Chiling Waterfall

After the Sg Lembing Rainbow Waterfall, I was eagerly looking forward to another outdoor adventure.  To my disappointment, all plans failed until finally I got in touch with this loveliest girl, Doreen.

I knew Doreen since 12 years ago (Wow, didn’t realize it has been that long!).  She was still in secondary school then.  She is a fun-loving girl that you would love to be with.  Her smile is contagious and she has certainly brightened up many of my cloudy days.

Our last adventure together in 2006 - Hutan Lipur Gunung Senyum

Together with my adventurous girl, I drove up to KL on Friday afternoon to stay with Doreen for 3 days 2 nights.  But to my horror, I woke up with a fever on that fateful morning.    My fever went down a little after I swallowed 2 tablets and took a nap.  Thank God that the journey was smooth except for a few minor traffic jams in Malacca and KL.   This is my first time driving to KL all by myself.  We arrived almost 6pm and met Doreen at Paradigm Mall.

We had dinner and then Doreen treated us with a movie “Storks”.  After that, we called it a night and went back to her apartment to rest for the night. 

The next morning, the five of us (Doreen, her boyfriend, Daniel, her brother, Timothy, Elyse and myself) began our journey with a breakfast feast at one Dim Sum shop.  Daniel even took the trouble to ‘da bao’ a few packets of ‘loh mai kai’ after I commented that I still find KL’s loh mai kai much better taste than Malacca’s (Sorry, Malacca folks!). 

It took us about an hour to reach our destination.  We passed by scenic views of the Selangor dam in KKB shortly before we reached Chiling Waterfall.  The entrance to the Sungai Chiling Fish Sanctuary itself is evident with many cars parked along the narrow roadside.

After registering our names at the ranger’s office and paid RM1 per person, we commenced our hike by crossing the suspension bridge.  From here on, it was about an hour’s trekking to reach the falls at an average speed.  The hike is relatively easy compared to Rainbow Waterfall.  The only thing to watch out for is the rocks on the riverbed are very slippery.  There are altogether 6 rivers before we arrived at the waterfall.

My girl was so excited as the crystal clear waters of the river are teeming with lots and lots of fish.  Surprisingly, the fishes are very people friendly.  They do not scatter away but will swim close to your legs even caressing it at times.  I bought her a packet of fish food at the ranger’s office.  That kept her pretty occupied and looked forward to the next river crossing as we trekked for an hour.

Finally, we reached our destination at around 11am.  There were already quite a big crowd splashing and playing around the site.  Our group lingered around the falls for approximately one hour.  Indulging ourselves in the beauty of nature; listening to the sound of water splashing down through the gap between two big rocks.

Some of the hikers took a leap of courage to jump down from the big rock into the water.  Their bravery won the applause of their friends and other onlookers.

On our way back, a small accident happened when Daniel’s slipper was swept away accidentally.  But thank God that he managed to retrieve back in time. 

As we departed this place, we stopped at one of the restaurant to have our late lunch.  Then everyone fell into slumber land whilst Daniel drove through the winding path and brought us back home safely.

The next morning, Elyse and I bid farewell to Doreen and made our way back to Malacca – another 2-hour drive with my fever acting up.  But all in all, we enjoyed our trip and looking forward to go back to this fish paradise.  I’m sure Erwyn will enjoy feeding the fish.