Friday, January 18, 2013

The myth of Gua Cherita

Continued from Gua Kelawar - The Bat Cave.


Soon it was time to return to Tanjung Rhu.


We headed towards the open sea and started to follow the coast.



Soon this sign could be seen.


Close to Tanjung Rhu lies a long jetty.




It leads to a cave called Gua Cherita.




The myth or legend goes, more than a thousand years ago a giant bird called Garuda hid a Chinese princess in the cave to prevent her marriage to a Roman prince. 






For the record the story is mentioned in an old Malay classical text called the Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa.




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