Sg Lembing weekend

12am.
That's the ungodly hour we started our journey. I have tried to get some shut eyes earlier but just couldn't bring myself to sleep, in fact feeling wide awake at that time.
Saw this poser cat in one of the rest stop...Couldn't resist taking a shot.

Reaching Sg Lembing at 3am plus is way too early for us to hike up Panorama Hill. So, the next best thing to do, sleep...
Began our hike up at 5am. Way too dark to see anything on the journey up. Looked up and saw so many stars. The view on top is amazing eventhough we did not get to see sunrise as it was too cloudy.
I really love the sea of clouds.

Breakfast was at the only market there. Cheap and good food.

Me and CY was feeling restless after checking in to Sg Lembing resthouse while the others dozed off. So we went around and snap silly pictures.

We saw a film crew and the locals even thought that we are part of the crew. LOL...
Around noon, all of us headed to the musuem and Sg Lembing mines. For those who are not aware, Sg Lembing is a very popular mining area back in the 19th century. It has one of the longest tin mine in the world.
RM30 is a rip off, but luckily it was 50% off.

The way mining was done, I can't imagine working underground for a a long period of time. Gives me the chill.

We wanted to venture to Teluk Cempedak, but due to rain, we detour to a mall and had more food instead.

Dinner was prepared by the resthouse. We had fun chatting with the aunties and uncles who BBQ-ed our food. And not to mention, it was delicious.

After dinner, as we were walking around, one of the shop owner recommended us to visit an uncle who roasts pork. So, without much hesitant, we agreed. She brought us to to one of the houses and voila, we had fresh roast pork. The owner is very chatty and his dog is super cute!

We decided to turn in early to rest but in the end, we had the longest UNO game. It lasted for almost an hour for one game!
The next morning turned out bad as our planned trip to rainbow waterfall has to be cancelled due to rain. So, we were up at 5 plus hoping the rain will stop but it never did until mid morning.

So off we went for early breakfast and continued with our game of UNO.

After check out we decided to head to Gua Charas before continuing our way back. It's quite an interesting cave with a statue of sleeping Buddha in it.

I still can't forget the smell of cow dung in the car! And we got Febreezed!

That pretty much sums up the short weekend getaway. It's a bit disappointing that we didn't get to go to the waterfall but it's a n enjoyable trip. I miss the times when we frequently have trips like this. Now, with each of us busy with work and family, it's hard to find the time anymore. *sad*
Oh ya, nearly forgot how we got ripped off at a durian stall in Bentong....So lesson learnt, always ask and bargain first before digging in....