Jelawang Part 5 - Last Day

3rd Feb 2011
Jelawang waterfall

Day 4: Jelawang Peak Waterfall

Seawal 6 pagi kami dah bangun, bersihkan diri and buat apa yang patut and then duduk menonggok lagi di puncak Air terjun Jelawang. Same activity like yesterday, amik gambar lagi and tunggu carpet awan keluar. Sungguh menghampakan… kabus dah banyak dah tapi tak naik2 pun sampai ke puncak… and we could see it accumulated on the other side of our place….tukar port lah plak awan nie. Maybe not our lucky day. Tapi takpe tunggu sunrise pun menarik juga sambil2 tu buat photoshoot session yang tak sudah2 from all of us. Seriuosly sangat cantik view from top of Jelawang waterfall. I wish I could stay there every morning just to see the spectacular view.

Setia menanti awan yang tak kunjung tiba

Best juga kan kalu hari2 pun macam nie

Sunrise but no sign of carpet awan

Bila lah agak nyer awan ni nak buat magic

Since, no sign of carpet awan, kami dengan kecewa nyer pun balik ke campsite and prepare breakfast for our last day today. Menu pagi tu cuma Meehun, telur dadar n cucur jer. Buat alas perut because before 12pm nak makan lunch pulak and also packing for trip back to Resort.

Prepare for breakfast

After breakfast, we continued our last activity, mandi2 di Jelawang waterfall. After 1 hour, we returned back to our campsite, having lunch and packed everything for trip back to Jelawang Resort. But this time, Uncle Adam promised to bring us crossing the waterfall that we missed it 2 days ago due to weather. The reason... if it is rain, we cannot crossing the waterfall because too dangerous since the water from top cannot be predicted.

Our last day at Baha's Camp

Luckily, on the way back, the condition on that time allowed us to pass thru the waterfall. Alhamdulillah, finally we got the chance to witness the beautiful of the highest waterfall in southeast Asia from kaki gunung Jelawang. Memang sungguh memukau. I guaranteed, you will not gonna miss these wonderful moment. We spend about 20 minutes there, relax and of course captured the beautiful moments there. Rarely people get this chances, so, make the best of your time when you were there. Taking photos and of course having fun.

View Jelawang Waterfall

Unforgettable moment

Actually the track thru the jelawang waterfall is much shorter and less tougher compare to the track thru Jungle. It saved 3o minutes of your time.

Crossing the stream

After descend from Jelawang waterfall peak, masing2 pun mandi2 n buat apa2 yang patut. After that, we proceeded to RnR Dabong, having dinner before balik. On the way nak turun tu, sempat Abe Van kami stop kat satu tempat where you can see the view of Jelawang waterfall from far. Sempat abe nie kasi tahu, kalu kita tengok dekat2, actually we could see a “face”, air yang jatuh dari peak Jelawang tu actually air yang jatuh dari dahi turun ke hidung and both side of the waterfall, boleh nampak seakan-akan mata. Haah lah... tapi sebenar nyer aku ambik masa juga nak imagine apa yang dia cakap kan tu….mase dah turun bawah tu baru aku perasan, itupun after aku zoom in photo captured in my camera.

Can u see the Jelawang waterfall just behind of us

Jelawang waterfall Close-up mode... do u notice something?

Tahu tak macam mana “Dabong” ni dapat nama. According to our Van driver, long long time ago ade seorang Mat Salleh nie kasi nama kat sungai yang menghubung kan estet nyer. Mat Salleh ni kasi nama Double River tapi faham2 lah orang kelate nie nak sebut pun susah kan…so, lama2 “double” pun become “Dabong”. So, macam tu lah citer nyer.

