#18: Merapoh - Kuala Tahan (Day Three)

It's day three gais, 

it's summit day!

And on my post before, I did mention to selit a bit about day 3, but I didn't, so pardon my malas. Its not good ya. But harini, aku akan try my very best to cerita on day 3 and day 4 terus.

Ok. Let us start. 

Day three, tidur malam tadi tak berapa nak lena, because sejuk. This is the first time, tidur in ground and fly, dan ground tu kita ikat ya anak anak, to prevent angin from masuk, that's how sejuk kem Botak is. Plus, basah. It makes everything worse even more.

Kem botak at 0700

That morning we woke up awal, but, stay ja keras dalam sleeping bag. Sebab sejuk. Bangun, itu pun sebab fikir nak p naik atas sikit layan sunrise and view. Dekat kem Botak ni, you've to hike atas sikit then baru cantik sikit nak layan view sambil ngopi. Gitu. But kena beware sikit, sebab atas ni banyak port membuang, so, kena elok elok to not step on it. Or else, murung, sis. Murung.

Kalau nak borak pasal view, kali ni trip view belanja habis. Alhamdulillah, takhabis habis mulut ni sebut syukur, sebab selalunya orang pi, and its kabus all the way. Kitorang tak, not at all.

But if nak cakap about weather pattern, on Merapoh side, hari hari hujan. Until today, sebab kitorang dh otw ke peak, and menghala ke Kuala Tahan, it was sunny all day.

Subhanallah.

This is what special about Tahan. That you won't get anywhere else. Cara alam, menunjukkan kebesaranNya. It's different, here. The atmosphere. How random the weather can be. Every and each of it are unique.

Susah nak cerita. You should come and experience it yourself.

You can see the track up there, seems near- its NOT

Kem Botak signage

Route for today:

Bukit Botak - Mt Tahan summit - Bukit Berapit - Mount Gedong - Kem Gedong.

We've started a bit late today, as team sweeper semalam decided to sleep at Bonsai, sebab dah sangat lewat, and dah habis pewai. So we have to wait for them to arrive then baru gerak. What's unique about this route, adalah, it consecutively offers various levels of track difficulties, dia macam, day one santai, day two azab, day three chill balik, and the list goes on. Hence, the reason of why harini gerak kemain lambat. Sebab misi harini, kem dekat Kem Gedong ja. So macam, chill je lah.

How the track looks like, gerak ja dari Kem Botak

THIS is it

And, ingat harini dah bersih dah? NO.

Short log sat:

11.02 am - angkat sauh!

12.30 pm - Mount Tahan summit

12.56 pm - gerak

4.45 pm - Bukit Berapit

6.39 pm - Mount Gedong

6.59 pm - Kem Gedong

Mount Tahan summit signboard, another 55 km to go? Gila.

Hence, 

on day three,

Feb 4, Mount Tahan, 2186 mdpl, checked.

Feb 4, Mount Gedong, 2066 mdpl, checked.

Today was the highlight of the day sebenarnya, again, those breathtaking views, makes everyone went "subhanallah" all the times. It's magical, tho. Oh, kitorang pun ada berhenti makan sat somewhere after the summit. Makan, sambil layan view. Itu yang buat lepak lama tu, nasib ja tak buka dapur buat teh panas lagi. Haha no, no.

Cantik en?

View after summit Tahan, and ke arah Kuala, adalah bae. Lagi lagi bila dia belanja, subhanallah. Dah berapa kali dah aku ulang habaq subhanallah kan? Centu lah kitorang weh. Sebab cantik sangat. If kau dah lepas Bukit Berapit, kau akan layan pacak sikit tau, pastu jumpa one point macam dalam gambar aku attached bawah ni, 

Ok kau jalan depan sikit, if kau pandang kanan, kau akan nampak satu banjaran tau. Dia macam, Grand Canyon dekat US tu, but greener, versi Malaysia. Aku taktahu cane nak describe, but, it makes you feel like kau dekat dunia lain. Sebab, dia macam divide banjaran Tahan and sebelah sana, lucky us sebab jalan dengan Ustaz Nan, so dia pun habaq lah, apa yang kita nampak tu adalah Banjaran Ulu Kechau. And what's special about it adalah, it is prohibited. Tak boleh masuk. And I don't know why. Maybe nak preserve something?

