Seri Pengantin Resort Pahang

... when using these counterfeit reproductions, time can be wasted looking for extinct events, tour buses that no longer run and map details that are so be prepared to get lost.

Believe it or not, we bought a compass with us and when getting completely lost its helped us get back to our accommodation.
(Thanks to Carol's work colleague, Jen, who gave us this piece of travel advice).

Went back to hotel and had a swim. That evening we ate burgers in ...

... bring our swimming gear!! .. so we sat .. and looked for about half and hour and walked back ... and had quite a nice ride back down the river ... i then also bought my ticket for tomorrow for the bus to the Perhentian Islands ... whoop whoop ... beach here i come!!!

Oh yes .. i almost forgot ... when we got back to the boat to take the cruise back ... i felt a bite on my ankle ... i said ...

... Dschungel in einer kleinen Huette gegenueber einer Lichtung auf die Tiere zum Salzlecken kommen sollten. Leider konnten wir im Schein unserer Taschenlampen kein groesseres Getier ausmachen und wir bekamen nur Fledermause, Insekten und eine Kroete zu Gesicht. Die Gerauschkulisse war hingegen beieindruckend - ueberall hoerte man Tierlaute. Auf dem Hin- und Rueckweg scheuchten wir jedoch jeweils eine Herde Wildschweine auf. Die waren dann doch ...

... learnt and practised. The conditions and lifestyle of these aboriginals was an eye-opener to them all and a sobering social lesson. Then it was THE favourite activity - riding the rapids! Basically it was an excuse to rock the boat and get swamped and make sure that the other boat got even swamped-er! We alighted onto a beach where the highlight of the trip was a trapeze/swing rope affair which launched you high over the river for ...

... National Park en malais. Alors je parle de tout ca non pas parce que je ne sache pas quoi écrire mais parfois, il est tout aussi économique de prendre les package que de ce débrouiller par soi même. On peut économiser la moitié du budget comme cela peut vous revenir au double, si vous ne les prenez pas ! Donc petit conseil, ne râlez pas quand un gentil monsieur vous propose ses services… comparez plutôt les prix !
Nous ...

... which was a nice cool release from the city, the museum and various other colonial buildings and districts. I eat a lot of indian and chinese food which was generally very good. On day two, I visited the Petronas towers and stroled through KL's CBD, stopping for a delicous Argentine steak lunch and a well needed beer!

Overall ...

... on our first jungle walk (albeit along the most used path in whole area) to the canopy walk attraction a couple of kilometres away. We saw some interesting flora and fauna (being a rainforest there is an abundance of weird stuff growing and living in Teman Negara) some of which were nicely marked with information signs a la the Countryside Centre in Worcester (although obviously Teman Negara is a tame place compared with the wooded areas of the Midlands(!)). There ...

... hammocks. Others are indoor airconditioned 3-star resorts. Ours was closer to the shack than the resort, but it suited us well enough. The first night in the park, we were led on a jungle night "hike" which was all of 200 meters long. We saw three bugs and an empty salt lick. It was thrilling. Because the walk skirts one of the major resorts, it was no surprise that we didn't see any wildlife. The next day we were ferried out to the ...

... Flussfahrt war zwar wirklich schoen, ab** am Ende war ich einfach nur froh, stehen zu koennen! Nach 10 Stunden auf Achse waren wir dann endlich in uns**** naechsten Unt**kunft angekommen und das Int**net hatte nicht zuviel v**sprochen! Wir wurden von allen Angestellten des Travel**'s Home sup** freundlich begruesst, uns wurde die Kueche gezeigt wo alle Getraenke umsonst waren und alle Mahlzeiten zusammen mit den and**en Gaesten eingenommen w**den. Da bis zum Abendessen ...

... went to reception and changed rooms to a nicer one with a TV and air con (which we normally can't afford) and they told us they were bed bugs. Lovely. They were the biggest bed bugs I have ever seen. We were surprised, because it was a clean and new hotel. After a bug-free sleep we woke up and took the bus to Kuala Tembeling where we took a longboat for 3 hours along the river to Taman Negara National Park. It is some of the oldest rainforest in the world. The river journey was ...