Thursday, December 20, 2012

cuti @ banding

Last month we went to banding lakeside inn, a place where DH wanted to go. It's about 40km after Grik. Before reaching Grik for our lunch, we stop by Lenggong to see the Perak Man,  at the Lenggong Archaeological Gallery.

at the entrance
one of the many items displayed

after lunch we check in to banding lakeside inn..lake view room
a much better view from our room.
 Petang terus turun jeti for rafting activity. DH and Alia trying their hand at rafting.

the next morning we took a" ranforest lite" package to explore Belum.
 Started our journey to look at rafflesia.
after 15 minutes of trekking/ panjat bukit sampai pun...tapi rafflesia dekat cerun bukit. Irfan tak confident nak panjat. i took this photo with one leg behind Irfan, just to make sure he didn't accidentally slip down.. gambar tak clear
 masa nak turun DH has to teach Irfan where to put his foot as some places are quite steep and others are slippery, masa nak naik bukan main terer lagi.. as we were the first to go among 8 other boats, we were also the first to reach down and waited for all them before our next destination...

Kampung Chuweh.. a orang asli village in Temenggor with  a population of 32

Alia with orang asli kids

some of them are quite camera shy

papa trying sumpit

view of our boat from the village.

next destination...sg enam base camp for waterfall

our second check point here.. we had our lunch here.. after 10 mins trekking from 1st check point. Jetty to first check point took about 20 mins. after lunch , another 10 mins trekking to the waterfall, with 3 streams to pass. this is the first experience for the kids in the jungle, alia was excited while Irfan was a bit apprehensive at first, but in the end he did enjoyed the trip.

 going back... waiting for everybody else at the first check point
 kepenatan...we started at 9 am from the hotel and reached our hotel again at 5pm...if this a lite package i cant imagine the real ones. sampai hotel mandi, solat, order room service and by 8pm i dah zzzzz.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

big bad wolf 2012


 the damage this year
 the kids...i gave them a budget of RM50 each...carik buku yang mana nak...we started with irfan, then alia, then I chose a corner for them to sit, browse through their books and stay put. it's my turn to look for my books.
 my haul......in my excitement i bought a book that i've read before....it's the mary higgins clark, ..i have most of her books and i can't remember whether i've read it or not till i saw the identical title on my bookshelf......haihh..;-(.......any takers?
my sister-in-law kirim books for her kids, particularly dora, thomas and bob the builder books. the kids had fun choosing books for their cousins. i didn't really browse the non-fiction part....kids are waiting in a corner somewhere, remember? would love to go again and take my own sweet time there..