Malaysia Uncovered: Day 2 - Watching 1408 in a deserted spa resort is highly discouraged.

[Ed. note: guess where am i? starbucks metropoint, kajang OH MY GOD high-speed internet!]

it rained the whole day as we were driving to cherating. it rained the whole night. and when we woke up, we were greeted with swimming pools!




if you're malaysian, you should know that a couple of weeks back there were heavy and steady rains in the northern states which resulted in massive flooding everywhere! thankfully we just missed the floods in Kuantan by, i dare say, a couple of hours.



anyway, the next day we drove to Lake Kenyir, with a short stopover in Kuala Terengganu.




oil refineries such as these ensure that i will have a job for the next 20 years due to the massive amounts of CO2 they release on a daily basis. abnormal urchin development, here i come!

all throughout the journey it RAINED. i was beginning to wonder if i'd ever see the sun again - or even a patch of clear sky for the matter!



however, kenyir was wonderful. kenyir was so nice! SO NICE! it really surprised me because all these while, i thought kenyir was just a lake where tired bored old men went to to fish their hearts out. but it was really nice and calming and serene! and the lake is massive la! according to my cousin (quite a reputable source), the biggest island in the kenyir system is bigger than Singapore!



anyway i wouldn't mind going to kenyir again. i can think of so many things to do there. wake up in the morning, rent a boat and go out fishing. rent a boat and go over to the taman negara border to hike, trek and visit waterfalls. come back and jump into the spa. drink. gamble. party the night away in the individual chalets that they have. rinse and repeat. anyone out there who's interested, please let me know before 16 feb ok?