From crystal clear water to the Petronas

From Kuala Besut to Kuala Lumpur we took the local bus. This meant that we had to stop for a night in Terrengganu. The first night we found out that there was a Thai festival that week. So we stayed another night and when we went there the next evening we noticed that we were the only tourists there. We became the show of the evening. Everybody asked us on the stage to dance or sing. As a thank you we got weird drinks, teddy bears and fake flowers.

From Terrengganu we took the bus to Jerantut from where we wanted to do a trekking in the jungle, Taman Negara. Since the Perhentians I had an infected mosquito bite. When we were in Jerantut it was too bad to go into the jungle without going to the hospital. It’s interesting (and a bit scary) to see how different your body reacts in a different climate. After a good cleaning and antibiotica i was good to go! A simple wooden boat took us to Kuala Tahan by the Tembeling river.

Kuala Tahan is a small village in the jungle from where all the trekkings start. The Jungle trekking was a bit less exciting than we expected. It was a tough walk and we didn’t see any of the animals, tigers and elephants, we were hoping to see. But some parts were beautiful.

We were supposed to stay the night in a hut but none of us was up for it so around 6pm we arrived at the river hoping a boat would pass by to bring us back to Kuala Tahan. After some waiting we heard a boat so with lots of screaming and whistling we managed to get their attention and they agreed to bring us back.

In this small wooden boat, with music from Manel in my ears, the sun setting and surrounded by the jungle I couldn’t be feeling happier!

After 5 minutes we stopped at a little village in the middle of nowhere, because the tank was empty. It was a very small village of 26 houses. We had to wait there for about 1,5 hours, till another boat came with fuel. We tried to make contact with the people, but most of them seemed to be very shy. We played football, always a good way to connect if you don't speak the same language.

When we finally came back we had dinner in one of the floating restaurants.

And after a good night sleep on soft beds instead of wooden planks we rewarded ourselves with a Dutch Lady!

And then we started the last part of our trip to KL to meet our friends, Ibrahim and Qasim!