It was the last day of our trip. We woke up early at 8am (okies awal ke tu..??) for breakfast. Lambat2 nanti lauk habis. The buffet breakfast was included in our package so we walked to the main building where the restaurant located next to the lobby.
Iolss malu, ketamak-halobaan Iolss jelas kelihatan di situ…
The food was just ok.... and the Nasi lemak a bit “kureng” skit. :D
After breakfast, we went for “sight-seeing” walk at the resort area. Since Trisya wanted to swim at the pool, we sat at the lounge chair provided around the pool and chit-chat, posing, dreaming.... all the non-beneficial xtvt. Heheheheh...
P/S : Can you spot who was actually dreaming at the below photos? :D
View of our block from the pool
Next, we went back to our room and started to pack for checked out.
Photos of our room. It was quite spacious with 3 single beds and the wall was very colourfull uolss. Ko ade?? Sorry for the “un-tidiness”, dah nk balik. Macam tu le ghopenye…
All of us gathered at the lobby. Nor was not in the picture.
Photo at the lobby with Nor after completed the check out process.
Group photo at the counter.
One more...:D
Good bye Casa Rachado Beach Resort. We really had a pleasant stay here.. (Ermm except the stairs and Nasi Lemak. Hehehheeh....)
So Sweet Grup pose!
Our resort located near the Firehouse of Tanjung Tuan (Rumah Api). I had put it on my itinerary to go there however because we had baby and preggie member with us, I was not confident either my proposal would be accepted or not. Surprisingly, Fairul was excited with the plan and others had no objection at all. Suma mengikut sahaja. So this was our next destination........... to Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan.
Rumah Api Tg Tuan/Cape Rachado Light House
A bit of info about Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan, it was built by the British in the 18th century on the highest point of the cape. The site of the light house is said to be the same site where an old light house was built by the Portuguese during their occupation of Melaka in the 16th century which was later destroyed in a war. It is the oldest lighthouse in the country and still in use today. In the 1990s, a radar for monitoring purposes of crossings by large ships was installed in the light house. On a bright and clear day, one can see Sumatra Island across the Straits of Malacca. The light house is controlled by the Shahbandar of Melaka as Tanjung Tuan is a territory of Melaka even though it is located in Port Dickson, N9.
The entrance to Tanjung Tuan Forest Reserve located right at the mouth of Ilham Resort which was just few metres from our resort. We could just walk there from our resort, however since we already checked out, we went to park our car at the Ilhan resort and started our expedition.
The sign... lets go!
Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan, Teluk Kemang Port Dickson.
Group photo taken at the entrance before the climbing started
There's a post guard where you can buy the ticket here. Any vehicles are not permitted to enter this gate without a consent from the guard. So far hanya motor eskrem jer yg lepas lalu sini.
Ticket price, RM1 for adult. So cheap isn't?
And our journey began. We needed to take a walk up hill from the recreational forest's main entrance to the top of the hill where the famous light house located. It took about 15-20 mins to reach the top. Mmg lenguh siot…. I made to understand that there is also a walk along the jungle trails for a closer encounter with nature however obviously it is not suitable with our condition right now.
Nevertheless, using the normal road like this also made me felt like hiking, but you wouldn't feel so much tired as U will enjoy a scenery of flora and fauna along the way.
Luckily there were few check points for those who wanted a short nap. Catch up our breath, loosen our joints… :)
You will come to the end of the road when you see this…
But don’t expect you are finished yet, coz the real challenge actually started from here. It’s the stairs.. There are 66 flight of steps leading to the light house. To reach the peak of the light house, one has no choice rather than to face it. Another climb to the top!
At last, we made it!!
A bit frustrated as the Light House actually is not open for visitors. I heard one of the tourist moaned. Well I do feel him coz we climbed the road and the stairs just to see the Fire House from outside? Better tgk dr bawah je tadi kan...
But hey wait..!! It was all before we saw this....
Besides the Light House... from this vantage point, we could also see the town of Port Dickson and the outline of Indonesia's Sumatra across the Straits of Melaka. It got lots to offer you see...
So Sweet Grup started to pose
A lil' bit more...
What's more... this point is also a well known hot-spot for geek birders. Yes, come every March or Sep, every birder around the region would descend to this spot to look at the impressive raptors (eagles, buzzards, etc) and forest birds in the surrounding reserve area. Well since we came on the Dec, no luck for us to watch it.
Posing la lebey :D
We had it enough up the hill, so we went down back.
Thirsty, tired... Kak Maz knew how to deal with it!!!
Lepaks2 menikmati ice-cream under Kak Maz's treat. Emkosai cecey!!!
Finally once we reached back at the entrance, we took one last group photo before headed to our final destination for this trip, Teluk Kemang.
Entry for Teluk Kemang will be continued in next post. Stay tuned!!
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