Continuation from:-
From The Airport
Busiest Town On Earth
Lost In Old Movie Like Town
Braving the Cold on Scenic Seascape
26th January 2008
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Can you spot a kungfu kick master in this picture?
Sim signboard
The sand on the beach doesn’t look like it’s natural sand but who knows? Our handsome and… ahem… knowledgeable guide warned us not to walk or run too deep into the water coz we’ll fall nose dive into the bay water.
*It’s suppose to be like this. Not sure it’s true or not but whatever lar LOL.
Natural beach vs. man-made beach
Nevertheless, after cruising on water after so many hours i was up for a change. It was just a small beach. No coconut palms, no bikinis, no resorts. I was really curious why we had stopped there coz it wasn’t a great place for sight seeing.
Yawn… just a beach wat
Ok. The only thing that were remotely interesting was the ‘thrash basket’ i saw on the beach.
I remembered seeing a picture of something similar in Lonely Planet. I looks like the
two-meter-wide round baskets made of woven bamboo strips that locals in Na Thrang, Vietnam used to transport themselves to boats, only this is much more smaller.
Trash basket?
That’s when i saw the arch and stairway leading up the hill to nowhere. Lots of ang mohs were admiring the arch and taking photograph of it so i took one too. *kiasu kiasu wakaka! For all the excitement going around, there MUST be something amazing up there.
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Are we in greece… hmmm… don’t think so
Where does this lead to?
The stairway brought us to an amazing sight to behold. As i turn around at the final steps i saw this…
Amazing
You could almost view the entire bay from here. The greyish and turquoise shadows of rock formations against the backdrop of the clear blue sky made it looks like something like an old Chinese art drawing. Very cool.
Further up?
I thought that was it but i was wrong. The stairway has ended but our climb had not. We had to hike further up the rocky hill. *holy shit!
Almost there…
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span style="font-size:100%;">Not even half way on the hike, i was already huffing and puffing. Remember “I Almost Passed Out At Batu Caves? Well, i had another episode of black-outs. I felt really paiseh (embarrassed) coz even the ang moh ladies in their 40s and 50s breezed passed me. I might as well dig a hole and bury myself… -_-”
Top of the hill
The blackouts and nausea was worth it though. Look at the scene. Speechless…
Ps:// Dear thanks for being patient. I am such a troublesome person. I need exercise ler…grrrrr….
Selling snacks
Kid peddlers
Before we left the site, i got myself a souvenir from the small girl on a sampan. She was selling sea shells. Oh, what the heck? The baby with her was adorable.
My shell souvenir
To be continued at:-
Blue Lagoon
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Note: All photos are taken with my Panasonic Lumix F8.
