik haritu around RM350/night, tp ni p dgn family, so kitorang ambik 2 bilik, kalau p dgn member cari yg RM50/night pun dh okay, cari yang capsule, dorm pun dah okay, meh, korg bukan p sana nak tidoq manjang kan?

What's infront of your eyes

For foods, muslim foods, as for me limited sikit, idk maybe sbb kitorg p masa raya haji so banyak tutup, ada one night tu mmg takde langsung kedai, ada pun satu and ramaaaaai sangat so kitprg fedup and balik makan maggi haha lol tp foods dia rege mahal sikit la, biasa lah pulau kan. Kalau ala carte, cam nasi goreng ke apa, range dlm RM10 - 15 sepinggan. Cha-yen (teh ais) takyah habaq, RM5. Mahai. Beli dkt mainland ja. Jangan pulau. But what's good abt Thailand is barang dkt 7e dia MURAH GILA, pernah masuk 7e single receipt RM100 beli benda tahpape? We did that. Hahaha cius, takleh tahan nafsu nak beli semua benda. Murah sangat. Spicy korean ramen tu, RM4 ja sebungkus dkt sana. Sini RM7, meh.

Okay selesai bab makan, bab snorkeling pulak, ha ni pun kau boleh je walk in, takyah serabut pikir, sbb bersepah dkt sana. Pilih ja, harga starts from 400baht/person sampai 900 baht, korang letak jelah bajet 1000 baht (RM100) for snorkle. Pilih sendiri package apa korang nak. Tp haritu, again, sbb low season, kitorg dpt 400 baht/person includes lunch, mineral water and gears. Muraaaah. Again, p lah masa low season, org pun tak ramai. Lipe ni ada 3 beaches, Sunrise beach, Sunset beach and Pattaya beach. Boleh jalan kaki je, no worries. Banyak je benda boleh buat here, try lah massage, p snorkle, makan, main dengan dogs (dogs bersepah here but don't worry, dorg jinak bak hang). Lipe got walking streets, p lah jenjalan memalam. Best.

Kitorg p Lipe for 3d2n, at first plan nak p 4 days but divert last minute sbb nak lepak Pak Bara bcs we kinda miss the food. What's funnier is balik from Lipe, kitorg extend lg sehari, it was random, tak plan, so officially kitorg 5 hari dkt Thailand. It was a good experience, sambung raya dkt negara org, where Muslims are minority, dengaq khutbah in Siam + Arab. Best! Oh btw the currency might be differ tau, sbb kitorg selalu convert gitu je, tp haritu dh naik, 100 baht is RM12.80, so agak agak je tau. Roughly budget kitorang for Lipe, tapi ni for low season tau, is on—

transportation from KL - Pak Bara                     minyak kereta + tol - RM500 kut
speedboat from Pak Bara to Koh Lipe                900 baht/return - RM90/person
long tail boat                                                            100 baht/return - RM10/person
accomodation                                                           13000 baht w breakfast for 2 nights 
snorkeling trip                                                         400 baht/trip - RM40/person

Kalau nak kira per person, and for backpacking trip, korang kena prepare roughly RM100 (paling murah) for boats to Koh Lipe, return, RM100 for snorkeling (boleh pilih package), accomodation around RM60 (600 baht)/night, and this exclude foods (pepandai sendiri) and transport nak ke Pak Bara.  Lagi satu, abt wifi, korg boleh beli simcard, RM30, unlimited wifi kut, and don't worry, Thailand nowadays bersepah wifi. laju nokharom pula tu. Weh penat bebel, so basically that's it. Apa lagi nak tau boleh comment or email kita at nawalshuhada@gmail.com or dm je dkt ig/twitter. Kut nak p ke, nak tau pape ke. Ciao.

With love, from Koh Lipe.

                             

#10 Mt. Liang East & West

Sebenarnya post #10 is for post Korbu & Gayong, which already there dalam draft but....... its been awhile and I dh lupa log. Meh, this year malaih gila nak menulis. Idk why. Dia punya sembang nak tulis log tu, nak share, bulan 8 baru nak update, last post was Hello 2k17 hahaha fml. Kay stop bebel, aku bersyukur sebab tetiba datang rajin aku, tulis log for this trip. I know I shud do it, sebab nanti lupa, like trips before this. Sayang bila lupa.

