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Slightly more then half an hour's drive north out of Kuantan lies an old abandoned mining town... with dilapidated buildings and old hunks of partial rotted buildings still sticking out here and there... some parts of the old mining building already burnt to the ground, showing its stark foundations with pools of water flowing admidst a secondary jungle creeping to reclaim back its territory.

Sounds so story book like eh... well Sg. Lembing, Kuantan is almost like that except certain parts are still habitated & some food shops remain open to cater to the people still living there (majority old folks) and those that come all the way here to hike up a small hill in the wee hours of the morning, just in-time to view the dawn of a new day.

We will try the hike another time... cuz... by the time we actually took off from the house it was already like 10.30am... but we did come here to try out their "famous" Sg.lembing mee and tou-fu...

It had started to rain when we arrived so we ran in to the only food centre... alas... it was too late it seems... most of the shops were already closing... plus the fact we didn't know any prior recommended eatery... the one we sat in provided just "plain" sustanence... normal... bordering on lousy...


I guess we didn't pick the right shop... anyways... Kuantan has their sg.lembing version of mee and tou-fu in a shop we havent gone yet... so there is still hope...

But the rest of the town is like as i described... slow... and sparsely populated...

The town is just a stretch of road with shops in both sides... and a unique petrol pump in the middle. a few hanging bridges span one side of the town to a residential area the other side of the river... there a few low bridges too..

The historical muzeum on top of a small hill is a must go! Really well maintained and very informative about the mining town... the 2 story ex Sultan's residence is now converted to house all the artifacts of the towns mining era.


The hanging bridges too are a nice walk... just to experience it... nothing scary or dangerous, cuz they are well maintained and the folks here use them on a daily basis.


Overall... this sleepy ex mining town... is... well... about to disappear from the maps within another generation or 2... go visit while it's still around...