Part 1 : Perth, West Australia || 5D 4N Trip (Pt.1) ?
After a year, finally the mood has come!
After a year, finally the mood has come!
Day 2: KINGS PARK & BOTANIC GARDEN
I used to think that Perth is boring compared to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney but after a long research, I discovered that Perth has quite a lot to offer actually. Our 5 days trip isn't enough to explore Perth. Sadly, we have to skip certain places. We went to Perth on August, 2017 and it was during Winter season.
In Perth, we stayed at East Cannington, Kak Sarah Pahmi and Abg Syed's house.We paid A$ 200 for 4 nights. Breakfast included.
Whilst, for the airport transfer, we paid Abg Syed A$60 for pick up and send.
p/s: I think Kak Sarah and Abg Syed dah pindah rumah.
Total budget for accommodation & airport transfer:
1. Accommodation - A$200 || MYR 600+ (4 nights)
2. Airport Transfer - A$ 60 || MYR 180+ (pickup & send)
Gedebuk gedebak dalam MYR 780-800 total for accommodation and airport transfer.
We rented a car at ARIES CAR RENTAL. And, the owner is from Malaysia.
Day 1: THE PINNACLES DESERT
Distance traveled from East Cannington (our accommodation) to The Pinnacles Desert is 205km, it took us about 2 and a half hours of driving.
If you're a nature-lover, you will absolutely love this unique view! Tell me, dekat mana lagi korang nak jumpa view batu-batu unique macamni? Umm, takde.
So, it is "a-must-visit" place then. Hihi
Entrance fee to the Nambung National Park ni tak silap A$11 per car. Dalam (+-)MYR 33
Talk about the weather or season, I will say "not recommended during summer or hot sunny day". Because surely it's going to be blazing hot, you'll get tan or sunburn and obviously you won't enjoy the view here.
Why?
First, ada few DO NOT signboards there yang bagitahu kita not allow to climb the pinnacles. Apa orang cakap, something like khazanah alam yang kena jaga lah. But my dad insisted to jump from the "small" pinnacle tu jugak and wanted a picture of him terbang
And after that "stunt" action, his legs cramped. :') Tu lah tak dengar kata.
Important tip: When you rent a sand board, they will provide you with a wax. Before you slide down, make sure fully wax the back of the sand board, or else kau sekat sekat lah nak slide down dekat pasir tu.
Day 1: LOBSTER SHACK CERVANTES
Yeap, still in Day 1 because we only spent 30-40mins je dekat The Pinnacles Desert and then straight to Lobster Shack Cervantes. From The Pinnacles Desert to here, cuma 30 mins driving.
Haa, nak makan lobster murah dekat Australia (murah ke?) and gravy dia nice,here is the place. Since it is quite far from town and hard to find halal foods there,so this is the place yang you boleh cuba.
Look at how cozy the place is. After a long drive, I think this is the best place for you to chill. Mom and dad were enjoying their foods. Yummayh!
Haa, nak makan lobster murah dekat Australia (murah ke?) and gravy dia nice,here is the place. Since it is quite far from town and hard to find halal foods there,so this is the place yang you boleh cuba.
Price for 1 Chinese Fried Rice + 1 Small lobster : (+-) A$ 40 || (+-) MYR 120
Box of chips: Small A$ 3 and Large A$ 6.
There are 3 different sizes of lobster (Small, Large, Jumbo). So, the price is based on the size you choose. And you can either choose the Grilled Lobster or the Steamed one.
p/s: When I wrote "far from town" and "hard to find halal foods" up there, I really meant it. 👇
Day 1: LANCELIN SAND DUNES
Our last stop is the famous sand boarding at Lancelin Sand Dunes, yayy! Upon reaching there, you would wonder how and where to rent a sand board for the sand dunes? Fret not, along the way to the sand dunes, there are few general stores if i'm not mistaken yang provide the rental service for sand board.