So trip Liang ni trip aci redah, thanks to Neeja sayam sebab ajak. 5 months woi tinggal trip, last one was YYBTN reverse compress, ha tu pun tak tulis log. Haih, nak repeat memang wassalam, taubat lah nak. Short story abt that trip, kitorg decided to attempt 2 days but kenot, sebab memasing tidur tak ingat dunia, tak jaga masa, and bag tak mcm nak buat trip compress (I learnt A LOT abt this) so mmg impossible fr 2 days. Hence, we managed to finish it within 3 days. I still remember how shivering I am dekat simpang Y tu, tunggu geng sweeper since 8 pm to 1 am before we finally decided to jalan je smpai Pos Rengil. It was a good decision sebab kitorang dah basah kuyup and chances to get hypothermia is high. So macam, memang azab sebab hujan most of the time. Another fav moment is dekat peak Bubu, tu pun sama, menggeletor sampai ke tulang, ramai ramai duduk bawah emergency blanket kut, pastu bakor lilin askar tu. It was a good memory tho. Sadly, tak tulis log.

So this is our Mt. Liang East & West short log:

12 August 2017
9.30 pm      Gerak from Shah Alam
10.45 pm    Arrived at exit Tol Behrang
1 am             Bahagi ration, settle police report
2.15 am       Arrived at starting point
2.30 am      Start hike (lost track, kita cerita satgi)
4.30 am      Baru jumpa track
6.55 am      Arrived at kem Lubuk Antu (rest, subuh, breakfast)
8.30 am      Gerak 
1.00 pm      Arrived at kem 7e
10.30 pm    Tidur

13 August 2017
5.30 am      Woke up (subuh, siap)
6.30 am      Start hike, summit attack
8.30 am      Arrived at peak Liang West
9.40 am      Gerak p Liang East
9.47 am      Arrived at Liang East
10.30 am    Gerak turun ke kem 7e
11.30 am     Arrived at kem 7e
1.50 pm      Gerak from kem 7e (descend)
3.50 pm     Arrived at kem Lubuk Antu (rest, asar)
4.50 pm     Angkat sauh
6.05 pm     Arrived at starting point, Empangan Sg. Dara

Kay, so cerita about lost track tu, kabornya depa before this naik, pagor dam buka. Masa kitorang pi, sadly, its closed. Maybe sebab malam kut? Or mmg sekarang pagor tu dh tutup bcs of safety reasons, wallahualam. So, kitorang terpaksa lah lalu trek lama, which is dah lama sangat org tak lalu, and it was slippery af. Teruk sangat. Bayangkanlah, load berat, baru angkat sauh, sekali pacak terus 60 - 70 degree, dengan slippery sebab baru hujan, tercungap sis. Masa tu dalam otak dh fikir, kalau trek mcm ni sampai habis, idk if I could survive it. Mmg masa tu duk fikir dlm palotak, patut lah org kata liang hardcore. So lepas canak tu tetiba ada satu simpang, and kitorang stucked dkt situ lama, masa tu Neeja dh siap fikir nak cancel off trip, patah balik and p Penang ja. Makan. Hahaha lol

Then riki punya riki, tebas sana sini, guide kata, kita patah balik. Try masuk ikut tepi pagor tu, then pataaaaaah lah balik, 4.30 am baru jumpa siratul mustaqim. Masa tu energy dh banyak habis sebab tahan diri from jatuh and all, tahan beg berat lg. Meh. I won't forget that night, hati dh mcm 50/50. Dah lah first trip solo, aku kenai Neeja dengan kak as je. Mati la nak.

So sebenarnya, if you wish to climb Mt. Liang, naik from tepi pagor empangan tu. Jangan mengada ikut trek kitorg haha nescaya akan menyesai seumur hidupmu. Trek start betul betul tepi pagor belah kiri, ha kau p je bebetul depan pagor tu, and pandang kiri. Tu lah starting dia. Panjat lah.

