Sunday 22 November 2009 - The weather cleared up a bit (just a little bit) and so, I decided to take a friend to visit the most accessible cascade in Raub even if it rains - Lata Lembik at Pos Buntu. After a decidedly hurried lunch at a friend's home, we went off straight to Pos Buntu: about 18 km from the main trunk road at Batu Talam (about 20 km from town center). The visit was not long because of the weather and also the fact that everything's still wet everywhere. There were no tourist, both local and foreign (except us of course) but there were many Orang Asli youths socializing at the place. As many of them are usually put in full boarding schools, I suppose this is their catching-up moment.
After a few quick snaps, we asked the Orang Asli youths if we could visit their kampung and they said yes. With that, we drove to the village nearby and took a quick tour of the place. Many of them came out to greet us and actually, WE became the object of curiosity even though it was us the intruder. The village is a Semai tribe village and they were very warm and nice to strangers. It was a short and memorable trip and my friend Francine was very happy event hough she thought that we were too 'brutal' in our first contact with the Semai people. I promised them that I would come back to learn their language when time permits...
After a few quick snaps, we asked the Orang Asli youths if we could visit their kampung and they said yes. With that, we drove to the village nearby and took a quick tour of the place. Many of them came out to greet us and actually, WE became the object of curiosity even though it was us the intruder. The village is a Semai tribe village and they were very warm and nice to strangers. It was a short and memorable trip and my friend Francine was very happy event hough she thought that we were too 'brutal' in our first contact with the Semai people. I promised them that I would come back to learn their language when time permits...
The cascades of Lata Lembik at Pos Buntu.
The reason why these cascades are called Lata Lembik is because they actually 'glide' down smooth rock formations that can be used for Tobogans...
A hut by the Semai people to sell snacks to tourists on weekends
Dilapidated huts meant for tourism but did not seemed to have worked...
A large birdwing, Troides spp., at the Semai village of Pos Buntu
A colourful cockerel
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