19 February 2010

After that on 19 February, we left for our destination at Pahang at 8am. Why 8? We waited for another friend to arrive (Jacklyn) my place before we start our journey. We went trough MRR2, Karak Highway pass through the route to Genting Highland, Bukit Tinggi, then we followed East Coast Expressway (shit.. I got a summon for speeding here). We drove all the way till we saw Kuantan signboard and we entered Kuantan town where we had our lunch at ShiLin At Berjaya Kuantan Mall. After the meal, we proceed to Sungai Lembing Road where we go for Charas Cave. This is a cave which got statutes of Buddha and India god inside the cave. This is a miracle place as you need to pass through country road, kampung road and then drove through a Kelapa Sawit estate before you reach the bottom of the hills. You need to climb some stairs before reaching the mouth of the cave and then you enter the cave for sightseeing. This is really a paradise inside a less expected place.

Then we continue journey to Cherating Beach (Kampung Cherating), we reach there at 3pm and proceed to Ranting Beach Resort. (RM 170 per night for chalet on the beach). Then we went for the beach where we saw people surfing (Additional I am a surfer but this time I don’t surf due to I din’t bring my surfboard (there is a surf shop but I don’t like using other board while surfing) and the two girls don‘t surf). So the thing we do is sunbathing (remember to bring tanning oil because it is hard to find it here). Then we went for Kemaman for Otak-otak (Fish Paste in leaves), Satar (almost similar with Otak but different ingredient) and Keropok Lekor. The shop is hidden so try to ask locals. Then we went back for the night at a local shop called Limbong Art for Nasi kukus ayam berempah (Spice chicken with steamed rice). The meal is marvellous as the rice and the chicken combine well (chicken is those of wild kampung chicken). Then we spend night drinking beer at a cherating pub called Little Bali (live band playing Jazz). Then we finished off the night in total drunk.