Personally, I really need to agree that trek Liang kejam. And its unique sebab kejam dia nak ke kemsait, peak is waaaaaaaay more easy. Trust me. Tapi sekejam dia, dia best. Maybe sebab lineup too? And makan sedap? Haha. I won't mind to repeat it again, lai lajak tumang batak. Or buat trans slim teruih, tapau GCTBL. Meninggei. Dengor cerita geng Pok Joy dah settle buat depek, allahu sis. Betul geng takde jantung. Salute. Tapi sebab sis memang jenis favor trip bermalam, where santai sepak daun, sis takkisah buat 5 hari pat malam haha.

Ha pasal kemsait, org selalu tidur kem 7e, dekat sikit nak ke peak, selalunya 2 jam dh smpai, pace kita ah, pace runner ke takde jantung excluded kay. And abt waterpoint, kem lubuk Antu is the best, boleh tiruk, dekat kem 7e, waterpoint dia kena turun sikit around 3- 5 mins, and its just mcm mata air, tapi laju, sbb dorang dh salurkn pipe, and dh ada org baik hati bawak tong hitam, so no worries, tp jenuh gak lah, layan pacak lagi, but best mandi situ. P lah. Best. Liang is best. And pacat dia, officially aku kira ada 15 kesan kena gigit. Gg.

Kay tu jelah kut cerita for this trip. It's my 2nd solo aci redah trip after Trans Jerging and I'm doing good. Quite impressed with myself sebab duduk w guide this time, lead line up, being the 1st group to reach kemsait, 2nd person to reach peak, laju gak ah haha selalu sis melembap je dekat belakang. Maklumlah, fav sweeper dah bersara :')

By that, my 26th & 27th summits, Mt. Liang West & East checked!

Well, hello 2k17!

It's been awhile since the last time I write. Well, hello. Busy meh with everything, just ended my 7th semester busy with final year project etc. Tak sempat nak end my 2k16 with a proper trip, sebab busy sangat. Meh. Whatsapp penuh org ajak trip, mampu reject je, sedih amat. Haritu pun, pi Setia Alam Community Trail; first hike trip of 2k17. Lol taknak declare as trip pun sebenarnya, sebab biasa sangat. Ingat nak buat post tp duk bertangguh, sekali lupa hahaha sorry, I really am. Last two weeks, aku pi Lata Makau again, but this time buat tagging sikit, hope dpt la tolong ppl yang nak pi sana, idk how long it'll be there. Nnt kita buat proper punya k.

So, to a better 2017!

Plan this year bersepah meh, insya allah I'll be finishing my study in July. Korang doakan lah eh, moga dipermudahkan everything. Bolehlah buat CUS haha. And ikut plan, I'll be graduating my G7; this year juga, insya allah. Tp baru plan, full meh weekend every month. Haha. Share sikit lah becoming trip, insya allah.

2k17 #MG7N trips!
- Denai 3 Puteri 19 Feb 
- Mt. Kecil Hantu & Mt. Besar Hantu 11 March
- Mt. Korbu - Gayong 17-19 March
- Trans YYBTN April 
- Mt. Tahan 5-8 May 
- Mt. Chamah -  Ulu Sepat 15-20 July 
- Trans Jelawang
- Trans CBR
- Mt. Rajah via KKB
- CBL
- Mt. Semangkok

If betul lah jadi semua trip ni, insya allah grad this year, dengan partner kita hehe. Forever and always; it's been our goal since forever. So, doa doa lah kita dpt pi semua. And yas, insya allah trans dua ketul tu and gunung bawah dia tu pun tengah in discussion. Oh ya, Tahan via Merapoh - Merapoh tu trip aku, nanti aku open, still tengah mohon permit meh, apa apa aku upload in ws/ig/fb. Meh lah, boleh on trek sekali hehe. Insya allah I'll write my Nubis Pi Hiking post again, starting with Denai 3 Puteri, selagi ingat. Doakan aku rajin haha.

K dh maghrib, ciao lu.