A Poem on Langsir Falls (of the popular CBL)

Langsir Falls

I haven't really told many people that Langsir Waterfall in Terengganu's famous trio location Chemerong-Berembun-Langsir (CBL) is my number one camping spot with water source.

In 1998, a monk, Reverend Sujiva, attributing his love for Langsir Falls,  wrote a poem, as follows:

Those grass green waters

Fresher than the freshest I have seen.

O how they rush and pour

Down steep rock faces.

O how they splash, fall and tumble

Over steps green with moss.

And the joy, O the pure joy

Of swirling mists and sprays of water,

And the cool freshness of wakefulness

O how with joy it dances in my heart

So alike the pure joys of a Noble One

Lost in ecstasy.

He went on to comment:

People have told me about how nice this place is, and having been here, I agree It s the place for you if you want to be with Nature and have all the space and water you want. They have even labelled the trees.

We came at the right time when the guests were few and so, there were much quietness and solitude.

I have had one ecstatic moment here — that was when I was standing right in front of the Langsir waterfalls. The light around the place seemed so brilliant, the air extremely fresh and the waters were blue green. This was supplemented by the fresh green leaves all around the area. Its freshness, quietude and sprays of moisture brought about an extremely fresh kind of wakefulness that I seemed to be aware of all around me with great clarity and joy.

Poem source: Wind In The Forest by Venerable Sujiva, 1998

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Bukit Unyang Recce 14th Jan 2018

Trig Station at Unyang Peak

Brief notes

• Bukit Unyang is located Northeast of Kanching Waterfalls, in Hutan Rizab Kanching.
• Trailhead towards Bukit Unyang is located after Level 7 of Kanching Falls.
• Some old tape markers left by earlier explorers exists along the trail.
• We did most of our bushwhacking works independently of the markers but somehow we stumbled upon them from section to section.
• The last section at the false peak before crossing the saddle over to the Unyang peak is the toughest.
• At the false peak, we could see Bukit Bunga Buah, Bukit Boyan and Bukit Tunggul.
• All of the three primary obstacles are there - bamboo, thorny palm trees and thick ferns.
• The overall distance from trailhead to the peak is about 2.5 km. Time to hike is about 3 hours.
• The altitude according to RSO map is 730 metres.
• After the last river crossing post level 7, there are no more stream crossing.
• Leeches are present along the way until before the false peak.
• Good to know - the waterfall/river that flows down is Sungai Chul Tinggi.

Bukit Unyang track

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