Road Trip to Kelantan

The moment that I thought for days had finally arrived. That's the moment I gonna leave my hometown for another stage of life. Not to count what I had scarified  I am still reluctant to leave my lovely home, yet the decision had made. LIFE GOES ON.

Before I started my journey, some people had told me that the road to the EAST is quite tricky and steep. But now I would like to clarify that although it is not a road like North-South highway, the condition of the road to East is acceptable.

My journey is Ipoh-Kuala Kangsar-Gerik-Jeli-Tanah Merah. The picture above shows the journey from Kuala Kangsar to Gerik.

We stopped at Gerik Town for lunch. Please make sure you pump full petrol to your car if you wish to continue your journey to Kelantan. This is because there will be no petrol station after Gerik town for around 100+ km/ 1.5++ hours (depending on your speed). The nearest petrol station from Gerik will be in Jeli, Kelantan. BUt don't worry about rest house, there will still be some rest house along the journey in case you wish to rest or go for washrooms.

Actually after Gerik will be hill road. So beware. The scenery after Gerik. You will feel like you have entered into jungle or kampung area. Indeed, yes you are. Look for the "beware of Elephants" sign board. There will be  elephants appearing and crossing the left and right of the jungle of the roads. 

Ready to pass by Tasik Temenggung. The scenery here is quite beautiful. However, it was a raining day and I can't capture photos from my window.

The only best picture without any water mark on my window. Tasik Temenggung.

Journey after Tasik Temenggung. I have kind of feeling that I was going to Cameron Highlands.

Breathtaking scenery at top of Banjaran Titiwangsa.

From my rough calculation, the journey from Ipoh to Tanah Merah, Kelantan is actually consuming around 5+ hours excluding the rest time at Gerik. As I said, it still depending on your speed. We drove slowly along the journey as our car is small. 

First dinner at Kelantan which denotes my new life here??? 

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十八丁海鲜记 Kuala Sepetang Seafood Trip

十八丁是在太平外围的靠海地带,正式的名称是瓜拉十八丁。相信大家对port weld这词不会感到陌生吧。Port Weld正是十八丁的前名噢。车十八丁拥有全马最早建的火车站。它不只拥有丰富的历史背景，也孕育着海鲜海产类，同时也保留了西马最大范围的红树林。除了拥有红树林，它还有萤火虫，传统炭窟及捕鱼业。 作为一个渔港，十八丁怎么可能会少了让人垂涎三尺的海鲜餐呢？

渔村少不了的活动--〉晒咸鱼

这是另一家海鲜餐馆。真汗颜，我竟然忘了拍下海上海鲜餐馆的照片。

十八丁海上海鲜餐馆，位于鱼行渡头楼上，置身于海上，身子随着涛涛海浪摇摆晃动，那儿空气很清新，再加上对面是全西马最大的红树林，是名副其实的”无敌海景”。十八丁海上海鲜餐馆位于一家小型加油站对面。特别的是海上海鲜餐馆是在楼上，而楼下则是鱼虾批发商。若你有兴趣，可以在享用海鲜餐后下去逛一逛。

其实实兆远的海鲜通常才是我的首选。之所以会来到十八丁吃海鲜是因为亲戚极力推荐。据说，十八丁的海鲜好吃又新鲜，而且价钱公道。也因为这样，我们一行人兴致勃勃地跑来十八丁尝试了。因为不熟悉这里的地形，因此我们走了很多冤枉路，最后才让我们找到这间十八丁海上海鲜餐馆。

顾客可以坐在餐馆里欣赏渔港的景色，如果来队的时间，可以看到渔夫捕鱼归来的时候呢。

一上楼第一眼就是看到有很多海鲜像摆摊子那样摆出来让顾客自己选。接下来就走出去餐馆，才发现人潮可不少哦。还好还有一张空桌。可惜，桌子不是在阑珊旁，不能有边看海景边吃海鲜的享受。

新鲜的食材任你选，要怎么烹煮任你说。

先来一碟水煮八爪鱼， 撒上一些花生碎，再配合特制的酱料。吃起来有另一番风味哦。八爪鱼很新鲜，吃起来超Q的。但是我觉得这里的酱料输给高源的，花生碎也不够多。

姜葱炒啦啦。

炸小螃蟹。超香脆的，也很好吃。可以当成零食的小菜。

潮洲式蒸鱼。我忘了这是什么鱼，应该是白漕鱼。鱼是挺新鲜的，煮法好吃。可是我却不认为那是正式的潮洲蒸。没有该有的酸味和豆腐。就像普通蒸鱼的方法一般。

马来风光，因为有用虾米去炒，所以更好吃。

酸甜酱炒螃蟹。炸得酥酥脆脆的小馒头配上螃蟹的酸甜酱，那滋味可是非常的好吃。

一行十人余，吃了那么多的海鲜，才用了RM160++。是不是超便宜超值得呢？

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Kuala Kurau

I had an intention to visit to Kuala Kurau all of a sudden. So I made up my mind to pay a visit to this town last Friday.