It do feels, and it looks like a hidden world.

This is it, Banjaran Ulu Kechau. Bawah tu mcm cliff, yang sangat dalam, it makes you wonder, ada apa dekat bawah tu?

Weh dah rindu, nak repeat, sampai Gedong ja.

You'll found the plane wreckage somewhere nak ke Kem Gedong

Cerita about plane wreckage ni?

Sat. 

"Serpihan pesawat yang melanggar di satu kawasan dekat puncak Gunung Tahan yang mencecah ketinggian lebih 2,000 meter dari paras laut (dpl) itu dipercayai sebahagian daripada bangkai pesawat milik British yang terhempas sekitar 1972. Dilaporkan sebanyak dua orang terkorban termasuk juruterbang. Bagaimanapun maklumat lanjut mengenai kejadian tersebut tidak diketahui."

But its written there, Lloyd M. Smith, dekat wreckage tu kau akan jumpa satu plate besi, Ustaz Nan kata, family dia yang datang, buat memorial cemtu la. We can still see serpihan serpihan dia bersepah dari point yang ada plate ni sampai lah Kem Padang, bersepah. 

Oh, initial plan was tidur dekat Kem Padang, but tak jadi. I iz sad. Baru nak feeling pi. Rare kut tidur Padang. Oh, Kem Padang is the original campsite, before adanya Kem Gedong. Kem Gedong ada waterpoint, to be exact, waterpoint sama if korang stay Kem Padang. Which is for me, jauh. You've to turun for about 10 minutes, or lebih? Turun here is, turun, like, bila nak naik satgi, kena panjat. Panjat yang tak appropriate if nak pakai selipar. 

Geddit, geddit?

That's mean, trek dia requires you to pakai kasut. Sebab batu tajam. Dan licin, but if kau jenis jiwa kental, redah jelah turun. But still, sejuk dia takleh bawa bincang. And one more thing to remember, if you're about to do Merapoh - Kuala, is to always make sure that kau refill air kau dekat sini. Malas ke, apa ke, wajib.

Sebab next waterpoint adalah dekat Kem Pankin, which is jauh gila lagi.

Ingat tu.

So malam tu, lepas settle makan apa semua, kitorang tidur. Again, tidur tak aman, sebab fly terbang, tercabut, angin kuat sangat, one thing to ponder adalah:

How come Anis and Syida boleh tidur lena as if takde apa?
Padahal muka aku dah kuyup kena libas dengan fly basah tu.

Haha let it be, esoknya aku tanya, dua dua tak sedar. Hebat. Penat sungguh dorang. Haha

Rasanya itu je kut, for day three. Still, plan aku nak combine day four sekali, kelaut. Sebab day four panjang weh. Esok insya allah, aku sambung. Sebab day four best sikit, tidur on track lol haha ciao

#17: Merapoh - Kuala Tahan (Day Two)

Okay let's sambung day two. Sebab aku fikir it's a long way to go, and I still need to write a post on my recent Java trip. Hence, here it goes:

Day two.

And maybe I'll selitkan a bit of day 3 in here. Tengok how.

Awal awal before p trip pun dah banyak kali kena warning about how long day two is going to be. So macam, dah prepare mental. Sendiri nak pi kan, hadap jelah.

Route for today adalah:

Kem Kor - Kem Permatang - Kem Kubang - Berlumut - Kem Bonsai - Kem Botak.

Trek harini?

Pacak ja, nak. Nanjak terus, bak kata hikers Indonesia.

Kalau pacak ja takpe, ini extra pewai because tambah selut. And hujan lebat, so, trek hancurrrrrrrr sehancur hatiku.

Pewai layan selut ja, nak. 

One thought dalam kepala: why orang cakap trek Merapoh senang?

Day two dah start main tangga?

Oh maybe because time dorang pi, kemarau. Kut. Entah. It's not easy. Everything about Mount Tahan is not easy.

