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Rest house's operator gave up the business - Jerantut Town
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Jerantut,
very remote, is over 100 kilometers from any other major town. that
makes it
isolated.
Besides being the spring board Taman Negara National Park, its hinterland by itself is touristy This is evident by this large poster put up in town. An attempt to acquaint visitors arriving here of the numerous possibilities.
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Without having to venture far and into the National Park area, you could choose to stay in Jerantut Town and sample what the place has to offer. In fact personally speaking, the environment for adventure in this locations are among the best. To name a couple of familiar names, the Gelanggi Caves and the Pahang River. there are small golf courses. Waterfall hunting, and white water, bamboo rafting is on the list for offer. The Jerantut Town started off as a new village still has that old part linked to it. This road to the National Park passes through this New Village. |
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the Ferry terminal and do not stop in the town center normally may misconstrue that
this part of town is typical of Jerantut.
This sign board attempts to rectify the views of passers-by. Though Jerantut is identified as the departure point for the National Park, the actual boat terminal is 18 kilometers away. |
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Follow the state road C9 that lead all the way to the ferry terminal of Kuala Tembiling.
The commercial center that denotes the town, is located on a rather long stretch of intercity trunk road.
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This picture shows the western edge
of town and beautifully filled shops having contemporary facades. So
called "old town"
An indication of the size of the town? This spot, a kilometer away from the junction heading for Taman Negara. That is also where the newer part of town is. |
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town, you may not find a distinct town square.
In small township, the main bus terminal is the town center. So are these buildings as in the mid-point of town.
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This strip of land
acting as a broad road divider along the Main Road is landscaped into a small
park.
Together with the newer shop lots can be seen through the foliage, it could slowly be accepted as the town center.. |
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in town but this rather unique key maker caught my attention.. He operated his business from the van and had it parked at a vantage site. This modus operandi had been practiced over 20 years and with little or low overheads. |
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Apart from all that is mentioned, Jerantut town is neatly divided into 2 halves by the Main Road. One the business district, as described above. Across the road, the opposites half that is among highlands and rolling hills. This is where the residential area is The Resthouse In one of our trips to Taman Negara, we met a tour operator who catered for overland off-road tour to the Park, competing with the boat service of reaching Kuala Tahan by boat. The road journey upstream was only an hour as compared to 3 hours on the river. We tried locating this person who had left his contact as the Jerantut Resthouse. This time around, we looked forward to meeting him there. The Resthouse is on the left beside the highway to Kuala Lipis
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into the Resthouses compound led immediately to the front of the rooms.
The reception area was an office, located in another block a level up. This can be access through a passage beside this block |
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The Resthouse, a complex of 3 buildings, was located on a low hill overlooking the trunk road. Coming from Kuala Lipis, it will be the first building on the right. It shared this piece of prime land with the District Officer's house.
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It
appeared large with rooms scattered over 3 levels.
Sheltered paths linked up all the rooms. This was a view taken from the high ground. Where we had entered? In front of the lowest building in this picture |
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from all the buildings and on the highest part of
the land, a separate building stood alone. This was chalet reserved for VIP staying in the Resthouse. The whole complex appeared to be in good condition. The operator had found it non-viable to continue accepting the contract. No one can shed any lights on the situation. It was good that we had these photograph. Who knows like those for Resthouse in Mersing, the complex may make way and destroyed! |
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