Rain Forest World Music Festival 2014 - Sarawak Culture Village, Sarawak Malaysia

When West meet East.. when all the traditional instruments played together.. it bigger than words.. it united us..

Adrenalin rush - 4x4 treking at Sungai Lembing

I have been searching for the perfect adventure vehicle for years, and finally found the right one a few weeks ago. The 3 days experience with more than 60 four wheels of various type starts when I joined a huge group of four wheels lovers for the treks adventure, camping and rainbow waterfall.
 

The groups who largely coming from various states in Malaysia started the journey on early Friday gathered and re-group at Maran before rolling to Kuantan joined at Sungai Lembing.Several 4wd including us came later in the noon. 
Later, four of us bouncing inside Cherokee, in front of us, 3 group of 4wd came down from Singapore to join the weekend. It was a bone rattling ride starts from the remote township of Sungai Lembing trekking up to camp side.   

We crossed the bridge swaying and bumping over the tracks made by the earlier travels. Reaching at the red muddy trail, two of the 4wd stalled and had to be pulled several times. We were bounding and bouncing through the dusty road and crossing streams headed for alarmingly steep route until we reach the camp site at almost mid night. Rubbing my head when it banged the inner side of Cherokee, my mind traveling far thinking "roads like this definitely giving me valid reason for wanting to have a 4wd again". They’re completely silly in cities or even driving down the freeway, but get back here in one, I’ll have some serious fun.” 

Moving farther with only limited light source, appeared in my view clearly the deep rain forest, dark and silence. A few hours 4x4 adventure ride on the Cherokee provides a thrilling ride and especially if the driver is motivated by screams from the passengers. Eventually, when we reached at the camp site, we were like dough run in the mixer. We arrived sleepy and quickly look for spot to set our camp. The rest who arrived earlier scattered with their 4wd and tents side by side.

The next day after breakfast we trek towards the famous Rainbow waterfall (Pelangi). From the camp site we cross another stream and hike up for 45 minutes. This has been the highlight of our whole three days trip of Sungai Lembing. The views we saw just could not have been seen in any other way. The more I reflect on our trip the more I realize how special and unique that area. The views and beauty are so magnificent… the experience was all truly worthwhile.