Switching back to the 26 March-4 April travel which covers the East Coast. At this juncture you can't call it the trip to the East Coast anymore as we were headed back to the West Coast.
Sunday 1st April. We left the city of Kota Bahru and state of Kelantan via Jeli and entered the state of Perak where lies this place.
The signboard practically welcomes us to the forest of Royal Belum.
But this is just the entry point. The actual forest lies ahead to the north. But at least you can see it from here.
Frolicking around with the wife and kids.
Seen to south-east is one of the two bridges crossing Tasik Banding. It forms the East-West highway connecting Kelantan and Perak.
It happened that the waters was overflowing.
We were told that while Kelantan was dry these parts of Perak were rainy.
Just look at the level of water. This is a roofed rest area.
Oh. This lake is formed after a certain part of the Perak river was turned into a dam. This is actually a far upriver part of the mightiest river of Peninsular Malaysia's West Coast. Water from tributaries as far north as southern Thailand flows into the lake and after the dam flows into the better known parts of the Perak river, that is to the south.
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