Sungai Lembing - Day 2: The Sunrise And The Clouds

Didn't really sleep well the night before as it was quite cold. Knowing me as someone lacking of adipose tissue, how to resist cold? Haha...

Woke up as early as 5:30pm to get ready by 5:45am. Nothing much to prepare actually. The timing was so out that I didn't feel any urge for some serious business in the toilet. The schedule was to hike the Panorama Hill for sunrise first, then only followed by breakfast. Knowing myself would normally feel hungry quite immediately after waking up, I hastily bit a piece of plain bread (though I don't like plain bread) for some energy.

With a sleepy head, I walked together with the group to the starting point of Bukit Panorama which is located at the back of the morning market.


Staircase oh staircase, never ending and quite steep at certain stretches, all the way up. It reminded me of the Timpohon trail of Mount KK. I am always not in favour of staircase, would prefer natural path which is less taxing to the knee. While we were ascending, some elderly people were already descending, done with their morning exercise, hiking the Panorama Hill. They were definitely the early birds.

Reached the summit after about 45 minutes of hike. There was a such huge crowd there, easily 100 to 200 people including a big group of secondary school students and some other random groups.

Everyone was patiently waiting for the sunrise. While waiting, we heard a very loud snoring noise. Guess what, there was a guy who actually squatted there sleeping and snored as loud as he could. That's the first time I've seen people who could actually snore while sleeping the SQUATTING way despite the very noisy surrounding.

When the sun eventually rose, what else was next? Non-stop photo taking and endless camwhoring began! The sunrise was beautiful and so was the clouds. I took quite a lot of pictures. Not gonna describe much, let the pictures do the talking. For more pics of the trip, check out my facebook.



After Panorama Hill, it was breakfast time at the hawker centre near the morning market. 7 of us sharing the same table ordered 3 different types of noodles, the Cantonese Fried, Ketchup Mee and Spicy Mee. Guess what, it only cost us close to RM3 per person. Nothing fantastic about the noodles but the Taufu was really delicious.



Done with the breakfast, a 'lawatan sambil belajar' to the Sungai Lembing Museum followed. Leisurely, we took a stroll to the museum which is within walking distance from the main street. I made a 'pigeon round' at the museum and was lazy to read any description of the exhibited items. So for me, it was more of a 'lawatan tidak belajar' to the museum. Sungai Lembing...Sungai Lembing... sounds so familiar... Ahuh, this town name appeared in the our secondary school history text book regarding tin mining! That's all I could remember. What to do? Everything studied has been returned to the teacher. Haha... :D



Went for another cup of cold drink after the museum. It was then time to pack and leave the town. Had simple mixed rice before heading for the East West Highway.

The moment I reached home in PJ, I immediately felt the urge to release some old stocks accumulated in my intestine for 2 days. What a relief! Thank God it didn't give me any trouble or feeling of 'kap si' at the wrong time during the trip. Haha... :D

Overall, It was quite a fun trip though I didn't get to see the rainbow. Food was good and dirt cheap. I got to know some new friends, and enjoyed the sceneries. Snakebuster who is usually loud and talkative was totally outshone by Mr. Kanasai by his kanasainess during the trip. Also witnessed how the Ms. Small Wanderer could vanish and pop up the next moment, as well as some endless camwhoring with DSLR.

Joined the trip hoping to recapture some old memories. Well, the place is still the same, but the feeling and the memories are not the same anymore on a revisit. Every single moment, things are changing and it would not be the same the very next moment...