It has been awhile since I had the time to revisit this place (or to go dipping here) but I was working on a photobook about this place and I needed more photos... For a start, the magnificent Tualang is still standing tall at the edge of the tiny village. However, the same cannot be said about the state of the once pristine river as a swath of the bank had been cleared for farming! That was actually not the most frightening thing - from far, the right side of the mountain that makes up part of the few mountains that feed this river is being logged!!! Tell-tale signs of bare laterite patches can be seen and I seriously hope the authorities have GOOD reasons for this. Already, the stream is no longer crystal clear even on a hot dry day...
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