But yeah, don't be like us. We thought there would be few stores near to the sand dunes yang provide the rental service but sadly, takde ok. But fret not, near to sand dunes ada mini lorry with a small banner written "rent sand board here". We were just so lucky by that time because we got to rent the LAST sand board. Or else, bye bye sand boarding~
They provide rental service at A$ 10 per sand board for 2 hours, which is more than enough. Not necessary to rent one sand board per person, because one sand board is enough for 3 of us. You can just take turns to use it. Lebih jimat.
It was so tiring sebab kena mendaki sikit, which is not easy sebab pasir jerlus kan. So, our leg jadi lagi berat nak mendaki. After 5 times I naik and slide down, then I gave up. Muscle kaki dah start nak cramp.
But overall, it was one of the great and fun experiences I must say. 'Twas totally worth the time.
Hi, Assalamualaikum!
After my first camping trip, rasa terpanggil pulak nak update blog. Hi blogspot, it's been a while. Used to have a "personal" blog when I was in my "childish" age. Lol. Yeah you know, "childish", so all my posts in that blog boleh dikategorikan sebagai *the content may contain sensitive material* hahaha. But this time, my blog is all about sharing my experiences on this and that.
|| Glamping over camping ||
As you can read on my title, camping or glamping?
Glamping is a glamorous camping. You need all those nicer things and you just want to feel comfortable while you are in the jungle. Kaitan dengan post? Um ok. Long story short, our preferred way was actually glamping over camping. But...
We made it! We went camping for a night and literally got NOTHING yang comfortable and nice there. When I said NOTHING, yes! We even "shi-shi" in the bush and "No Service" at all. No social medias, no phone calls and no toilet. Thank you.
With zero camping's experience, we just redah je. Since that was our first time, so we need to prepare lotssss of things. We listed out the basic camping's stuffs and just to make sure yang kitorang tak bawak benda-benda merepek.
With zero camping's experience, we just redah je. Since that was our first time, so we need to prepare lotssss of things. We listed out the basic camping's stuffs and just to make sure yang kitorang tak bawak benda-benda merepek.
Our camping checklist;
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| Whatsapp; In here we listed out the basic stuffs needed during camping |
|| Journey to Lata Jerbus ||
Date: 17th March 2018 - 18th March 2018
Location: Lata Jerbus, Kg. Pertak, Kuala Kubu Bharu
People joined: 6 - 2 equal to 4
Journey began after Zuhur
People said, Happiness is a full belly. So, we went for a lunch at Sambal Hijau, Sg.Penchala. It took us around 20 mins of driving from Seksyen U1,Shah Alam to Sambal Hijau. In Sambal Hijau, you can have varieties of masakan melayu. Yummayh!
Journey began
Bismillahirahmannirrahim. The journey began at 4pm (after terlepas simpang dan reroute)
We reached at Bukit Kutu Parking around 5pm. The driver need to be extra careful sebab jalan naik ke atas sempit and tak rata. Don't worry, tak payah fikir nak kena drive or rent 4WD semata nak naik. Naik sedan masih selamat lagi haha.
Oh yes, for those yang tak pernah jejak area Bukit Kutu ni, nak ke "Trio Lata" (Lata Jerbus, Lata Makau and Lata Medang), you have to google maps or waze "Bukit Kutu Parking".
Starting point to Trio Lata and Bukit Kutu ni mesti from this car park area and you have to pay RM1 for the entrance fee.
As we were not very familiar with the place, we asked few hikers for the exact route to Lata Jerbus. From the car park area, you have to walk around 100m kot, and then jumpa two intersections or I called it as "Y-intersections" because there are only two ways. Right and Left
Right : to Bukit Kutu Left : to "Trio" Lata
Experienced hikers said, route to Lata Jerbus ni banyak ambil kiri. To be honest, I lost count on how many times we pergi kiri and then kanan.