Aku ingat lagi, masa tu before sampai Bonsai kut, I'm at the edge of breaking down, because aku taktahan dengan selut dia. And there's one time, which aku jatuh, and I couldn't bangun. Dengan beg beg sekali. Ask Anis, bila fikir, yes funny, but sebenarnya aku dh mcm taktahu nak fikir apa masa tu. To prevent breakdown, aku gelak ah berjemaah dengan dorang. Dah gelak, baru dorang tolong angkat. Harey perangai, sebbaek sayang.

Just fikir, kena cepat sampai kem Botak.

Sat aku share short log:

9.21 am - angkat sauh (2.5 km to next checkpoint)
10.27 am - Kem Permatang (3.5 km)

1.57 pm - Kem Kubang (1.5 km)

3.27 pm - Kem Berlumut (5.5 km)

4.55 pm - Kem V (stop for Asar prayer)

Maghrib - Kem takde nama

Isya - Kem Bonzai

10.30 pm - Kem Botak

Kem V tu takde dalam list kem pun, no signboard, kitorang tahu nama dia because gerak dengan one of the guide, abang Atan. Thanks ah sanggup layan pace anak dara dua orang ni. Kitorang berempat, dengan abg Mi sekali.

Okay pasal kem V, tak silap itulah kut last waterpoint, before kem Botak nanti, yang very reachable, senang nak sampai. Pejam mata pun sampai, nak. Senang, bimakna, takyah turun jauh and termakan janji palsu dorang yang always kata waterpoint tu dekat. Zz done emo hahahahahahahaha

Masa ni dah palamasam, "why aku mai sini?"

Oh, harini dah start ot.

Bukan apa, sebenarnya sebab lepas ja hujan lebat tu, pace makin slow sebab sejuk. And quite few times juga kitorang berhenti, siap buka dapur heheheh teh panas dulu satu kali!

SEJUK. GILA.

Subhanallah. Lamanya kitorang lepak tu sampai boleh layan sunset di celah celah pokok on trek between kem V and Bonsai tu, sambil tunggu maghrib. Masa tu dah tak fikir nak tangkap gambor sunset ke apa, sebab sejuk gila level dh duduk dalam plastik sampah. Ye, plastik sampah. Bila aku dh duduk dalam plastik sampah tu maksudnya apa anak anak?

Sejuk. Gila.

Pastu lepas Bonsai, trek dia dah start open, erm, cane eh, macam Berekeh kut? Eh tak? Tabur, ha tabur mebi.

Dan dekat situ pun aku boleh bantai duduk lagi, lepak lu, sebab bila pandang atas, subhanallah, bintang berjuta. How I wish I can record all those?

But no. 

Apa kita nampak takkan sama dengan apa kita capture.

Sebab tu aku suka masuk hutan, mai experience sendiri, and later kau faham why aku beria susahkan diri sampai seminggu dalam hutan. Hehe.

Day two ni panjang, and santai level subhanallah. Berhenti, teh panas satu kali, dah berapa round?

So, sebab tu lah sampai Botak 10.30 malam. And level sejuk Botak, aku tak pernah jumpa anywhere. Masa kitorang sampai tu kitorang memang completely kuyup. One thing to remember, jangan pernah tidur with baju basah.

Nehi. La. No!

Boleh hypo. So sejuk cane pun. P mandi. Or atleast change your clothes. And get yourself a cup of hot tea. It'll help. So lepas mandi, tidoq!

Kem Botak at 2300.

End of day two.

#16 : Merapoh - Kuala Tahan (Day One)

Assalamualaikum and good day to you!

Please know that it has been almost two months since the trip habis baru aku tetiba rajin nak menulis. Nampak tak perangai? Hahah. But yes, atleast I wrote something kan? For future reference, kut nak repeat lagi ke en en en. Niat tu ada, but bila ingat balik you've to walk, hike spesifically, for almost 100+- km, buat aku palamasam, and delay delay niat tu. Hehehe. 

