Monday, April 6, 2009

Jom Taman Negara, Jom Merapoh!

It’s been a week since my last post. Last week, I was busy solving Real-time PCR mystery. I spent my weekend at Taman Negara and only arrived home at 11pm last night. Despite all that, I came to work this morning.

The scenic view of Taman Negara Pahang on the way to Kuala Juram

The Taman Negara trip was awesome! Being the oldest protected forest area in Malaysia, it’s a MUST-GO for every nature lovers. There are two main entrances to Taman Negara Pahang: Kuala Tahan and Sg Relau via Merapoh. The entrance we used is Merapoh, a small town north of Pahang which is surrounded by limestone caves. It offers most scenic and tranquil experience to visitors.

Group photo of iClub Taman Negara Camp participators

This trip will not be made possible without iClub. iClub is a new club in UKM and the only one sponsored by an industrial company, GE or General Electric. The club is open to all UKM student regardless of races. iClub is different from other environmental clubs because it organizes various leadership, communication and motivation events to benefit UKM graduates. I’ll keep posting their upcoming activities so stay tuned!

Besides that, this trip is also sponsored by PERHILITAN. Perhilitan has provided us help and accommodation. Although they have limited resources, they are very kind to assist us in every way to make this trip enjoyable. The problems they faced are little funding, lack of publicity and limited staff. iClub has to come up with ways to promote this place and to create public awareness. Therefore, this week I’ll be sharing my experience in promoting Merapoh as the choice of entrance for Taman Negara Pahang. Just look out for many more interesting pictures.

Jom Taman Negara, Jom Merapoh!


1 comments:

Noorliyana Rashid August 3, 2010 at 10:33 PM  

hi! i am UKM student too.. i'm doing tesis on water quality Sg. Relau. can i know, from sg relau to kuala juram to see the kelah fish, is there are transport to get there by road?

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