#170624-25 A trip to Sungai Lembing彩虹瀑布

久仰了的彩虹瀑布，L10几年前高中时去过一次。我和L好几年前经过一次，还爬了林明山，

在吉隆坡的点心早餐。一个错误的决定，让我们塞车塞了8个小时才到林明。

美味的葡式蛋挞。

阿定柴香烧肉

还可以，但没有wow!

天黑之前去了吊桥走走。

吃了林明出名的山水豆腐花

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第二天徒步去了人山人海的彩虹瀑布

看到很小道的彩虹

也有看到云海

鼎鼎大名的林明辣子面。是挺好吃的。

最后在吉隆坡吃了好吃的印度饭。

能再次踏足林明还是一个很不错的体验的！

#170408 Japan_1st day @

Throughout the years, I've been hearing a lot of people raving about Japan as a very fun holiday destination. Finally, I have made it to Japan. Kansai area (Osaka, Kyoto & Nara) are the places that we have covered for our maiden trip to this Land of Rising Sun.

We flew with MAS to Osaka's Kansai International Airport (KIX) and took a 75-minute train ride to Kyoto on the JR Haruka Airport Express with the “ICOCA and Haruka discount ticket package”.

On the train where we bumped into a family from Cameron Highlands

my breakfast from 7-11/family mart (can't really remember)

These tasted okay (well, you know...I prefer Asian Char-Bee-Hoon type breakfast)

“Kyoto is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, Kyoto is considered to be the centre of Japan’s cultural life. With more than 1,600 Buddhist temples and 270 Shinto shrines, the city is one of the world’s greatest cultural treasures, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Despite functioning as a modern city today, in many ways it stands in contrast to the metropolis of Tokyo. ”

#170429 - 30 Sasaran & Sekinchan

I first heard of Sasaran from my ex-colleague, Vivian. Apparently she has got friends who have visited Sasaran. 

Located 70km from Kuala Lumpur, Sasaran is known as Malaysia’s version of Salar de Uyuni, a popular salt flat in Bolivia. It awesomely offers a very nice background and mirrors the images which makes the photo a really picture-perfect one. However, you won’t be able to witness this phenomenon everyday, it only happens for four to five days every month (初一，十五）, depending on the tide.

From the jetty, we took a ferry ride of around 40 minutes to the "Sasaran Beach". We were really lucky to have witnessed some wild dolphins jumping out of the water during the ride and it was my first time. Not to mention that there were also many seagulls flying freely across the sky. The sun was scorching hot though.

After around 1.5 hours at Sasaran beach, we were ferried to Swan Island for our lunch and toilet break. We were given a small pack of Nasi lemak and a bottle of water by the tour agency. 

We then returned to the mainland and continued our journey north to Sekinchan which is around 40km from Sasaran.

Sekinchan is one of the major rice producer in Malaysia, at the same time a fishing village that supply fresh seafood. It used to be very quiet until a HK drama had some of their scenes taken at the beach at Sekinchan and since then it became one of the fastest developed tourist attractions in Malaysia.

We reached Sekinchan in the evening and directly we checked in our guesthouse for a good shower and some rest before heading out for our seafood feast.

It was actually my second time patronizing this home-style seafood restaurant. I remembered having the best clams in my life here and I would like to reminisce the taste. 

The seafood here was indeed very fresh. It's really a very satisfying meal for me. 

Paddy field at dawn

vast green paddy field

The iconic wishing tree at Pantai Redang Beach

Had this freshest squid in my life at Pantai Redang beach

It's really nice to have visited Sasaran and Sekinchan, at the same time catching up with the old friend.

Sekinchan, I will be back!

#170203 Sri Lanka第八天#8

今天的重头戏是Yala National Park，据说可以看到豹。

很早就起来了，被吉普车载到Yala National Park。

Yala National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka. Yala has the highest leopard concentration in the world。

我们到的时候，门都还没开，很多辆吉普车在排队。

Wetlands are one of habitat types of Yala

森林种类是矮灌木林，不是我们赤道国家的热带雨林。

We were able to spot peacocks, elephants, buffaloes, some birds, crocodiles, deers in Yala.

