{"id":2779,"date":"2022-03-06T09:23:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T09:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2022-03-06T09:42:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T09:42:33","slug":"rainbow-and-roast-pork-makes-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/rainbow-and-roast-pork-makes-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow and roast pork makes the day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Natural wonder : The Rainbow Waterfall in Sungai Lembing is popular in the wake of increasing interest in\u00a0 eco tourism worldwide<\/strong><\/div>\n
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By Foong Pek Yee<\/div>\n
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THE tourists get more than roast pork for lunch.<\/div>\n
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For most of us, that is the first time we see the roasting done in a traditional way –\u00a0 using firewood inside a huge concrete stove.<\/div>\n
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Happy together:\u00a0 At the roast pork lunch in Sungai Lembing New Village after the\u00a0 Rainbow Waterfall tour.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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And the freshly roasted pork (siew yoke in Cantonese) is real good – taste and texture – compared to the ones we have in eateries.<\/div>\n
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This “siew yoke” lunch is cultural tourism and very popular\u00a0 in Sungai Lembing New Village.<\/div>\n
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During the lunch, I met a family of three generations from Johor and Singapore –\u00a0 grandmother, her children and\u00a0 grandson.<\/div>\n
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They say they decided to holiday in Sungei Lembing in Pahang, a popular destination among Singaporeans.<\/div>\n
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Between 2,000 and 3,000 tourists visited Sungai Lembing over weekends prior to the pandemic.<\/div>\n
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And the young boy who lives in\u00a0 Singapore also gets to take a closer look at life in a new village.<\/div>\n
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Cultural tourism\/food tours that promote the traditions of a community is increasingly popular among foreigners and locals alike.<\/div>\n
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All excited: Tourists getting ready to trek up\u00a0 the Rainbow Waterfall.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Today, many\u00a0 Malaysian Chinese and Singaporeans have\u00a0 their roots in new villages in Malaya dated back to the 1940s<\/div>\n
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They are the descendants of half a million Chinese in then Malaya whom the colonial government uprooted and re-settled in 452 barbed wire settlements named new villages during the Emergency (1948-1960)<\/div>\n
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The exercise had saved the Chinese from an impending deportation by the colonial government who deemed the community as communist supporters.<\/div>\n
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There are still about two million Chinese living\u00a0 in the new villages to date.<\/div>\n
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In Sungei Lembing New Village, its popular Rainbow Waterfall tour also tells a story\u00a0 of\u00a0 life in a new village.<\/div>\n
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The youngsters from the\u00a0 new village and nearby roamed around and discovered the rainbow long ago.<\/div>\n
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According to a tour guide, the rainbow cast on the waterfall is the effect of sun rays shining through the cascading water.<\/div>\n
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They called it Rainbow Waterfall-\u00a0 their favourite hangout.<\/div>\n
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It was only many years later that the villagers’ search for a living saw them coming up with Rainbow Waterfall tours.<\/div>\n
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They started off using lorries to ferry tourists to the base, about 12 kilometer from their village.<\/div>\n
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The half-day tour starts at 5.30am.<\/div>\n
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The trek up\u00a0 Rainbow Waterfall involves about two kilometers of jungle trekking and rock climbing after crossing a small stream.<\/div>\n
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And tourists cheering the moment they spotted the rainbow is not without reason though.<\/div>\n
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For instance, the rainbow may not appear on a cloudy day.<\/div>\n
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Note: The tour in Sungai Lembing was before the pandemic.<\/strong><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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