Estimated around 20-30 minutes walk up into the forest to Lata Jerbus from car park. No need to hike, it just an easy jungle trek which suitable for newbie campers like us. (read: campers yang bawak makanan, tent, bantal segala bagai macam nak stay lama)
Nota kaki: That easy trekking and 20-30 mins walk that I mentioned atas tu cuma untuk LATA JERBUS je tau.
Based on the hikers yang dah biasa dengan that area, they said if you want to go to Lata Makau or Lata Medang (which is atas lagi dari Lata Jerbus), you need to hike up for about 2-3 hours to reach there, I guess? Sorry, I'm still a baby there, so takde banyak info nak share.
So, along the way to Lata Jerbus. Ada dua bridges yang kena lalu. First bridge ni just nice je. Meanwhile, for the second bridge ni kira mencabar sikit sebab dah runtuh and senget.
Time ni hanya Allah je tahu rasa takut nak lalu sebab risau jatuh sungai dengan barang-barang. Masa ni buat onar kejap depan campers and hikers lain :') Malu.
From the second bridge, we still ambil jalan kiri. To be honest, I didn't even see any tagging pun along the track to Lata Jerbus. The red tag for "Jalan Mati" or "No Entry" adalah. After 15 mins walk, we found a camping site. We have to walk down the hill to the camp site.
Unfortunately, tempat yang kitorang jumpa ni totally different from the one yang kita google and research.
Tak puas hati. We hiked up and nak jugak jumpa waterfall. Baru like 5mins jalan, hujan turun. Jam dah around 6.30pm, habiskan masa gelabah cari raincoat lagi. The track pun dah start slippery and muddy.
Tak sampai 50m jalan, we gave up. Hujan, slippery and muddy track buat kitorang decide nak back to the first camp site. I almost terjatuh while I walked down the hill to the camp site. Alhamdulillah, masih selamat.
As I mentioned above pasal "No Service" tu. Yes, kita telah masuk zaman dimana, handphone dan internet belum pun lagi wujud.
If you are using Celcom line, you should feel thankful sebab Digi, UMobile and Maxis users dah deal with the connection's problem start dari car park area lagi. But, kebahagiaan tak selamanya for Celcom users ye. After the second bridge tu actually dah boleh bye-bye Celcom, welcome to the club. Haha.
Setup tent. First thing bila dah sampai is to setup the tent. Before it's raining cats and dogs, so better setup tent time tengah renyai ni.
And, the next thing yang paling penting is to make the campfire to stay warm bila malam nanti, to halau nyamuk and of course for the BBQ. Nasib baik, kitorang tak payah build the campfire from scratch (like cari kayu et cetra) because previous campers dah siap-siap kan tempat tu, got broom and table yang direka khas from kayu-kayu hutan lagi. Creative.
Oh, our camp site tu tak besar pun. Boleh masuk dua khemah besar je. But, I think kalau kitorang pergi atas lagi, jumpa lah camp site yang boleh muat 7 to 8 tents tu. Hampa.
Camping tips #1: If you dapat camp site yang not so spacious like the one yang kitorang jumpa ni, you are encouraged to bring along your covered hammock. Jimat ruang.
The camp site was quite clean untuk bentang tikar solat. Yeap, there is no toilet untuk berwudhuk. Even water bottles yang kitorg bawak pun memang cukup cukup untuk survive sampai esok.
Luckily, our camp site dekat sangat dengan sungai. Easy.
Nota kaki: Bring at least 2 large water bottles setiap seorang. Cukup untuk camping semalaman. If bermalam-malam, I sarankan bawak cerek ye. Jimat tenaga. Takkan nak bawak berat berat daki bukit turun bukit kan. Nak "shi shi"? Bring along botol kosong, and pakai air sungai. Bukan melabur dalam sungai ye! Aip.
Plan asal nak make sure campfire ni menjadi before malam. Tapi sebab baru lepas hujan, api pun mcm sendu. Maka bertemu malam pun api masih sendu.