After makan, kita orang proceed to Dabong railway station…mase tu dalam pukul 6.30 petang sudah. Oppss…lupa plak ade tempat yang kami tak snap photo lagi, jeng jeng jeng… signboard Dabong yang terletak kat simpang jalan. Apa lagi kami pun minta lah abe driver stop jap and snap a few photos. Not only that, kami patah balik sebab ter miss lagi satu beautiful port nak amik photo…atas jalan yang menghubungkan Dabong n Jelawang. Kalau kita orang tak nampak grup Azli n geng stop kt situ memang tak terfikir pun nak patah balik tapi Abang Van dah cakap kat situ boleh nampak 9 peaks, so, apa lagi… "abang boleh patah balik tak". Nasib baik lah Abe ni sporting giler. Memang layann lah.

Welcome to Dabong

Actually, you can view clearly the nine peaks only if u were on the bridge….but that time there was thick cloud, so, we can only viewed a few peaks only….emmmhh ok lah maybe not our lucky day to witness the 9 peaks. Next time….Insyallah.

View nine peaks from the bridge

Day 4: Dabong Train Station

By the time sampai, sempat lah juga kita orang shopping kat kedai Uncle Adam, the only kedai yang ade kat Dabong which u can shopping. Ok lah kedai ni, complete with souveniers for pelancong jakun macam kami ni. Kita orang semua sepakat beli t-shirt Mount Stong color biru sebagai kenang-kenangan. Aku sempat grabbed sticker keter yang ade photo 9 peaks which u can view from the bridge yang menghubung kan Dabong n Jelawang.

The Bridge that connects the two lands

Our train scheduled to be at 9.30pm, so, since we still have one hour before the train arrival, we all make use of our time taking group photos at Dabong train station but that time already dark but still we have fun. Mase mula2 sampai dulu semua pun macam tak kisah sangat nak amik gambar kat Dabong train signboard dah time balik ni baru lah ingat nak amik gambar yea… nak tunjuk t-shirt baru lah tu.

Before train arrives, we still had a chance to chit chat with Uncle Adam for the last time and He still reminded us to keep our promises to come in Jelawang again and conquered all the nine peaks. Insyallah Uncle, I already fall in love with Jelawang… how can I forget that. Ok, I’ll try my best to keep that and make sure the rest of Geng Gunung also remember that as well. Rajin betul Uncle nie, send us sampai train datang.

Dabong Train station... before we departured

Dabong Train Station during night

Train arrived as per scheduled and this time most of us taking the Koc E1 where you can have sleeping bed for the next 12 hours travel. My sleeping port still the same… the upper bed. It’s OK, still, I had a good night sleep all the way back to KL plus with beautiful dreams.

- The End -

Jelawang Part 4 - Two peaks Waterfall

2nd Feb 2011
Jelawang Waterfall
Dabong, Kelantan

Day 3: Two peaks waterfall

Seawal 6.15 pagi kami dah bangun, pagi nie dah plan nak duk kat atas Jelawang peak nak saksikan keindahan carpet awan yang macam kat FB Spark a.k.a Azli Salih. Tunggu punye tunggu ade juga lah awan tapi takde lah yang macam dalam gambar Spark tu. Memory card & battery dah banyak abis kat photoshoot session kat peak jer nie…emmhhh. A bit frustrated juga lah because I really wanted to see the magic. Maybe, today is not our day… never mind we still have tomorrow to see the what people so called “carpet awan”. Hopefully, ya. Since, we’ve been waiting for almost one & half hour and nothing happened, so, kita orang pun decide balik kat Camp and prepare for breakfast.

This is what I've been waiting for "carpet awan" but nothing happened during our time there (anyway credit to Azli Salih for this beautiful photo)

Masa tengah masak2 tu, Uncle datang borak2… tanye kalau kita orang nak naik Stong. Aku tak kisah sebenarnyer, memang ade hati pun tapi memikirkan geng2 lain macam tak prepare for this, terpaksa lah lupakan niat aku yang murni tu. Tapi Uncle harap sangat kita orang dapat datang lagi and conquer not only Ayam n Stong but all the nine mounts…. Overall 6 days 5 night juga lah nak kena spend kat Jelawang. And His willing to guide us… maybe Uncle ni nampak kami ni bersungguh-sungguh. Sebelum ni kalu kami gi hiking mana2 semua pun macam tak caya jer kami boleh buat. But, Uncle nie slightly different… He trusted us. Aku tiba2 teruja and bersemangat plak. Insyallah Uncle… selagi ada hayat. We’ll keep that promise. But what makes me wondering, macam mana Uncle Adam tahu our group name “Geng Gunung”, aku surprise juga, everytime pun kalu dia nak panggil kita korang dia akan called it as Geng Gunung. Rupa2 nyer Adeq yang kasi tau cos Uncle adam did asked her and she spontaneously said “Geng Gunung” cos itu je pun yang terkeluar kata nyer. Apa-apa lah, anyway I like.

