Febuary's trip: Northern Expedition of Peninsula Malaysia and Thailand (13/2/19 - 15/2/19) part 1

Hello everybody! It's been a long time for me not updating my blog, therefore I am fortune to have this leisure time to update to you guys my trips in the month of February 2019.

This year's Chinese New Year celebration is on right in the schedule of my university's semester break which is started from 18th of January till 18th of Febuary. Henceforth, I did able to make use few days of free time to travel to the Northernmost state in Malaysia, Perlis prior of going back to UKM on 17th of February.

As we all know that Perlis is the smallest state which is located in North-West of Peninsula Malaysia. It is flaked by Thailand at Northern and Western side, while Kedah state of Malaysia at Southern and Eastern side. Due to its geographical location is extremely far north than the great city of Kuala Lumpur and Penang, so there are seldom people really hang out and travelling there unless they stop there for a while before going to Hatyai, Thailand.

For me, Perlis is a state whom I hadn't yet visited before. So, I made a choice to travel to this far north state in West Malaysia. 

On 13th of Febuary early morning, I took express bus to travel to capital city of Perlis state, Kangar. Little do I know that bus was actually going to multiple destinations in the North such as Penang Sentral in Penang, Alor Setar and Changlun in Kedah. However, it didn't matter to me as I can get to see many beautiful scenery in the North especially the lush green and golden paddy field.

Finally, I've arrived to Kangar, Perlis by 4pm. Fortunately, I was greeted warmly by a hospitable and yet friendly Guest House host there. He is the host of Harum Manis Country House which is located at 10km away from Kangar, Perlis. The address of this guest house is below of this paragraph.

My first destination to travel is Kuala Perlis, the jetty of getting to Langkawi Island. Basically, Kuala Perlis town do not have much of the places to go, there is solely a unique kind of mosque which is built on the sea roughly 50 meters away from the shore. After visiting Kuala Perlis, I went to Kampung Wai, an ordinary rice field village that went viral after Local CNY film, namely Great Day (天天好天) shot there back in 2011. There is a colorful house situated in the middle of the breathtaking paddy field there. These were the 2 destinations I went to in the first day.

On the next day (14/2/19), the host had decided to bring me to have a tour at the northernmost part of Perlis and Thailand border. Whilst on our way to Kaki Bukit, Perlis, I saw the largest dam and lake in Perlis namely Timah Tasoh Lake there and I took a few of photos there. Then, we had arrived to Kaki Bukit, Perlis. Kaki Bukit is used to be solely tin mining spot in Perlis state, however, the tin mining activities there has stopped operating since the end of 70's due to global economy recession and tin price dropped drastically at that time. Gua Kelam (Kelam Cave) in Kaki Bukit has became a remnant of that tin mining activities and has been also growing into an eco-tourism destination. With 370m length of that limestone cave, it is known as the longest cave in the West Malaysia. Upon reaching to the end of the path of the tunnel, you will get to the hidden trail, which is a part of Perlis State Park. The entrance fee is RM0.50 for children and RM2.00 for adult.

Famous Chinese Restaurant in Kaki Bukit, Perlis

Big pao and Char Siew pao (Lard pao)

Since my story is too long to type, there will be part 2 of this blog post. Stay tuned.