Camping tips #2: Please make sure the weather condition is good. Since we're not on the camp site yang near to waterfall tu, so takde masalah bahaya tepi sungai ke apa. But, problem datang masa nak buat unggun api. Tanah lembab. It took us around an hour kot baru boleh start BBQ. Lapar teruks.
Camping tips #3: Bertolak lah seawal mungkin, we never know what may happen kan. Lesson learnt to us; Dah lewat sampai camp site, hujan. Dah hujan, unggun api tak menjadi-jadi pulak.
When I said we are newbie campers, I meant it.
Bukti pertama;
We didn't bring enough lamp. :') Nasib baik I bawak camping lamp, kalau semua bawak torchlight? Ber-huhu lah dalam gelap tu.
Bukti kedua:
We didn't bring food tongs. :') So, with the creativity yang ada dalam darah daging kitorang. We used ranting and covered with aluminium foil. hashtag survival tips.
Spent a very quality night together sebab semua tak pegang phone langsung. Al-maklum, "No Service". But somehow I think bagus jugak, lari kejap from all these social medias thang. Layan bunyi sungai and cengkerik. Kejap-kejap nampak je few hikers yang baru turun and baru naik. Takde lah rasa sunyi sangat.
Ok, I have to share this story;
Around 12am, kitorang ready nak "off to bed". Cuci muka tepi sungai and "shi-shi" in the bush. Ok part "shi-shi" ni, I fikir satu je. Apa je yang nampak depan mata masa tu, buat dunno. Hahaha.
Dalam 1am something, kitorang yang perempuan still lagi chitchat dalam tent tau, biasalah lama tak jumpa.
All of sudden, we saw few head lamps dari atas turun ke our camp site. Cepat-cepat kitorang tutup lampu and diam. We heard steps outside our tent, almost 10-15mins jugak kitorang kaku dalam tent. Terus teringat cerita seram masatu.
And then, muncul lagi dengan lampu besar suluh our tent. Rupanya askar-askar jaga kawasan. 2, 3 kali muncul. Pukul 3 pagi pun ada ronda lagi. Fuh!
|| Greeny green everywhere. The freshness smell of the jungle ||
Woke up to my friend's alarm for Subuh prayer and I just realized yang I fell asleep dalam ketakutan that night.
Morning view dalam hutan memang tip-top, terus rasa bersyukur sangat dapat peluang ni. Rasa all the burdens dalam diri hilang sekejap.
Listened to the birds chirping, the sound of river flowing, crunchy sound of dried leaves when I walk on it. Ahh, everything was so calm and peaceful.
Part paling penting bila masuk hutan yang ada sungai,
Well,
NOT a newbie anymore!
People joined: 6 - 2 equal to 4
Journey began after Zuhur
People said, Happiness is a full belly. So, we went for a lunch at Sambal Hijau, Sg.Penchala. It took us around 20 mins of driving from Seksyen U1,Shah Alam to Sambal Hijau. In Sambal Hijau, you can have varieties of masakan melayu. Yummayh!
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** Clean and clear river with an average depth of 2m or lesser than that. |
Journey began
Bismillahirahmannirrahim. The journey began at 4pm (after terlepas simpang dan reroute)
We reached at Bukit Kutu Parking around 5pm. The driver need to be extra careful sebab jalan naik ke atas sempit and tak rata. Don't worry, tak payah fikir nak kena drive or rent 4WD semata nak naik. Naik sedan masih selamat lagi haha.
Oh yes, for those yang tak pernah jejak area Bukit Kutu ni, nak ke "Trio Lata" (Lata Jerbus, Lata Makau and Lata Medang), you have to google maps or waze "Bukit Kutu Parking".
Starting point to Trio Lata and Bukit Kutu ni mesti from this car park area and you have to pay RM1 for the entrance fee.