Breakfast menu as usual… Nasi lemak with Ready made Sambal by Spark, Cucur & Teh “O”. Maybe next time I shud propose other menu to Spark so that ade lah skit variety everytime kita orang gi Camping takde lah menu yang sama jer. Spark pun dah kasi greenlight kat aku suruh propose menu for our next trip…ke mana lah agak nye yea. Kita orang breakfast around 10 a.m and after that prepared for our next trekking to two peaks waterfall.

We're ready for the two peaks waterfall

All you need to bring… as usual drinking water, foods, snacks, raincoat & suitable shoes (recommended rubber shoes) since you will be trekking mostly on the slippery stones and walking thru the water… and not forgetting, you may need to slide too if u taking the waterfall track. Looks challenging right but trust me it was fun… especially the sliding part. I wish I could do again next time. Really missed it.

We started our trip to two peaks waterfall around 11 p.m. And it takes about 1 hour to get there. On the way to highest peak, we first took the jungle track. Only when we almost getting there, just then we started to walk thru the waterfall track to get to the top. The track quite tough and you need to be cautioned all the time. We reached the top around 12 p.m plus and spend about 1 hour there… picnic & taking photos. It was really fantastic to see with your own eyes the beautiful view of the two peaks waterfall… which is the Mount Stong’s peak & Mount Ayam’s peak. Masyallah, Allah has made it the waterfall the perfect one.

First waterfall we met on the way to the top

You have to get thru this on the way to the top

One of the challenging track

We almost there

Waterfall form Mount Ayam's peak

Waterfall from Mount Stong's Peak

We took a different route on the way back to our campsite... crossing the waterfall

On the way back, Uncle Adam guided us thru the waterfall path where at certain places u need to slide to go down. This is really unforgettable moment. Actually, I did this before but it’s different from Jelawang… more fun and more challenging. There is a technique when you want to do the sliding, you need to bend your upper body a bit front and then both your hands should hold your pant or put your both hands at your knees. So, when you slide, it looks safer and nice to see. But, it depends on people, if you think this is not helpful then you can do either way… maybe put your hands both at side and slide… or freestyle, any style that makes you comfortable. But, make sure you must know how to control when you reach down. Looks like I’m doing good haa… but actually not, I preferred the freestyle since I loose control starting from the beginning.

One of the fantactis waterfall at Jelawang

Telaga tujuh... count yourself

Of course the best part is 10 meters Sliding Show. Mase nie ingat kan guys only but suddenly we’ve been challenged by Uncle Adam our Guide, “Jangan panggil Geng Gunung kalu korang semua tak sliding” … Fuhhh terbakar kejap. Apa lagi semua pun letak camera masing2, sahut cabaran Uncle…. Start with Fad, Julie n Adeq. Yang lain standby kt bawah amik video n photos. Guess what? Macam2 aksi boleh tengok…seriously best giler… and aksi aku lah yang paling bahaya. Lepas tu, rase nak buat lagi jer…hehehe. One of my favourite experience ever. Ok lah tu… nampak sangat geng Gunung ni pantang dicabar yea.

Ready your position

Halfway

Finally

Just after successfully sliding... kat belakang tu jer

The sliding show was our last activity for that day. It’s already 5pm and we need to get back to our Camp… changed cloths and prepare for Dinner… our menu that night, western style and Barbeque. Layann.

Barbeque time

Masak-masak for Dinner

Dinner time

To be continued. 

