Today was a second day in Kuantan. In the morning, we did not go anywhere instead and staying in the hotel until 11.00am. We also have our breakfast at the Vistana Hotel and the breakfast was just normal with not much choices indeed. We check out about 11.30am and then heading towards Jalan Gambang to purchase some souvenirs (food) before continuing our journey. Well, today we will only visit Gua Charas, Teluk Chempedak and East Coast Mall as our destination before leaving back to Kuala Lumpur in the evening. At 11.30am, we continue our journey to purchase some souvenirs (food) along Jalan Gambang where the shop is just next to BHPetrol station, Jalan Gambang. The name of the shop is Perniagaan Sin Kee Hung. Here you can find lots of sea crackers, fish, keropok lekor etc. Me & Kimmy bought some of the crackers for souvenirs. RATING: Recommended to come over here as this shop is big for some food souvenirs. 
After that, we head straight for lunch at Telok Chempedak before heading towards East Coast Mall in Kuantan for some light shopping. Dubbed as the newest mall in Kuantan, this mall is still pretty small compared to the Berjaya Megamall. We spend almost 45mins to 1 hour there before heading towards Gua Charas, our final destination of the day. We took off from East Coast Mall to Gua Charas (Charas Cave) at about 2.45pm and we reach Gua Charas at about 3.30pm. It's approximately 25KM from Kuantan and the road heading towards Sg Lembing. You need to use the federal route to drive over there and before reaching Gua Charas about 3KM, you need to pass by a palm oil road leading to the cave. The road was pretty bumpy and a lot of holes and you are advised to drive slowly and carefully. Besides, the road leading to the cave also have a lot of cow dung so you need to be careful on that or else, you are on you way washing your car.
Once we reach Gua Charas, up to my shocking that nobody is there since it's a Monday afternoon. It looks a bit creepy because me & Kimmy is the only visitor who came to visit this cave so far. Remember, don't go alone because it's kinda dangerous over there. Try to come in groups. Since we reach there already, we plan to climb up the cave. The parking entrance is RM2.00 for cars and about RM4.00 to go up the cave (as a token of appreciation donated to the temple). You need to climb about 30 steps before reaching the middle part of the cave. Here, you can see some statue of Buddha where you can recite prayers too.
Then after that, you need to climb about 70 steps to reach the temple. It was pretty adventurous because the stairs were pretty steep too (about 70 degrees) and you have to be careful while climbing up there. The air was very cooling while you are on the way up. Once you enter the cave, you can see lots of statues of buddha. You can pray for them and perhaps giving some donations. Once you are pretty deep inside the cave, you can see a large reclining / sleeping buddha inside the cave. As usual you can pray for them and perhaps giving some donations. The path inside the cave are pretty tricky as well and remember to follow the only designated pathway and not follow your own way because it's very dangerous inside the cave. Also the pathway are pretty slippery as well. As I said earlier, go in groups would be better than go by 2 persons or less because it will be very eerie too inside the cafe. RATING: If you like adventure or like to pray for buddha gods, then this is the place for you. If you don't like them, then it would be waste of time and you will sure hate it. Risky to climb the hill to the cave and have to be extra careful and alert. 
We left the Gua Charas at about 4.30pm and we head towards Telok Chempedak again for some walk. This time, we just look at the panoramic view of the beach and sea without doing any activities. We plan to have dinner there but unfortunately the KFC in Telok Chempedak was temporarily closed because the air-cond have some problem. We just sat there to watch the breathtaking view there. We left the place at about 6.00pm and heading towards dinner at Kuantan town. We left Kuantan town at about 7.00pm and reach Kuala Lumpur at about 10.15pm. Overall, the trip was fun and relax. The food was moderate (overall) and the place of interest also pretty moderate. Do not expect some nice place of interest in Kuantan because it's actually not much place to choose from except for the beach or seaside. If I have a chance next time, perhaps I would just go near the beaches to enjoy the seaview only. Adios! & Happy Holidays! :)______________________________________________________
Useful Address:
Sin Kee Hung Sdn Bhd (Food Souvenirs)
1007, Batu 3, Jalan Gambang, 25150 Kuantan, Pahang.
Tel: 019-5366688
Opening Hours: 9.00am - 9.00pm
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