One month without working

13 April 2011

The days without working were so enjoyable. I was like back to school time and having a one-month school holiday, but this time, with many vacations.

On 4th April, 3 days after my last service day in my company, I went to Tanggak and had a few days of gathering with my two partners who will be going to New Zealand together. Edwin, who didn't know much about Eileen, was the one who drove to this idea. And this trip was mainly to let two of them get to know each other more.

3 days later, I headed to Singapore to visit my sister and her newborn baby son, Nigel. I didn't stay long there. After two nights, I went back to KL and then on the following Tuesday, I went back to Ipoh together with my two partners. This was the second trip we had before we fly to New Zealand.

I thought we would need more exercise to prepare ourselves for the adventurous working and travelling in New Zealand soon. So I brought them to Gunung Keledang in Menglembu. It was indeed a tiring 60-minute of hiking, but we were pleased to see the picturesque scenery after that.

A few days later, I went there on my own. This time, the scene was not clear and covered by mist. Yet, it was still amazing. I posted these photos in Facebook, and many of my friends didn't believe I took them in Ipoh.

After shower and breakfast, I brought them to caves, which are sightseeing spots in Ipoh. The first one we went is not common to tourists, but it is my favorite among all. It is situated near Gopeng, called 广福岩. Each of us was charged RM6 but we had great moments exploring inside the cave on our own.

Then we headed to 南天洞and灵仙岩which are located next to each other. The reason I do not quite like these two is because they have been commercialized and they look more like temples than a place for us to explore nature. The former is much better, at least we saw steep steps which can lead us in to the cave. But we reversed when we saw no light provided in the cave.