As we were not very familiar with the place, we asked few hikers for the exact route to Lata Jerbus. From the car park area, you have to walk around 100m kot, and then jumpa two intersections or I called it as "Y-intersections" because there are only two ways. Right and Left
Right : to Bukit Kutu Left : to "Trio" Lata
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| Jujur, this is not our maps. Maps from http://terranovamount.blogspot.my |
Estimated around 20-30 minutes walk up into the forest to Lata Jerbus from car park. No need to hike, it just an easy jungle trek which suitable for newbie campers like us. (read: campers yang bawak makanan, tent, bantal segala bagai macam nak stay lama)
Nota kaki: That easy trekking and 20-30 mins walk that I mentioned atas tu cuma untuk LATA JERBUS je tau.
Based on the hikers yang dah biasa dengan that area, they said if you want to go to Lata Makau or Lata Medang (which is atas lagi dari Lata Jerbus), you need to hike up for about 2-3 hours to reach there, I guess? Sorry, I'm still a baby there, so takde banyak info nak share.
So, along the way to Lata Jerbus. Ada dua bridges yang kena lalu. First bridge ni just nice je. Meanwhile, for the second bridge ni kira mencabar sikit sebab dah runtuh and senget.
Time ni hanya Allah je tahu rasa takut nak lalu sebab risau jatuh sungai dengan barang-barang. Masa ni buat onar kejap depan campers and hikers lain :') Malu.
Video from Wardah's insta-story** Well, this is how we buat onar masa nak lalu this bridge.
p.s. kesian brother belakang tu (unknown), tunggu kitorang. :')
From the second bridge, we still ambil jalan kiri. To be honest, I didn't even see any tagging pun along the track to Lata Jerbus. The red tag for "Jalan Mati" or "No Entry" adalah. After 15 mins walk, we found a camping site. We have to walk down the hill to the camp site.
Unfortunately, tempat yang kitorang jumpa ni totally different from the one yang kita google and research.
Tak puas hati. We hiked up and nak jugak jumpa waterfall. Baru like 5mins jalan, hujan turun. Jam dah around 6.30pm, habiskan masa gelabah cari raincoat lagi. The track pun dah start slippery and muddy.
Tak sampai 50m jalan, we gave up. Hujan, slippery and muddy track buat kitorang decide nak back to the first camp site. I almost terjatuh while I walked down the hill to the camp site. Alhamdulillah, masih selamat.
As I mentioned above pasal "No Service" tu. Yes, kita telah masuk zaman dimana, handphone dan internet belum pun lagi wujud.
If you are using Celcom line, you should feel thankful sebab Digi, UMobile and Maxis users dah deal with the connection's problem start dari car park area lagi. But, kebahagiaan tak selamanya for Celcom users ye. After the second bridge tu actually dah boleh bye-bye Celcom, welcome to the club. Haha.
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** Our camp site, just beside the river. |
Setup tent. First thing bila dah sampai is to setup the tent. Before it's raining cats and dogs, so better setup tent time tengah renyai ni.
And, the next thing yang paling penting is to make the campfire to stay warm bila malam nanti, to halau nyamuk and of course for the BBQ. Nasib baik, kitorang tak payah build the campfire from scratch (like cari kayu et cetra) because previous campers dah siap-siap kan tempat tu, got broom and table yang direka khas from kayu-kayu hutan lagi. Creative.
Oh, our camp site tu tak besar pun. Boleh masuk dua khemah besar je. But, I think kalau kitorang pergi atas lagi, jumpa lah camp site yang boleh muat 7 to 8 tents tu. Hampa.
Camping tips #1: If you dapat camp site yang not so spacious like the one yang kitorang jumpa ni, you are encouraged to bring along your covered hammock. Jimat ruang.
The camp site was quite clean untuk bentang tikar solat. Yeap, there is no toilet untuk berwudhuk. Even water bottles yang kitorg bawak pun memang cukup cukup untuk survive sampai esok.