Jelawang Part 3 - Baha's Camp

1st Feb 2011
Dabong, Kelantan

Day 2: Jelawang Resort

After returned from cave tour & lunch, we packed everything and be prepared for the trip to Camp Baha which located at Jelawang Jungle. From Dabong train station to Jelawang Resort, it takes about 20 minutes to get there. We took the same Van for the cave tour to go to Jelawang Resort but this time with all our belongings... bagpacks, foods and all the camping needs.

Finally.... we arrived

We arrived at the resort before 5pm & first thing we did... registration. You have to pay for the entrance fee. You can leave unnecessary stuffs like your change cloth that you might be using after you return down from the Jelawang peak. That's what we did... I left my sandal & 1 set of change cloth. And the good news, no charge for this. So, try to make your backpack as light as you can... so that, less burden.

Like other hiking places... you still need to register first

We supposed to take the shortest path which you need to pass thru the waterfall but since the weather looks not OK so we had no choice other than to take the 2 hours trekking thru the hardest trekking path. You need to cross the hanging bridge to start trekking thru Jelawang Jungle. The very first beginning of our trekking, already tough... with slippery stones & muddy track. You have to go up and up and no more down. The toughest path... you need to trekking with the help of ropes at certain track. Since, this time still raining season so, you can imagine how's the track could be. Very slippery with mud and you need to hold the rope all the time to get to the next level or else you will experience the best sliding ever. But still, I slide a few time too. Serioulsy chalenging but somehow, all of us managed to overcome it.

The beginning of our trekking... crossing the hanging bridge

Track on the way to Jelawang waterfall peak

On the way to Camp Baha, You could see so many beautiful unique floras. I managed to capture a few although it was raining on that time. It's getting dark that time, so, I pushed myself to get to Baha's camp as soos as I can.

Nice flora you may found

Day 2: Baha's Camp

After spending about one & half hour trekking thru Jelawang Jungle... finally we arrived Baha's Camp. I was wondering, why they called the campsite as "Baha". I forgot to ask Uncle Adam the behind story of how they get the name but as far as I concern, I only knew one person name Baha, which is my unofficial guide while I was in Mount KK last year. He's an Airforce army based in Labuan. Suddenly, I really missed Him... hahaha... not himself but His sense of humour, very kind-hearted and memang tak tahan lah kalu tengok dia nie. Dah lama tak chat dengan pakcik ni... maybe His too busy or maybe tak dapat greenlight dari bini dia ber "FB".

Camp Baha... we reached here around 6pm

Me and Julie was the second to arrive at Baha's camp after the Doctor's couple. We arrived around 6pm. While waiting the others, we spend our time enjoying the view around Baha' Camp. Taking photos, cleaning our rubber shoes, tracksuit and while enjoying the cool of Jelawang peak's water. Fuhhh.... nikmat nyer ciptaan Allah.

View around our campsite at Baha's camp

View inside one of the small house which can be rented at RM10 per night

Small shop also available here... selling souveniers, snacks & soft drinks

Signboard for reminder

The rest of our team arrived around 6.30pm to 7pm but last person is Kak Niza and Her Husband and also our loyal guide, Uncle Adam. Accordong to Kak Niza, Her Husband cramped a few times... maybe due to slippery track or because of the too heavy bag that He needs to carry. Apa-apa pun... Alhamdulillah, finally everyone safely arrived.

After that we started to setup the camp and prepare foods for dinner tonite. 

And tengah malam nyer... all six of us... mandi dalam kegelapan dipuncak Jelawang.

To be continued.

Jelawang Part 1

31st Jan – 3rd Feb 2011
Dabong, Kelantan

Day 1: Meeting Point at KL Central

Seperti yang dijanjikan dari tahun lepas lagi… second after Mulu… Jelawang trip.

Penat balik Mulu tak habis lagi….Jelawang plak datang menyusul. Tapi OK juga at least I have something to spend during CNY Holiday ni kan. Aku rase every month pun ade jer activity, cuma bulan 3 ni blum sure lagi apa yea…emmhhh…still thinking.