Okay, let's start with some introduction. Macam korang tahu, Gunung Tahan, standing tall at 2.187 m, is the highest point in Peninsular Malaysia. There are 3 routes that you can choose, ikut rasa, ikut pace, ikut kepala kome (please don't regret afterwards haha) are:

1. Merapoh - Merapoh trail 

      2. Merapoh - Kuala Tahan trail

      3. Kuala Tahan - Kuala Tahan trail

Okay, selalunya people will go for 3-4 days for the first option. Hat ni trail dia senang sikit lah compared to the other two. Nanti aku habaq why. For the second trail, Merapoh - Kuala Tahan (PohKole), people usually do it within 7 days. Less than that ada lah compress trip, and setakat yang kitorang tahu, which also been briefed before kitorang hike haritu, any attempt to do the trip in less than 7d6n is strictly prohibited. Unless there's emergency cases etc which requires you to end the expedition earlier. 

Hat tu takpe. 

But if kau p apply permit and p request nak buat PohKole 5 hari, memang tak dapat lah ya. Pejabat Hutan memang bebetul takkasi, because well you know, compress trips ni banyak consequencesnya. Hence, jangan degil. Okay, for the third option, ini kira trek lejen ah ni. Kalau kome buat ni kira mcm dh pawe gila ah centu. Dengor lejen cerita, makan 8-10 hari juga lah trip ni. Idk if ada org pernah buat trans reverse? Kalau kuala - kuala pun dah lejen, yang buat trans reverse tu level karma ah kut. Salute gila. 

Takde kut.

Well, 

“what you know, what i mean, what you, i want to, you know” (?)

Gais, baru mukadimah gais. Boleh tahan gak gua rant this time. Adududuh. Sebenarnya I just got back from my Java trip with @pajelintrip, hat tu nanti lah pula aku share eh. Post about Tahan ni pun ada 6 hari nak kena cerita. Gg.

Okay aku start eh.

How boleh tetiba join trip PohKole ni? Oh I named this trip as PohKole eh sebab malaih nak sebut. Okay so, it just happened. Niat nak naik Tahan memang since forever dah, but, via PohKole ni, is another thing. One, sebab kau kena hadap almost 100km trekking + hike. Second, sebab the trail are not ez, serious. And this one exclude if injured ke (nauzubillah), nak tolerate with their uncertain weather, temperature etc. Third, because kau akan hadap tangga 15 yang super scary for orang gayat macam aku. Banyak lagi sebenornya but let it end there. 

So, it started bila Ustaz Nan pm aku about this trip. Dia ajak, because before ni dh berapa kali habaq dia nk suruh jd guide, nak bawak org, but asyik lipat. Hehe. And plan asalnya adalah pi solo. Solo bimakna aku redah ja join a totally random trip, yang aku takkenai seketul pun, but, mikir this trip adalah super tough, and that I might need a very good support system, aku ajak ah Anis. And dia terus onz! And another plan adalah: pi with own ration. Yes, gigih. Niat sebenarnya is nak cuba. Nak belajar something from this trip, and kali ni, niat di hati nk belajar cara nk manage own ration for a week trip. Nanti aku cerita the outcome hahaha.

Maka, on Feb 1, kitorang pun gerak lah pi TBS, because van tunggu sana. 3 vans this time, and this time, 44 orang lineup. Pawe en, tak pernah pula aku p trip seramai ni. And takkenal anyone.

Pikul macam hamba! Hence, total 20 kg. Huhu.

Day one started early at 4.30 am, where kitorang shoot terus sampai Sg. Relau from tbs. Tidoq sat depan pejabat hutan tu, tunggu all lineups, till 10 am, baru start declare barang. Itu pun sempat rembat kereta siapa tah, keluar sat p beli breakfast. Paling leisure. Haha. It took us quite some time to settle down declare barang sebab lineup this time kemain ramai en, hence 11.50 am baru start naik powil. We arrived at the starting point at 12.12 pm, lek lek luu before start final briefing at 12.46 pm before angkat sauh. 

Short log would be:

1.00 pm - angkat sauh!
2.16 pm - Kuala Luis
4.32 pm - Lata Luis 
6.20 pm - Kem Kor

Day one was quite leisure, asal sampai, starting duduk belakang guide, abg Pejal rasanya, cucuk sambil borak, until dia kasi pacak, terus sis diam, hahahaha gg. Dah lah beg berat. But layaaaan ja trek dia sampai Kem Kor. Trek? Starting from Kuala Juram tu korang lintas jambatan gantung, then trek hutan biasa, lama lama, makin canak. But ke Lata Luis trek okay lagi, boleh lagi maintain pace. Hat lepas Lata Luis tu mengah sikit. It started raining after kitorang sampai Lata Luis, so terus gerak cepat cepat. Day one dah barai hujan. Sabar jelah, nak.

