So we drove across the peninsula! Easy with the Karak and then the EAST-WEST highway. We got to Cherating within 3 hours, and boy it is indeed a nice place.
We stayed at the Impiana, a cute little resort, a little aged, but with nice cosy rooms, and a private beach (although the sands were golden, not the white we were looking forward to), and adequate trimmings.
Of course being in the middle of nowhere, we didn't have much sightseeing to do, so we drove out to Kemaman and found Monica Bay (attempt at panoramic shot below; Sifu George, don't marah never PP with CS yet),and then drove to Kuantan town, about 45 minutes south.
For the return trip, we were hell bent on beiing hyper-adventurous. So instead of cutting back thru to KL and heading north on PLUS highway, we decided to drive north(!) to Kuala Terengganu, and the plan was to take the Jeli-Gerik road to get back to Penang.
Of course, most parts of the journey was beautiful, going thru the actual countryside, with nice views of the open sea at frequent intervals. Can say that is our version of the great ocean road, but of course cannot compete la. Certain parts of the East highway was actually a single lane road, passing thru sleepy towns with even sleepier outskirt villages.
We reached KT late afternoon, found Chinatown(yes BK , this time it's there) in time for lunch, and then continued on towards Kota Bahru, speeding at some parts as we thought need to go all the way to Kota Bahru to get onto the East-West road. However, we got to about 50 km out of Kota Bahru, and discovered the yellow brick road. So, thankfull for cutting the distance, we zoomed back across the Titiwangsa range, and were safely back in Taiping for dinner :)
hhmm wonder where the next road trip will take us?
oohh managed to get lucky with this shot.. will be cherishing this one, and the model in the pic... for a long while now.
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