Altogether ade 16 persons yang join this trip. Actually supposed to be 18 but out of sudden 2 orang lagi cancel the trip last minute. According to Azli, sorang ni kata dia bertunang and the other one plak tak sure lah sebab banyak sangat reason nyer n expected pun tapi agak meragukan cos macam kebetulan plak yea… mungkin juga… yelah sorang ni baru single & sorang lagi ni memang available…could be…. arghhh malas lah nak fikir… whatever.

Kami dah ready

Tak habis-habis packing lagi

Kita orang gather around 7.45 macam tu, kami yang ladies lah agak lambat skit cos nak solat dulu. Sampai2 jer, Spark dah start distribute ration, masa tu barang yang tinggal pun cuma a few jer, so, kita orang rembat je lah mana yang ade… fair n square. Aku sempat juga lah bergurau dengan Azli cakap T-rah nak join ganti Kak Ayu. Belum sempat aku habis cakap dia pun dah zuppp….berlari… cakap tiket dah cancel tadi. OMG…aku gurau jer tak tahu plak his taking it seriously… luckily aku sempat stop dia. First time aku nampak pakcik tu gelabah… hahaha. Padan muka.

All of us

Anyway thanks to Cik T-rah yang sudi send us halfway n sambil2 tu tolong snap group photo kami. Really appreciate it. Inilah baru Geng Gunung, tak dapat pergi pun but still datang give support and say goodbye. Terharu plak…huhuhu. Takpe T-rah next trip to Stong n Ayam, aku akan make sure kau join n have fun.

Since kat Gemas ade problem, if I’m not mistaken banjir, so, train kena tangguh. But, we don’t have choice other than proceed tapi kena naik Bus sampai Mentakab lah and amik train form there to Dabong. Kira macam bypass Gemas lah ni. Kira OK lah tu dari cancel terus kan. Kita orang gerak naik bus around 9pm macam tu and reached Mentakab around 12pm.

Day 2: Mentakab Train Station

Sampai2 jer….next train schedule 2.30pm. Fuhh, lama giler nak kena tunggu. Memandangkan banyak masa lagi, kita orang pun apa lagi, buat macam2 photoshoot lah kt stesen Mentakab ni… penat bergambo, pekena teh tarik plak… pastu kita orang duk lah kat tiang stesen cari port selesa nak tido. Baru jer nak letak punggung kecoh satu stesen Mentakab…. Opps ade Babi sesat… babi tu pun duk ke hulu ke hilir juga lah berlari nak masuk hutan balik….. hairan bin ajaib mana plak lah muncul nyer….. hahaha lawak giler. Sayang aku tak sempat nak snap photo dia since kita orang pun tengah siap sedia nak selamat kan diri kot2 dia datang nak menyondol.

Train sampai as per schedule and finally naik pun train. Kita orang amik koc E1 yang ade katil tapi kita orang booked 4 jelah, so, as promised gilir2 lah tapi sudah nyer nyenyak tido sampai lupa kat Kay n Huzz…sorry ek aku off handset. Tapi aku sempat tido 4 jam je pun… selebih nyer kita orang gi makan2 kat café n sibuk bergambo tak habis2. First time lah kata kan. Apa pun memang best juga yea naik train nie… orang cakap tak selesa nak tido cos nanti goyang2 tapi aku nyenyak jer. Siap mimpi2 indah lagi…hehehe.

Mentakab Train Station

Jom naik train

My bed

Breakfast @ cafe

View inside our Train

View inside Koc E1

Day 2: Dabong Train Station

We arrived Dabong station around 12pm, itupun after 2 long stop by our train. First stop kata nyer tukar enjin tapi mase ni aku tengah nyenyak tido… and second stop aku tak sure plak. Anyway, Alhamdulillah we finally arrived safely.

Finally sampai pun Dabong

Aku tak tahu apa perlu nyer signboard nie.....emmhh.... people still crossing all the time

Dabong Train Station

Posing terbaek dari Kami

Kita orang lepak2 kat kedai Uncle Adam n prepare for next trip for Cave tour.

To be continued.