Luckily, our camp site dekat sangat dengan sungai. Easy.
Nota kaki: Bring at least 2 large water bottles setiap seorang. Cukup untuk camping semalaman. If bermalam-malam, I sarankan bawak cerek ye. Jimat tenaga. Takkan nak bawak berat berat daki bukit turun bukit kan. Nak "shi shi"? Bring along botol kosong, and pakai air sungai. Bukan melabur dalam sungai ye! Aip.
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** Our campfire yang malu-malu je nak keluar apinya |
Plan asal nak make sure campfire ni menjadi before malam. Tapi sebab baru lepas hujan, api pun mcm sendu. Maka bertemu malam pun api masih sendu.
Camping tips #2: Please make sure the weather condition is good. Since we're not on the camp site yang near to waterfall tu, so takde masalah bahaya tepi sungai ke apa. But, problem datang masa nak buat unggun api. Tanah lembab. It took us around an hour kot baru boleh start BBQ. Lapar teruks.
Camping tips #3: Bertolak lah seawal mungkin, we never know what may happen kan. Lesson learnt to us; Dah lewat sampai camp site, hujan. Dah hujan, unggun api tak menjadi-jadi pulak.
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** Foods' preparation. |
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** BBQ time pt I |
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** BBQ time pt II |
When I said we are newbie campers, I meant it.
Bukti pertama;
We didn't bring enough lamp. :') Nasib baik I bawak camping lamp, kalau semua bawak torchlight? Ber-huhu lah dalam gelap tu.
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** Function kan lampu ni? Boleh jadi pelita, torchlight and also disco lamp. 3 in 1. |
Bukti kedua:
We didn't bring food tongs. :') So, with the creativity yang ada dalam darah daging kitorang. We used ranting and covered with aluminium foil. hashtag survival tips.
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** Nampak tak food tongs kitorang? Hehe. |
Spent a very quality night together sebab semua tak pegang phone langsung. Al-maklum, "No Service". But somehow I think bagus jugak, lari kejap from all these social medias thang. Layan bunyi sungai and cengkerik. Kejap-kejap nampak je few hikers yang baru turun and baru naik. Takde lah rasa sunyi sangat.
Ok, I have to share this story;
Around 12am, kitorang ready nak "off to bed". Cuci muka tepi sungai and "shi-shi" in the bush. Ok part "shi-shi" ni, I fikir satu je. Apa je yang nampak depan mata masa tu, buat dunno. Hahaha.
Dalam 1am something, kitorang yang perempuan still lagi chitchat dalam tent tau, biasalah lama tak jumpa.
All of sudden, we saw few head lamps dari atas turun ke our camp site. Cepat-cepat kitorang tutup lampu and diam. We heard steps outside our tent, almost 10-15mins jugak kitorang kaku dalam tent. Terus teringat cerita seram masatu.
And then, muncul lagi dengan lampu besar suluh our tent. Rupanya askar-askar jaga kawasan. 2, 3 kali muncul. Pukul 3 pagi pun ada ronda lagi. Fuh!
|| Greeny green everywhere. The freshness smell of the jungle ||
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** |
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| Photo taken with Sony alpha 5100** |
Woke up to my friend's alarm for Subuh prayer and I just realized yang I fell asleep dalam ketakutan that night.
Morning view dalam hutan memang tip-top, terus rasa bersyukur sangat dapat peluang ni. Rasa all the burdens dalam diri hilang sekejap.
Listened to the birds chirping, the sound of river flowing, crunchy sound of dried leaves when I walk on it. Ahh, everything was so calm and peaceful.
Part paling penting bila masuk hutan yang ada sungai,
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| Photo taken with Db Power ex 5000** Main main air je, geli ikan dok lalu lalang haha |
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| Photo taken with Db Power ex 5000** nah, our morning faces haha |
Well,
NOT a newbie anymore!
