Adventurous Gua Tempurung

Last 2 week on Sunday, just when I wanted to wake up for my class trip to Gua Tempurung nearby Kampar, rain was falling heavily outside and we have to cancel out trip due to safety reason. Then, the plan has postponed to the next day after we have discussed since we don't have class on Monday.

Before that, let me briefly introduce about Gua Tempurung. It is located in Gopeng, Perak. It is more than 3km long and is one of the longest caves in Peninsula Malaysia. There are a range of tours of different lengths and difficulty with different price and duration.

Monday's morning has arrived. I woke up on time to have my breakfast since we will straight away go to there. We gathered near 7-11 in Kampar here before we headed to Gua Tempurung about 20 minutes drive from Kampar. Thanks to 5 of our coursemates drived us to there. Most of our class people are joining this trip. We reached there around 9 in the morning but we cannot enter after we bought the tickets because we have to wait until 10. We choose the most difficult route. While waiting for the adventure to come, we walked around and snapped some pictures. And also prepared ourselves with touch light, plastic bag and camera.

The time we all waiting has arrived, finally, we can start our journey in the 'gua'. There are 4 tourists from California joined us as a group that will explore the journey together. The feeling before enter is scare, nervous and curious because according to the ranger there, we will have to crawl in some part of the journey in the water. Anyway, we have to go in also, so we started our journey after some briefing from the ranger.

As we just started to walk in not say very long, we already started to contact with water. Then, our clothes slowly getting wet as we walking deeper. Inside the cave, we have to relied on torch light for vision as there is no light at all. Walking in the cave was the wonderful experience, you can see different types of stones, stalagmites and very rare insects in the cave. Some part of the journey required us to crawl in the underground water river which is very small, slide down the hill and climb up the slippery hill, walk through the underground water river and go through the hole. The whole journey took us about 4 hours and we have a unforgettable experience which is not easy to gain. I recommend this place to everyone as it is really a nice place to visit. Come here if you want to have some good adventures.

Food heaven.....Malaysia

To live in multi-racial country such as Malaysia is so lucky I have to say. We in Malaysia are surrounded by various of nice food and cuisine from different ethnic groups and some of them are influenced by multiple ethnic. As the result, we have Nyonya food, Chinese food, Malay food, Indian food and others.

For Malay food, we have all time favourite Nasi Lemak, Nasi Dagang in Kelantan and Terengganu, Apam Balik, Kebab, Murtabak, Malay traditional Kuih, Ketupat, Rendang and Lemang during Hari Raya. For Indian food, some of the nice one include banana leaf rice, Putu Mayam, Nasi Briyani, Tosai and their aromatic curries. Not to forget Malaysia all time favourite mamak food which is simply too nice to skip. Mamak is Indian Muslims which served us some truly Malaysia food like Nasi Kandar, Rojak Mamak, Maggi Goreng, Teh Tarik and various of roti such as Roti Canai, Roti Pisang, Roti Telur, Roti Cheese, Roti Bawang and many more. Too many to name.


For me, Malaysia Chinese food is really tempting. We have so much food that can't use word to describe how good are there. Of course in Malaysia, the Chinese food is influenced a lot by the local ingredient which gave us so many different type of food. In normal Chinese coffee shop, we have Char Kuey Teow, Har Mee and fruit Rojak which is famous in Penang, Chee Cheong Fun, Curry Mee, Chicken Rice, Loh Mee, Wantan Mee, Mi Sua, Pan Mee and Kuey Teow Soup. During Chinese New Year, we have Bakkwa which is the dried bbq meat. Beside all these, other main Chinese food also included Dim Sum, Bak Kut Teh, Bak Zhang, Pau, Curry Chicken Bread, Cantonese fried Mee, Hokkien Mee, Clay Pot Chicken Rice, Tau Foo Fah, Yong Tau Foo and others. For side cuisine, we have Yau Zha Gwai for breakfast or eat with rice porridge, popiah and various Tong Sui for tea time.


Just when you think I almost list out all the main food available in Malaysia, actually that's lot more to list out. When I was writing this blog, I already feel very hungry but now getting more hungry. For Nyonya food, their food is quite unique and special. They are developed by Peranakan and they used a lot ingredients like Belacan, lemon glass and coconut milk. Some of the main Nyonya food included Asam Laksa, Otak-otak, Ayam Pongteh, Acar and Nasi Kunyit.
Besides all the various delicious delicacies, others popular one included Ais Kacang, Cendol, Pisang Goreng, Keropok Lekor, curry puff, various Nyonya kuih, Satay, Ikan Bakar and many many more. Look at how fortunate are Malaysian compare with other nations. We must learn to appreciate it and help to spread out the unique and speciality of Malaysia food. Yummy..............time to eat.