Day two, 7th aug begins at 0900hrs. We have breakfast too at the
resort, it's like a rating of 7/10. As this trip is suppose to be
for rest and relax, we drove out to explore the place. First we
went to Chukai Town, we drove around and discover that there isn't
more thing thus we drove on into the road that leads to Club Med
hoping to be able to see how Club Med is like. Maybe it can be our
next place of stay. But too bad only guest are allow to enter ,
very strict, we saw guards patrolling the beach too and we discover
that along the road there is a CHERATING TURTLE SANCTUARY that's
very interesting and also very sad .
Types of turtle coming ashore on Cherating beaches.
GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) :
It can grow up to one meter and weigh about 135170 kg. Eat
vegetables, sea-grass and algae. It lays between 80150 eggs at one
time. In Pahang this species is the most common of all those coming
ashore, accounting for about 90% of all the turtles.
LEATHERBACK TURTLE( DERMOCHELYS) :
It is the biggest species in the world and can grow up to two
meters. Most of its life is spent searching for food in cold deep
seas. It can lay eggs 45 times per season with 6010 eggs each
time.
HAWKSBILL TURTLE (ERETMOCHELYS) :
This turtle has a beak that is similar to the beak of an eagle. It
can grow up to 7080 cm long. It prefers sea that has coral reefs.
It is the most beautiful among all the turtles. It can lay up to
150 eggs.
The office told me that if the turtle lands n lays the eggs, if
villagers r 1st there, they will keep the eggs and cook it or sell
it at $3 rig each !!! I think the officer says thats why they only
can patrol only 3.5kms of beach front !!! This year they have 4
landings and even in Terengganu, there was no sightings of any
turtles !! Really wish the Govt could do more
.on this
..really
sad, my son was upset when office told them in 50 years time, the
turtles may not come back, all scared
hope they turn to Singapore
east coast area, safer maybe !!!!
After this we proceed to Cherating Village, over here there are a
lot of budget chalets which some looks pretty nice. I will be
staying here for my next Cherating Trip if I do come back. Went to
the Cherating Culture Center and we were shown how batik is made.
Brandon was starting to burn up/ fever, I panicked as there r no
clinics around !! Left the village and drove back down to Swiss
Garden hotel that was nearer and that placed was packed with so
many singaporean cars
.well they had a gift shop that sells
children fever medication
drove back and slept till 2000hrs, we
drove again to Cherating Village to have dinner at the restaurant
that had some soupy food
Day 3 ..8th Aug Monday, I plan to wake up early for breakfast as we
have booked an inbound trip to see waterfalls and see caves
as I do
not want to drive and having to be lost most of the time. met the
guide after 9.35am, we headed to :
Natural Waterfalls - The Sungai Pandan Waterfalls which span 11
hectares, is situated 72 km from Cherating and is easily accessible
by road. Consisting of a series of cascading rapids, the falls
culminate in a large cooling pool, which is ideal for swimming. A
very popular picnic spot.
* Gua Charah - Approximately 1 1/2 hours drive through a scenic oil
palm estate, Charah caves are sited northwest of Panching, enroute
to Sungai Lembing. Formed millions of years ago and carved by
nature, these caves offer an interesting sojourn. Housed inside one
of the caves is a statue of the reclining Buddha.
At the waterfalls, we saw about 80 cars from Singapore that had the
sticker frm 8days magazine and SPCpetrol, which I had put up on
sgforums if anyone wanted to go
sometime ago. Well, I guess
having the peace and quietness of the waterfalls was mostly gone
and a few members of wheelsforfun company had taken the 1st jump
into the water, manage to get a card from the road boss ,
Christopher queck who by that time was in the water with his baby
gal. Hehee, hope they may helped to organize a trip for us in the
near future!!!
Got back to the hotel abt 5pm, freshen up and went down to the
pool, not many people n the KL big group has left, so more peace .
&pm, got ready for another drive out of cherating area , For
dinner, we went to Chukai for their famous stuffed crabs. Someone
recommended Restoran Tong Juan to us. At this point, hubby and son
was getting cranky as they both were hungry, they have a website
---> http://www.stuffedcrab.com/
Another day is gone, what the hell, came back to room and open
another bottle of red wine to drink
..zzzzzz