 Kuala Kurau is nearby Parit Buntar and Tanjung Piadang. Both these places are located under Kerian Distinct, which is north part of Perak. It is a very serene and beautiful place, which is by the side of sea. This is one f the fishing village in Malaysia. You can see the beautiful sea when you enter into the town.

You can see the fishing boats and sea in the town area. 

I feel that this is quite interesting part of the shoplots where there is a huge river in front of the shops and we need to walk through this bridges in order to go to the shops.

This is a flyover that connect Kuala Kurau town with 对面港。(I don't know the place in English)

Before the construction of the flyover, villagers from the 对面港 connect with Kuala Kurau using Ferry service. However, Kuala Kurau ferry service has stopped since year 2007. The flyover is built at the very end side of both 对面港 and Kuala Kurau town.

One of the local industries- drying salted fishes on a Sunny day.

A beautiful and serene scenery.

Okie...I found the temples in Kuala Kurau are in small size but cute. Renovated to make the temple looks good with tiles and new paint. Honestly, I like this supercute structure and design. 

Evening of Kuala Kurau.

I was trying to look for some local food during my visit to Kuala Kurau. However, it was a  Chinese Ghost Festival, and the Chinese were busy with the virtual or ceremony. Many shops were actually closed on that day. But luckily, I done some research regarding the local food there before I started my journey. So I finnaly found this crispy and yummy "Heah-ah-chi" at 对面港. You gotta ask for the locals regarding this stall that sold this food because without their guidelines, you will never able to find it. Trust me. I only able to look for it after a few attempts and guidance from a few villagers.

"heah-ah-chi" (prawn biscuit)

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Tambun Tibetan Temple

I have come across Motormouth's blog and I find this, Tambun Tibetan Temple. My god, please forgive me for not knowing there is such an amazing place in Ipoh although I am Ipohian.

I decided to pay it a visit during last Raya Break to look for this nice and beautiful temple. Before showing you some pictures of it, I would like to brief you information of this temple. :)

Tambun Tibetian Temple is known as Jingang Jing She by the Tambun locals and devotees. There is an Amithaba Buddha statue which stands 24 meters tall on top of the temple. It is the tallest Amithaba Buddha statue.

Here goes the pictures ....

 Stopped the car half way to the temple when I saw it across the lake side. It impressed me here.

Continued my journey to the Temple. Don't be surprised, you will need to pass through this small path in order to go to the temple.

Da~dang~~~ Once again I slowed down the car to take the photo when I saw it!!!

You can see the symbolic of the Tibetian Buddism Prayer Wheel in the temple.

Pass along the walk path where there are numbers of "Prayer Wheels" (转经筒） are set up. I was actually blur about the prayer wheels that built there although there is explaination regarding the wheel. I was then realized that we need to turn the prayer wheels when we walked along.

After I went home, I wanted so much to search more information of this prayer wheels. I would like to share it here so that YOU won't make the same mistakes as I do when you see prayer wheels in future.

According to Baidu, there are sutra inside the prayer wheels. It is believed that when we turn one time of the prayer wheels is equal we have finished chanting sutra for one time. We need to murmur "Om Mani Padme Hung" as we turn the prayer wheels. Any other instructions when we turn this prayer wheels? Yes, we need to turn it with right hand in clockwise direction.

 

This is the photo of the day that I satisfied the most.

 

Picture borrowed from Motormouth.

It is a bit tricky to find the signboard for this temple along Jalan Ampang. Just beware there is a junction with this signboard on your left if you come from Tambun Town or on your right if you come from Ampang area.

TAMBUN TIBETIAN TEMPLE
Off Jalan Ampang (Jalan Ampang Baru 6 in Google Maps)
Tambun, 31400 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
GPS : E101 8 41.4 N4 35 45.

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