Jerantut Hill, Sungai Lekok

Jerantut is a major town in Central Pahang.  It is located about 200 kilometre from Kuala Lumpur.  Jerantut is the main entrance to the National Park.

My friends, Elian, Mdm Ooi and me were invited to visit our new friend, Ah Thye in Jerantut .  As we are not that adventurous to visit the National Park, Ah Thye was so kind to arrange for us to hike up Jerantut Hill (new found hiking hill by the locals) which is only 15 minutes drive away from Jerantut town.  The locals named this hill as (god mountain), translate direct from Mandarin. Out of curiosity, I log into the internet and was really amazed by the pictures that the locals posted up .  So with the excitement we prepare ourselves to go to Jerantut.

It took us almost 3 hours from our place, Shah Alam to Jerantut. We took the Karak highway and exist at Temerloh toll.  From the exit, we head toward Jerantut which is about 53 kilometre away from the exit point.

We had a good dinner in a local restaurant which is just opposite Ah Thye's house.  We retired early to get ready for our next morning hiking up the hill.

Deboned chicken with fish paste

                                                  Chlli paste steam tiliapia fish

                                               Taofu

                                            Mamike fried pork ribs

The cooking is good and the food taste yummy too.

Ah Thye is so fabulous, she arrange 2 locals (Ah Meng and Ah Leong) who often hike up the hill to guard me and Elian .  Ah Meng came and pick us at sharp 6am so not to miss the sunrise at 7am.  We reached the base of the hill in 15 minutes and Ah Leong(with his 3 dogs) also came right in time to meet us.  We started off at 6.20am, as it was still dark, we need torch lights to guard the path up the hill.  The track is very steep and full of pebbles, is quite difficult for both of us who do not have special hiking shoes. Though Jerantut Hill is only a little above 400 meter high, it took us 45 minutes to reach the first rest spot where we can see the sunrise and enjoy the fantastic views of the hills and mountain.

First appearance of the sunrise at 7.02 am when we reach the first rest area.

The scence of the sunrise at 7.04 am.

The view at 7.06 am.

We make it at the first rest area with the sunrise at the background.

Take a break before we go further up for better view of the scenery.

 The sunrise at 7.21 am.

 AT 7.22 am

 at 7.23am

 at 7.24am

 the beautiful view with a tall tree.

We have reached the top of the hill, victory.

 The clouds forming amount the hills.

 Sunrise at 7.35am

 The cloudy sceneries of the hills.

 Our 2 local guards, Ah Leong and Ah Meng

 The sunrise at 7.44am

 The slope going down hill with lots of pebbles.

 ON the way down hill at 7.52 am, the sun rise above the cloud.

 The slope.

 The rocks at the top of the hill.

 View from the top of the rock.

 With sunlight as the background.

Beautiful shadow.

The  beautiful clouds and the sun at the back. 

 

 

 Beautiful sceneries.

 The sunrise at 8.44 am

 The path has been eroded by rain water.

The sunrise at 8. 52am

 Walking downhill with the help of a stick.

 

 

The last view of the hills as we hiking down.

It was a real great and wonderful hiking, thanks to Ah Leong and Ah Meng.  Without them its not possible for both of us hiking up Jerantut hills for the magnificent views of the sun rise and the beautiful sceneries.  Great thanks to both our guards.

Kelowna, British Columbia

After 3 wonderful days in Vancouver, we travel by Grey Hound bus from Vancouver to Kelowna.  Kelowna is a city about 400km away from Vancouver.  We planned to put up 3 nights here because it is situated between Vancouver and Banff National park.  We just do not want to be too tired on our journey and we need a break before we travel further.  The bus took about 7 hours to reach Kelowna.  This is because the speed limit for the bus is only 70 to 80 km/h and moreover the bus has to put up a few stop at  few towns to drop and pick up passengers.  We were just relax and enjoyed the scenery's outside the Windows.

The beautiful mountain before reaching Kelowna

We stayed in the Econo Lodge for 3 nights, very clean and suitable with breakfast included.

We started our journey at 9.30am and reached Kelowna at about 4pm.  Check into hotel .  We had a good rest before we walked to downtown, which took us about 20 minutes slow walk for our dinner.  As Kelowna is a small town, there is nothing much to do in downtown during night falls.  We walked back to the hotel and a good rest after a long journey drive.

After breakfast, Emilly and me walked to downtown while Ong and wife decided to rest in the hotel for the day.  The first place we visited is the museum,(free of charge).

 The next place we visited is the local library.  We were allowed to use the Internet free for 1 hour.

 From the library, we walked to a casino.  It is a small casino.  We just had a quick walk in the casino and came out.

 We found very beautiful scenery behind the casino, so excited.  We spent almost an hour around the lake(lake Okanagan).

 It is lunch time.  We walked into an Italian . It was so cool and relax in the restaurant after half day walking in the sun.

 We ordered pasta, tomato soup and toast scallops.  The food were not to our expectation, or may be not to our Malaysian 's taste.

 We walked to the other part of the town and found this clock tower. From the clock tower we walked to Japanese garden.

 Japanese garden in Kelowna.

 We walked back to the hotel after our whole day tour in downtown. We had a real good rest and prepare for the next day tour in Kelowna.
We were so lucky to meet the lady boss of the hotel(Maria) , a Filipino who married the boss , Canadian. She offered to drive us to Summerhill winery which was located on a hill.

 The grape farm just beside the winery.

 The beautiful views from the winery of  Lake Shore.

 We spent about half an hour at the winery before Maria drove to a local fruit market.

 The fruits here were very cheap compared to those same fruits that we bought in the supermarket.

Our half day ended after our shopping at the fruit market.  We have to pack to get ready to travel again the next morning to Banff National Park. It will be another long journey.