Sunday, November 13, 2011

A ride on the new Sg Koyan Ringlet Highway

It was an interesting ride up to Cameron Highlands from Kuala Lumpur
via the new RM608 million, 79.1km Felda Sungai Koyan to Ringlet highway.
Interesting because the road up is so straight and no pitstop for vomiting, finally,
on a road which i considered to be the final lost link to a town
where the only excess road from Pahang are through Perak and Kelantan.
Cheqno will be very happy with this post
but sorry for the few photos taken as i was travelling in a convoy
and i only managed to make 3 short stops
on a beautiful road without a rest area,
not even a layby so every stop made is harardous to others.







A map of the new road and an elevation profile taken from fellow blogger Tabib of
Raub Mountain Bike Blog


The steep climb to Ringlet for Tabib on his bicycle.


A new Semai aboriginal settlement by the roadside.



An old aboriginal village

Road barriers removed for what?



My Deer crossing the road,
please slow down.



The Ulu Jelai Hydroelectric Project is also situated not far from this new highway,
a project which have been in the drawing book probably since the eighties
have finally been started together with the Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric Project
due mainly to the global fuel problems and local gas curtailment.



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15 comments:

  1. jeragangNovember 14, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    hiya thomas,
    dah siap rupanya jalan nie... Pok jeragang mula masuk kawasan tu bila nak buka pejabat MARDI bertam valley awal 80an... masa tu kawasan hitam kena cap jari dan tinggal gambo di balai polis dan keluar sebelum 6 pm.Bayangkan land rover pun tak lepas naik bukit kena jalan kaki.... kata DO tapak tu adalah tepi proposed highway tuh....
    thanks thomas kerana menggamit kenangan Pok masa tu baru take over as head of bahagian kewangan...

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  2. ~Beb~November 14, 2011 at 2:17 AM

    Wah! Jauh u bergambar kali nih..

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  3. puteri kasihNovember 14, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    lovely view.

    I love to see the Semai aboriginal settlement

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  4. UnknownNovember 14, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Jalan nak g Cameron......mmg cantik jln ni,walaupun ada mslh ckit..Kenapa kat sarawak dia org tak leh nak buat jalan secantik jalan ni yea..

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  5. CheqnoNovember 15, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    TQ for attending to my request, very..very..very happy.
    Rasa nak balik kampung lak pulak!

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  6. CheqnaNovember 15, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    It was only yesterday that I suggested about making our dept's family day in C.H b'cos I've never been there..hehe..

    :-)

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  7. RedzlanNovember 15, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    no more kijang there...last the we cycled up there last monts - from Post Betau to Ringlet, the "Kijang Sign-board" was not there any more.

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  8. caliph shurikenNovember 15, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    nice view.. wktu kecik2 sy pnah stay kt area tanah rata ^^

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  9. Gaia EosNovember 16, 2011 at 1:35 AM

    nice trip you must had...these sceneries remind me of the Black Gorges in Mauritius...I love the view, the faune & flora...in such place we really feel the beauty & aura of nature... take care Thomas ^_^

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  10. kay masinganNovember 16, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    seperti boleh digapai awan-awan kat gambar tu..

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  11. EmpayarUtamaNovember 16, 2011 at 7:35 AM

    Nice view. Jalan baru ke?

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  12. Kamsiah yusoffNovember 16, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    cantiknya alam semulajadi...tp saya tak sanggup nak lalu jalan tu waktu malam..:)

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  13. FiShNovember 16, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    i love the orang asli village, i really never see them before in my entire life

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  14. samyNovember 17, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    good photos

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  15. WWLJune 10, 2018 at 12:41 AM

    Such "development" resulted in massive destruction of the most magnificent rainforest region in Peninsular Malaysia, the Ulu Jelai region. Today, this forest is largely destroyed, by logging, roads, agriculture, and this dam.

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