No luck to bump into the leopards!

After Yala, we took a very long journey via public transport back to Colombia and boarded the midnight flight back to Singapore. 

This trip to Sri Lanka was unexpectedly awesome! It's indeed beyond my expectation!

I don't write well and this experience is beyond words!

#170202 Sri Lanka第七天#7

这一天的早上的行程是Little Adam's Peak。

走错路，然后就只好搭tuk tuk到Little Adam's Peak山脚下。

登上顶峰其实没什么难度，但登峰的感觉挺好的。

过后，就回酒店吃早餐。

 之后还有点时间，就去参观了一个据说有原始人住过的山洞。

大概下午2点，我们就离开了Ella这个地方，搭斯里兰卡公共巴士去Tissa。
去Tissa的目的是为了隔天的Yala National Park。
傍晚时分，我们和一个住同一家酒店的来自斯洛伐克的女生一起骑脚车去逛Tissa Lake。

 第一次看见很多很多蝙蝠倒挂在树上

#170201 Sri Lanka第六天#6

在Ella，一大清早，酒店提供的早餐

Ella is a beautiful small backpacker-hub on the southern edge of Sri Lanka's Hill Country. It has become to go-to town in the hill country for tourists and as a result has a reasonably well-established tourism-orientated economy. For example, there is espresso coffee and fish and chips on offer, as well as lounge/backpacker -style bars aimed solely at the visitor.

这倒是真的，我们只有在Ella有去到西式的Restaurant & Bar。

早餐后，我们就从酒店徒步去Ella Rock。印象中，来回两个多小时。

又一大段路是铁轨，途中偶遇嬉皮Ang Moh。

半途，喝杯饮料，歇歇脚。

终于到达顶峰

The best view came after the hardest climb.

It's not the mountain we conquer but ourselves!

之后，徒步去Ella市区吃午餐喝啤酒。

在之后，搭Tuk Tuk去Nine Arch Bridge。

This viaduct was built at Gotuwala between the two railway stations – Ella and Demodara during the British Colonial period is the largest in Sri Lanka. This massive bridge is built entirely of solid rocks, bricks and cement without using a single piece of steel. The bridge was finally commissioned in 1921. 

我们没有下去，因为觉得这里的view比较好。在这里，有叫了一壶茶，也不是想喝茶的，我是觉得，有时候在这种国家，他们也比较穷，一直问你要不要喝茶，也没有多钱，就当作帮助他们。

晚餐是酒店的素食

#170131 Sri Lanka第五天#5

应该是5点就搭tuk tuk上Lipton's Seat。

Lipton’s seat is one of the attractive observation points of Sri Lankan Tourism. 

It’s called Lipton’s Seat because it’s where Thomas Lipton sat down with a cuppa and proudly looked over the fruits of his endeavors. Or that’s how the story goes. The Scottish businessman started out in Sri Lanka in the late 1800s, when British colonization made it easy, buying several tea plantations and setting Tamil Indian workers to work on them. Lipton Ceylonta, his brand of tea, was then born, and marketed and exported all over the world. 

 The view is to die for, and the sheer peace and quiet enough to rejuvenate your senses.

多么美的日出！

搭了S$0.55 for two的local bus回Haputale市区。

民宿配的早餐。

非常正宗的又民宿老板娘煮的斯里兰卡菜。真的是蛮好吃的。

我们在这个民宿遇到一群去World's End的老外和两个台湾男生。

其实，我做攻略时，根本没有看到World's End。

在这里，也遇到了两个带着父母春假来自由行的漂亮台湾姐妹花。

休息了过后，下午3，4点，我们就出发去火车站，准备南下Ella。

就是在这个火车站，遇到了带这81岁老母亲游斯里兰卡的男子。

她81岁，但还是对生活充满热忱，还说斯里兰卡的山很漂亮。

不管多少岁，都要对生活保有热忱，不然就只是等死这条路而已。