Malamtu mandi puas puas bcs tahu next few days will not be as comfortable as day one, pastu, tidoq!

Tapi betul, day one tidoq paling selesa. How I wish I know this, boleh bersyukur even more masa tu hahaha.

#15 Waterfall Outbound: Jerangkang

Sebenarnya dh almost sebulan dah trip ni, and I'm writing this post, sebab rindu. Bener, aku rindu trip ni. Mood tahun ni: trip #waterfalloutbound ja, mood nak chasing waterfall ja. Benda ni jadi since trip Lata Hammer that day, trip rahsia, trip p makan tiruk makan tiruk, I started to fall in love with this kind of trip. Mebi sebab dah kerja juga kut, so dah cam memilih sikit bab trip. Teringin nak p trip hardcore lg but hm mikir penat qeja and kena apply cuti, kita beralih arah ah p trip santai tiruk makan ja. So gogo kali ni is emal, kitorang bertiga dah decide nak rotate jd gogo, sebab ni trip #luckytohavehardtofind, which consists of my siblings, cousins, and closest friends, better buat gitu le. So since aku dh organize yong yap that day, emal pun buatlah trip ni. Tbh banyak gak lipak date but finally on 16th Feb, trip ni jalaaaan. Date pun cantik, cuti CNY. Meh, enuf bebel.

Jerangkang is located at Maran, Pahang. Its nearby to Berkelah waterfall, sebelah ja. It takes us almost 4 hrs to reach there, kitorg singgah solat subuh dekat masjid Kampung Gelugor, and terus siap nak naik powil. Breakfast dekat warung kampung tu dulu. Rate normal powil sana is RM30 sorang, return. Okay lah since almost sejam gak. Bumpy road, bontot trauma. Penat gelakkan depa, muka pasrah je sekor sekor. 

Then sampai, start lah berjalan. I've no idea tau how's the trek's gonna look like. Sebab tak study trek apa semua, selalu rajin gak ah aku scroll apa semua before p trip, kali ni, nehi. Malaih. So dalam kepala aku is, senang. It turns out to be, susah gampang. Mebi for certain people its okay, aku tak. Sbb mindset aku, senang. And dekat. Negative. It took us almost 2 hours to reach the campsite. And trek pacak aih. The fact that aku bergilir kena bawak ayam bbq 2 kg dekat tangan dengan anis, buat benda tu makin tak kelakar. Ceni, memang ada kemsait first yang 15 mins, tapi tak best lah. Ha so hadap lah hang segala pacak tu. Nak sangat kan.

But all of it worth in the end.

View dia, subhanallah. Majestic.

Banyak sangat port baek dia, tak puas p 2 hari ja. Bebila stress kerja, rasa nak packing p teruih. Btw, satu je, dekat sini ada line. So plan nak acah disconnect sat with outside world, failed. Haha, I'm using RedOne and line, superb. Siap boleh call, meh. Ig story pun lepas. Dia jd slack sikit lah part tu, baru malas nak kisah pasal dunia haha. 

Oh, for this trip kitorang sewa lifejacket, it costs us RM10 + depo RM6. Aku suggest kome sewa lah life jacket, sebab air dia dalam tak hengat. Safety first okay, takdelah mahai pun. Sat aku list out semua expenses, since ni trip dengan depa, semua sendiri, takde nak mintak lebih, thats why it always ze best bila p dengan depa. So:

Minyak tol RM20

Ration Rm15

Life jacket RM10

Powil Rm30

Others RM2.50

Total = RM77.50 all in

Tu je kut aku nak share, apa lagi eh. Kut kome ada benda nak tanya ke, do not hesitate to text me via any medium, I won't bite tho. Ha kalau nak contact number for powil and life jacket pun aku ada, tanya je. Tu je kut, sorry if tak membantu sangat. Rindu so scroll gambar and rasa nak menulis, ni je dalam kepala. Kut kome nak folo next trip ke, halo je. Ciao.

#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.