Hi ho a roadtrip shall we go!

(April 26)

Hi ho,>>>

Been wacky this weekend. Felt really bum out and felt like the whole world was going to explode.

So what did I do?
 Packed my bag and went on a roadtrip by myself.

 My initial idea was to go to Cameron Highland as its really really hot  and I wanted some shades and a place to cool off. I couldn't find a sidekick to kickstart my plan with.

I tried any of my friends ( I messagesed them at 1 am in the morning) It didn't take Einsten to acknowledged why no one replied me back :P  Anyho, I tried again at 7.30 am, waking up almost all my late risers friends (having to bare their disgruntle tone of voice for raising them from the dead) Alas still no partner in crime. By 9 am , I was like Gunung Karakatua ready to explode. I had to get out of KL and go ...Anywhere...Cameron Highland was shot down as one of my cousin gave me a good advice.

"Lin, it's a windy 4 hours drive up, unless your thinking that Tarzan knows how to repair cars and has a Digi line on his mobile. Nobody will reach you in time if anything happens."  What she said  did make sense.

 By 9.30 am I was on the road. Where to? Headed to Port Dickson in my mom's kelisa. The highway was smooth, no cars and the sky....the sky was beautiful, clear blue cloudless sky.


 

 I reached Port Dickson around 10. It was blazing.....BLAZING hot. My first stop was at Teluk Kemang. During that time there wasn't many people around and the shop was just opening. But the weather, man, I felt like a roast turkey (CUTE ONE!!) in my red T-shirt, walking along the beach. It was at that time that I decided I didn't want to spend the night in Port Dickson. Plus the hefty price rate of the hotels ...(well actually the price was the reason whay I didn't stay)

For someone who wanted to RnR, I was really unprepared. I had only 300 in my pocket and the ATM had rejected any further withdrawal.

 So I got into my  trusty Kelisa car drove along the beach. I was daydreaming and driving at the same time when I realize that I had drove all the way to Masjid Tanah in Malacca.......MASJID TANAH?!

*TING*

 The memories when I was small filled my head especially the time when my family stayed at Tanjung Bidara (a nice beach area, the water is clean, not many people there yet not too isloted.). So off toTanjung Bidara I headed. It was 12 o'clock when I reached the small cove and my stomach was growling. Luckily the foodstalls were still there. Har!.....even the bottles stacked on the table were the same as I remembered. What was unique about the stalls was that they still have ancient old glass bottled drinks, when I said ancient I mean ancients, before the time of Coca Cola. The bottles looked like 'Bottle Kicap' and the labels were almost unreadable. Intrigued, I contemplated to drink one, but> suddenly Elvin's (my boss )face emerged in front of me as a warning that in any event that occured after me drinking the bottle will not be included  in my job hazardous clause in my company's insurance contract :(

 I booked a room at sort for the night. It was a pityful sight. Far then what I remebered when I was a teenager. I opened the door to my rom and was greet by a swarm of mosquito (and this is no exageration) I switched on the light , luckily there was an air-cond, there were two beds (comfortable enough to sleep) The bathroom was not flashy but decent. I tried to turn on the pipe and a gush of brown colored murky water came out. After a while it turned to chalked color. Tired I slept.

 4.pm headed to Ayer Keroh in Malacca. Stoped at a restaurant near King's Hotel. No, I didn't go there to eat . A month ago I had ate at the restaurant and forgot to pay for a piece of kueh, so I went there to pay for the food. The kid behind the counter stared at me with open mouth like I  was E.T. especially when the piece of kueh was only 20 CENTs!

 I went to the Hutan Rekreasi, Ayer Keroh. What was supposed to be a 10 minute look- around turned to one hour. I got lost inside! Walked around in a big circle almost three times and asked for directions 3 times.....(OOOOhhhh and one of them ws from a super cute guy). I should have done my damsel in distress act! Darn my pride and machonism at> that time !

 Got back to the resort by 7.30pm. I was laying on the bed, watching the news when POOOOF !Blackout. I could hear angry voices outside and babies crying but I didn't move from the bed. At that time my mind was like wandering off thinking about mass murderes lurking underneath the bed ready to pounce. "This is the first," I said out loud in the dark. About a few mintues later the lights came back on and then it went off. Good thing it came back on for good at the third time.... There was nothing to do execept BEDTIME....

 I woke up late the next morning (or should I say this morning) Ate breakfast and went for a walk along the beach. It was windy and the weather was just nice, not as blazing hot as yesterday. It was blissful walking along the beach with my feet knee deep in salt water. There was a jetty there stretching out to the sea and there were stairs climbing from the sea up to the jetty. I sat on the> stairs, staring out to the sea for almost half an hour. It was when I was heading back to the resort that I realizde my pocket was wet and my handphone was inside. Bugger!!!! The screen was blanked and I couldn't switch it on. I felt like hitting my head for idiotcally bringing my handphone to the beach ......But what had happened had happened. I went back to the room, packed my stuff (which was not much) and checked out.I headed back to Seremban through Alor Gajah, Tampin and Rembau. I made a detour to Hutan Lipur Gunung Dato'. Warning to those who want to go to Gnung Dato':

1)NEVER GO THERE WHEN YOUR TANK IS NEARLY EMPTY.

2) NEVER GO THERE ALONE.(  Its better in a group , not fun playing in the waters alone and definetely you cannot go on a hike by yourself, especially with my history of direction dysfunctionality)

 Number 1 wasn't the case I had the sense of mind to fill up my tank the day before. I would like to stress on number 2. Why? It was very isolated. You have to drive through rubber and palm estates. There were very few kampung houses around . Once you turn into the junction towards Gunung Dato', the road is small and windy and trust me if your car break down theres no coverage or anyone> to come and help. I'm not sure whether you can shout through the rubber estate there.

 Between Jeram Toi near Jelebu and Gunung Dato in Rembau, I would much  preferred Jeram toi, because once you step into the forest you will be greeted by it's waterfall, different from Gunug Dato, theres streams and small waterfalls. I guess you have to hike up deeper into the forest to see the waterfall -which I didn't feel like doing. Isplashed myself with cold stream water and climbed up some rocks to see an overview of the forest. I can understand how anyone could get lost in Gunung Dato. It is a forest! It's not like the recreationalforest that I've been to.

* for those who love hiking and love nature , ignore my grumpy rambling as it is a beautiful place and as mention bring a friend well a group of friends, enjoy it together go hiking, go to the peak of Gunung Dato and see the breath taking view. (I'm sounding like a commercial here)

For more details you can look at this website :http://www.malaysia-traveller.com/gunung-datuk.html


 After spending 15 mintues there I headed back to Seremban passing Rembau and Pedas on the way. The view on the way back was peaceful. On my left lucious greenieries and on my right mountains sceneries. I blasted the radio out loud and croaked along to Beyonce, Pussycat dolls and even Mariah Carey. It was quite an adventure and at least I'm feeling much ...much better now :)>Cya later for other adventures.....