If sayang bodykit, just take a full day tour to see the Rafflesia and one of the stop if I'm not mistaken sure include Boh Tea factory wan. Not so expensive ~ RM90/head..To track that rafflesia also >1/2 day liao and is far from town..in Lojing - Gua Musang!

This is how the narrow 1.5 car wide road looks like:



Well...tis is call ngeh-ngeh lai



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This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 8 2012, 03:04 PM

If kancil can go up Genting which I did without any problem, going CH is much easier as the gradient is not as steep as Genting although the road there is more winding (Esp Tapah) and narrower.

BTW, bcos of the winding road, the gradient/steepness reduced haha. much easier to go up

Up to you. Actually going down, using Tapah much better because of lower gradient as road winding - safer. Spg Pulai - certain area might be steep & less winding so..abit dangerous.. I almost kena acident going downhill using Spg Pulai on a none fully logic auto gearbox..really out of control and too fast..Remembered last year >20 Thais tourist lost their live using Spg Pulai road?

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Added on February 9, 2012, 4:16 pmNormally ppl going down via spg pulai for Ipoh food haha

This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 9 2012, 04:16 PM

Haha..yes another good alternative. I remembered we discussed about it ~ 2yrs ago and you really did your own expedition to that incomplete road that time.. using the search engine I found your expedition here haha:

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry31640893

I will try this route if I'm thinking for another Holiday in Fraser & Cameron combined..I can use Raub to Sg Koyan in future..Right now CH just by stop by for Steamboat lunch or dinner on the way North/South haha..So kenot avoid using NSE.

Adoi.. u really dun check earlier posts kah, I hv earier merged your thread wth the CH and there were 5-6 replies after I merged and you now post anothe repeated question haha

Most of the steamboat in Brinchang- Yes rubbish & diff pricing to the locals, tourist & even having weekend pricing.

For better & reasonable steamboats, try those in Tanah Rata.. much nicer ..You can either choose Mayflower (The best), or Hong Kong restaurant

Yoo Ho is one of the worse actualy and that's the one charging me Weekend Toursit price..damit

Spacious but very old and dull. Carpet having those wet wet smell

Wah this Spg Pulai road already opened for ages now..ever since the years ago land slide at Habu that cut off Tapah-CH..Maybe early 2000 and yet you still dunno ..BTW, not even Spg Pulai but there is also another alternative road from Raub to Ringlet dy

I have not heard of any news of closure since years ago too.. The last landslide not even on the road but to the orang asli viilage somewhere near Bharat Tea plantation..

Yes I stayed at KRS many times now. Twin Pines is their 1st B&B & KRS their newest. Twin Pine is real B&B hostel concept wth shared bathroom. KRS is more for family & couple with own attached bathroom and clean.

Yes you need to call them 1st to book and pay them by banking-in to their bank a/c. Walk-in depending on luck. If they said no more room, you can try walk-in but for sure I hate doing this bcos you will be walking from one hotel to another and check..furthermore walk-in rate is expensive bcos they know you are desperate for rooms

As I said, Twin pines is more or less a hostel. You stay wth others. So the RM15 is those hostel style double decker/ single bed and you sleep wth strangers for sure. I din know KRS also having shared common batroom type of rooms bcos as fas as I know, all rooms in KRS are wth attached bathrooms. This common bathroom probably they convereted few rooms wth the attached batrooms and shared among the single bedded customers.. meaning other stragers in one room and shared the bathroom inside the room?

ANyway, no harm calling them up-lah.. If they want to sell single bed, they will not ne so stupid just to put one single bed inside a room

Shortest & fastest route from Shah Alam- Tapah for sure.
Very Far but cheapest toll- Bentong/Raub - CH
Far, expensive toll but almost equal timing or later than Tapah - Spg Pulai

BTW, walking from TR to Brinchang is do-able haha.. Due to the cool weather, walking 4-5km from TR to Brinchang is not really difficult. I have seen lotsa foreigners did that

This row of hawker stalls had been shifted further down beside Maybank TR. I used to eat the deaf couple stall.. reasonable food and in the meantime.. helping the two old couple good deed..

For RM99, much cheaper if you hv book KRS or TWin pines haha.. Anyway, those hotels/hostels are just an agent to bus co or tour co.. the small amt they charged you is commission they earned from you for asking them to book.I alway go direct rather than agents

Father guesthouse accept M'sian? I heard they only accept Foreign backpackers?

There is a pasar malam in Tanah Rata actually.. well, a super small wan lor haha.. just beside Maybank

Slow down for sure Tapah. I almost having accident when I came down using Spg Pulai due to less winding & going down too fast.. My auto gear that time don't hv fuzzy logic gear change..damn scary....Actually I also prefer going up via Tapah way for the same reason - less taxing to the gear. Interm of road wide, for sure Tapah wider than Fraser.. Fraser only built for 1.5car wide..That's why having diff timing going up & down