PARAJONAY PARK
Jeep owners in Egypt converged often in a cafe in Cairo along the Alexandria Highway near the Pyramids.
Jeep owners had trekked the Garajonay Park housing some of the world's oldest woodland, the laurisilva plant being at least 28 million years old and marked Christopher Columbus's stopover on the island in 1491.
La Gomera is just a short ferry trip from Tenerife and it is an unpredicable island, with the Jeep braving landslides, trade winds and ride floods.
La Gomera is the second smallest of the Canary Islands, with a plateau at its centre of a diameter of 23 miles. The demanding bends, the spirals of gradients, the gaping ravines is a good test for the Jeeps. For those who suffer vertigo, this is not the correct place although La Gomera is magical and beautiful.
Garajonay Park is a national park, declared a world heritage site by Unesco. Like the legend of the Princess of Mount Ledang, in Asahan, Malacca; the name Garajonay, so the legend has it, comes from 2 lovers called Gara and Jonay.
The couple threw themselves off the park's highest peak because their marriage was opposed.
The light changes with every bends, one moment you see the sun but the next it disperses, clouds appears there and then with sudden rain and stop abruptly. With strong winds, the sun, clouds, the rain and the fog teases you.
You will get worried one minute, happy the next and then worried again.
MOUNT OPHIR
Leave your luggages in your hotel in Malacca. Enjoy a countryside ride to Mount Ophir. Return to your hotel in the evening on the same day or if you prefer, stay a night at the foothill of Gunung Ledang and return to your hotel in Malacca the next day.
Mount Ophir or Gunung Ledang is near to Malacca with a driving distance of about 1 hour. The gateway to Mount Ophir or Gunung Ledang is Duyong. Duyong is the home to the legendary Hang Tuah.
Turning left after completing the main road of Duyong, Tehel is a place for delicious durians. After Tehel, you will reach Benbam. From Benbam, you must continue your journey until you arrive at Jasin. When Jasin's roundabout appears, take the road on your right to proceed to Tangkak. Look far towards your left when you are at the first traffic-light junction at Tangkak and you will see Mount Ophir or Gunung Ledang.
The Chinese called Mount Ophir 'Kim Sua' in Hokkien dialect. The Malays called Mount Ophir 'Gunung Ledang' which means 'mount from afar'. Many know the 'Kim Sua' is magical. There are facts that lottery jackpots came from tickets of the 'Kim Sua' areas.
The Princess of Mount Ophir has set 7 conditions for the Sultan who love her. Eventually, the Princess married Ragam, whose boat was crushed during a raging storm and the debris of the wreck created Hanyut Island, Nangka Island, Undan Island, Serimbun Island, Burong Island while the Princess is today Pulau Besar. Pulau Besar has got the shape of a lady.
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