Sungai Bukit Jernih, the secret recreational park near Mata Ayer, Perlis

The big and clear signboard welcome the visitors.

It is just beside the main road that can bring you to Padang Besar from Mata Ayer.

The mini road to the park is to pass by the lime stone hill, paddy field and villages.

The stones that block the flow of the water.

The sound of the flowing water is so relaxing.

There are big and old trees that are maintained at the both sides of the stream.

The park can be a perfect place for the photographic lovers.

The pave and the small bridge to facilitate the picnickers.

Trees that shade the park.

A simple map on how to reach there.

Harum Manis sales via courier services

In this post, admin would like to introduce the service offered by one of the Harum Manis planters, Encik Asri to courier the precious Perlis most wanted fruit, Harum Manis manggo. He can be contacted at 0134912100. He offers those who want to taste the fruit, to order by phone and the fruit will be delivered to you on the doorstep. Here are the photos that how the fruits are processed..

Travelling to Hatyai Airport via Padang Besar, Thailand side.

For the people of Perlis and northern Kedah, it is cheaper to travel to northern parts of Asia the fastest way without transit in Kuala Lumpur, as the nearest airport is at Hatyai and you will need to change flight at Don Mueang Airport.
Here is an alternative and cheapest way for those who love traveling. We recommend you Hatyai Airport, an hour journey from Padang Besar using alternative route avoiding Sadoa, Thailand (which is nearer to Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah CIQ).
You can just park your car at the Padang Besar CIQ which has spacious parking lot or you can park your vehicles at our homestays, take taxi to Padang Besar, stamp your international passport and take van at Thailand's Padang Besar to Hatyai.
If you are in hurry, and you want to charter the van, its cost is around 1,500 baht (at the time of this article written). It is cheaper if you travel in the number of 10 persons, because the van has 10 comfortable seats.
Here is the photos of how to get there.

The small roundabout at Padang Besar Town, Malaysia

The landmark to the mini van station in Padang Besar, Thailand is this bank.

This is the Hatyai Van Stop

The place from different angle.

An American teacher who is traveling to Hatyai airport from Perlis, is about to board the van. The fare is about 350 baht.

Finally, the Hatyai Airport an hour and half of traveling

The airport has very spacious parking space

The traveling fare of taxi and mini van from the airport

More detail fares

Arrival exit door

A very scrutinized security check before reaching the airport

The landmark of the airport, don't miss it

How it looks like in the airport building

The accommodation provided for the travelers

Floating market Hatyai, Thailand - weekend activities

This post is to highlight the popular destination after the visitors have spent a night at Perlis and cross the international border at Padang Besar early in the morning and travel another 50 minutes to the largest city in southern Thailand. We would suggest to those who wants to travel to the city of Hatyai to spend a night in the safe most homestays or chalets in Perlis before you travel to Southern Thailand. The pictures speak for themselves:-

Newly erected, shopping complex - welcomes the visitors to the city of Hatyai

The floating market here we come... it provides spaciuos parking lot

Here is the floating boats await tourist customers to shop around

The organizer also entertains the visitors with  live band or sometime karaoke stage performance

There are so many things that we can choose, mostly foods and drinks, and they are served in decoratives presentation

Those who have done shopping can sit under a line of small hut to enjoy their meals

We have waited until 10pm, where the floating market is close and witnessed the process of how they kept the supplies and everything..

Exploring Gua Kelam - Caving Deep inside Nakawan Ranges and the Secret Garden

 On 27th March 2015, we have the opportunity to explore Gua Kelam hills at Nakawan Ranges, Kaki Bukit, Perlis.
For those who are interested to hold a trip to explore the place, you may contact:-
  

Jabatan Perhutanan Perlis, km 2, Jalan Kaki Bukit, 01000 Kangar, Perlis
Malaysia

+60 4-976 9013

or visit their website at http://perlisforestry.gov.my/

The beautiful signboard welcomes the visitors

Good view of the Nakawan Ranges, the bridge brings the visitors into the cave of the rocky granite hill

Mr Jamili, the Forestry Agency Officer cum the caving guide for the program

Before caving, a short briefing on dos and don't s for the participants

Crossing the bridge from the reception counter

Rocky cave tunnel, here we come into... 

It's a real hard work by the miners to dig into granite rock to make this amazing tunnel

We walked continuously until we arrived at an empty space and an underground lake inside the cave

The history that can be read by those who are able to cave around 200 metres into the earth 

Unique mother nature preserved well in here

Another pit cave dug by the miners to mine for high quality tin

The equipments used by the miners still remain holding from cave ceiling

Never been seen outside - 'rabbit fur' fungi 

Simple caving route that being explored and mapped by the forestry officers. 

All participants took a break at a junction and enormous empty space in the cave

There's a place where you have to climb down deep in the earth

Walking in the small underground stream.

The shallow underground stream that guides you to the exit.

We are out at last, the bright sun light at the end of the cave.

The other end of the cave that is protected well with the iron grill.

Can't believe it, we came out from that cave which also flows the water to Gua Kelam stream.

All of the participants climbed the bank

The exit is right under the secret garden stairs.

The view taken from see tower (menara tinjau)

                Here is the other end of Gua Kelam, or the Forestry Agency is transforming it into the 'Secret Garden'.

Unique decoration of the staircase.

The signboard of 'Hujan-Hujan' camp site, taken after the name of the trees shading the camping site

The gazebo at the 'hujan-hujan' campsite.

The 'hujan-hujan' trees that make the beautiful shading landscape.

A small building that can be transformed as activity hall.

There is a lot of 'amang' or the waste element of the tin mine activity could been seen at the campsite.