The Gap

Since a second route was open to drive down Fraser's Hill - via Kuala Lipis Road, there were no longer the need to queue at The Gap, waiting for your turn to drive up the hill. The old route was too narrow, allowing only a single file of traffic to either drive up or down. The route would be opened according to the time of day, meaning you would go out at the hour and then the route would be the opposite and half the hour for those driving down. If you arrived at the wrong time, you would have to wait at The Gap, a settlement about 7 km from the top until your turn was up.

Without the wait, The Gap settlement had disbanded. There were ruins everywhere of what used to be stalls and cafe. The business at the Fraser's Hill town was also affected since those coming down did not have to wait for their turn either, meaning they could just drive down anytime.

We stopped at The Gap on the way up since my Dad wanted to use the toilet. Those were new buildings, but unfortunately, there were no water ..... And there were no other shops there with facilities. In fact, there were no other shops. From my reading, it used to be a thriving community there before ....

Time had certainly moved on and with it, driving up and down the hill was much easier. As I mentioned, it only took me just over a couple of hours to get from Gombak to the hotel. Maybe one day, I would just drive up with Anita for a bit of a drink, then come back the same day ....

All Them Photos

One of the pain of coming back from the holiday was going through the photo's taken during the trip and trying to sort, edit and then post them. And by a lot, I meant for the Fraser's Hill trip alone, I must've taken something like 600 snaps.

Of course, not all of those needed to be edited in the end. Some were duplicates or downright ugly snaps. But most made the cut.

It had been a week, and I was till only halfway through them. With tomorrow's event, it looked like there would be a ton more to process afterwards!

The Final Morning

The weather was the best on the final morning before we departed as if it knew that we were leaving. Reluctantly, we had to pack. The boys were still asleep and missed breakfast. My father-in-law was at the TV watching the UMNO Meeting.

And I took a stroll around the hotel, this time taking just my iPhone to take videos. We planned to leave just after lunch, and should reach KL by 3 pm. We would be going straight to the apartment after leaving my in-laws since the boys were desperate for wifi and Wii U. Kids this days ....

Nice morning sunBye bye room ...I would be going through the tons of images which I had taken during the stay. Hopefully would have time to update the blog further before I start working this weekend.

Selamat Hari Raya

As usual, will be performing the morning prayers at Gombak before heading to my Mum's place 15 minutes away. Obviously the mission today would be to get stuffed by the afternoon.

Bad news though as it was Friday today, hence afternoon prayers at the mosque again. Hope I could stay awake for that.

To all my Moslem friends, Selamat Hari Raya and for those not celebrating, Maaf Zahir Batin and Happy Holidays.

Back to Gombak

It was a balik kampung of sorts. Even though Anita came here almost daily at her mother's house. Today, we packed our stuffs from the apartment, pillows included for the big journey - 20 minutes drive sans traffic - and head off to Gombak. I will be off from Thursday onwards for the whole week for the Eid celebrations.

We couldn't make it in one trip, ended up returning for another pick-up after berbuka tonight.

It would be hard work in the coming couple of days, followed by a drive to Penang on Saturday to spend three nights there. I will be bringing my in-laws there for a break, and my parents and sister would be going to Penang as well maybe on Sunday.

The boys as usual were never too enthusiastic when it came to travelling although they loved Eastern and Oriental from the last trip. We would be staying there again this weekend.

Anita would be cooking spaghetti and soto ayam tomorrow for Raya. Rumours has it a few of our MRSM friends would be visiting on Friday. It would be a smashing day then, in more ways than one.

Time to unpack ...