A trip to the waterfall

Last Saturday, my friends and I went to Lata Meraung at Jerantut, Pahang.

It was the last weekend for us in Temerloh so everyone wanted to go to some place exciting where we could let loose and relax (hehe, like we haven’t been doing much of that already). My friends wanted to go to a waterfall and tried to find out the details. Several places close to our place like Teladas and Gunung Senyum were not recommended so we had to look for places a bit farther away. Someone suggested Lata Meraung since the pervious batches had gone there but it was about 1 and a half hour away. Was it worth it to go that far? Even the name was spooky.

I wasn’t too keen on going at first. K.ngah didn’t feel like going so she stayed behind. Asma’ and I decided to go at the very last minute. Faizah and Reyhana were hyped up about going there. The plan was to go to Jerantut through Jengka where Wanis’ aunt stayed and drop Wanis there since she didn’t want to come along. Then we’d head for the waterfall and meet up with five other friends who’d go there through another route. Then on the way back we’d pick up Wanis. That seemed like a good enough plan.

On Saturday morning, Asma’, Rey and I made egg sandwiches and cucur ikan bilis to bring along on our trip. Then, when everyone was ready, by 8.15 am we were on our way. The route was similar to the one heading for Kota Gelanggi. Since we were familiar with the roads (we doesn’t include me coz my geography is bad), the journey seemed a much shorter one than last time.

We arrived at Wanis’ aunt’s house around 9am, dropped her off and continued with our journey. In Jerantut, we were on the lookout for the signboard and barely noticed the junction. It was then another 10 km away. There were many Orang Asli (OA) houses by the side of the road. We didn’t know what kind of place to expect. I imagined a well-kept place with a parking area, and good facilities. Well, you don’t always get what you want. We had to park by the side of the road and go up a flight of stairs. I was rather worried coz it was so obvious we were the only ones there. Anything could happen to the four of us and no one would know. But there was no turning back. We had to continue with the plan. We had come so far.

The stairs reminded me of UIA Gombak’s very own ‘Batu Caves Stairs’ at Mahallat nusaybah . It wasn’t that bad but we didn’t have much stamina so we had to make stops along the way. We had to walk deeper in the woods to get to the waterfall. You could tell that the place used to be a tourist spot but it was abandoned. The waterfall was beautiful. It was just a small and cozy area. If so many people went there it would be overcrowded. The water was cold and clear. When we got in the water, 2 guys and 2 girls came but they didn’t bathe. We practically conquered the water. A few more guys came. We began to worry. But they just stayed at the side of the lake and took pictures. I tanak perasan but I know they must have taken our pictures too. We stayed inside the lake. We were very careful not to go into any deep parts coz none of us knew how to swim.

About an hour later, our friends arrived. Punya lah lega masa tu, terus mandi sepuas-puasnya. More and more people cameWhen everyone was satisfied bathing, we filled our stomachs with Aima’s yummy mee hoon goreng tom yam, the appetizing cucur ikan bilis and delicious tea. Then we took loads of pictures.

There was no place there to change our clothes so we headed for masjid jerantut. All clean and dry, we headed for Wanis’ aunt’s house. She served us bread eaten with ‘kuzi’, a kelantanese dish. It was new to us from johor and melaka. then she showed us the plants around her house. my knowledge on plants are so limited keh keh.



On the way back, I received a message from my 3rd fan. Hihi. Klaka la this thing. Terus tak boleh tidur lepas tu eventhough I was very, very tired. Mengganggu fikiran je bende nih.

We arrived at the house safely. Alhamdulillah everything went according to our plan yesterday.