Me and wife spent couldn't stay long at Fraser's Hill, not for this trip at least as we wanted to spend the night in Janda Baik. Although at first we wanted to sleep up the hill, we have to adjust our plans so that we could meet our friend Shamsul Yunos to complete a job involving taking pictures of some mosques.
Shamsul would be coming from Kuala Lumpur while the target was to be in Ulu Dong, Raub then Kuala Lipis before returning to KL. Thus it is more convenient to meet in Genting Sempah, slightly more than 10 km out of Janda Baik yet on the route from KL to Raub.
To get to Janda Baik, we got down Fraser's Hill through to Raub. Halfway or so we came across a massive clearing which looks like it was made after a recent landslide. The above picture was taken after we have cleared parts of the road strewn in mud. I felt like parking the car to have another look of the mayhem we have passed.
I'm not sure if this is an old already existing metal bridge or a new one made after the landslide.
But looking at the boulders and parts of road strewn down the hillside, I'm not surprised if these are the remains of a whole section of road including a concrete bridge later replaced by a quick-fix metal one.
Later we arrived at this section which looks like the hairpin corner at the end of the main grandstand at the Sepang F1 Circuit.
A look to the right...
Turn clockwise another 30 degrees or so and see a spread of durian trees followed by some settlements.
Here's a view facing diametrically the opposite of the 'hairpin' corner...
Another 30 degree turn clockwise and this view follows...
Just down another corner or two, there's this tall tree standing out heads and shoulders above everything else. I believe this is a giant tualang tree which can grow more than 100 metres-high and this pne seemed to fit the bill.
As it turned out, we soon reached the t-junction of the very small town of Tranum situated on parts of a hill or area called Tras. No wonder there's plenty of settlements which could be seen from the 'hairpin' corner. This picture was taken after we came out from the road on the left. Going straight is the way to Raub, another 10-15 km or so...
The road the going up to Fraser's Hill...
We wanted to take this road leading to Bentong and Kuala Lumpur.
The pre-world war II buildings here is etched in my child-hood memory. I still remember the times passing the winding roads from Kuala Lumpur up to here only to be greeted by a military checkpoint with serious personnels mounting large machineguns. Then my dad whole give a hearty smile before we continued the journey to Raub to see his parents, my grandma and grandad. That time, the 70s, this area was still infamous for its communists guerillas on hide-outs. That's all...
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