The town is situated about 10 km from the bridge over Sungai Pergau.
Take a journey across space and time through the multi-dimensional door that is the soul of my being... For the Salik (Arabic for traveller, also a Sufi term for a searcher) merges in him the raw qualities of an earthly being nicely blended with the divine qualities that belong to Him, the Alpha and Omega of everything.
Friday, April 22, 2011
A quick look at the small town of Jeli
The town is situated about 10 km from the bridge over Sungai Pergau.
Bridge over Sungai Pergau
About 23 km further up the road towards Jeli is the bridge of Sungai (river of) Pergau.
A look upriver. For the record the river originated somewhere along the northern parts of the main mountain range called Banjaran Titiwangsa before passing near the town of Jeli and on to here...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Bridge over Sungai Balah
From Lata Kertas we headed back to Jelawang. Then we started our journey to Jeli 46 km further up north and saw this bridge. As it crosses a substantially large river I decided to take pictures.
This is the river called Sungai Balah. Here's a look upriver.
As usual the wife and baby had to wait in the car. I really must thank my wife for the patience...
The waters at Lata Kertas
From the foot of Gunung or Mount Stong we headed by some 15 km towards Gua Musang to check out another waterfall (or rather, waterfalls).
The Jelawang waterfall at Gunung (mount) Stong from many angles
From Gua Ikan we headed back to Jelawang. By the time we crossed the bridge over the river Galas the fog which has obscured much of the area has subsided allowing us to see the mountains behind. Look closely to the left, you should be able to see a giant waterfall on the side of a mountain.
Further down the road I snapped another picture of the mountains. The waterfall should be clear enough...
Another picture taken further down the road. If you can't see where the waterfall is perhaps and appointment with an eye specialist is in order...
Close to Jelawang it is very obvious.
Zooming in. Every local know the waterfall which is called the Jelawang waterfall of Gunung (mount) Stong. It is a sight they savour every second of the day... if it's not foggy that is.
This is a view from the Gua Musang junction.
Zooming in again. This waterfall has been touted as the tallest in South East Asia. I've checked with Google Earth and found its top part to be almost 1,600 feet above sea level!
Just a short distance from the junction is the entry road towards the fall.
We took it. Here's the view from the highest part of the road.
There's a resort at the foot of Gunung Stong, the mountain where lies the route up to the waterfall.
This is one of the pools formed from the waters down the waterfall.
From here it takes at least half and hour to climb up. Not only it is tiring, we haven't got the time. So here's a last look before we head somewhere else.
The cave called Gua Ikan
Here I could see at least two limestone hills.
Heading towards the main one, that is to the left.
Seems like there's a cave below.
I sure could see one or two openings indicating the existence of caves above.
However the words Gua Ikan which literally means the fish cave refers to the one below.
Perhaps because there is a stream running through...