We left KL ..... [Malaysian call it capital city Kuala Lumpur just as KL]…Malaysian like to call places by it short form…so Kuala Lumpur would be just KL. For anyone arriving at the airport…just tell the taxi to take you to KL and surely you would be taken to Kuala Lumpur…... It was just after eleven in the morning, the weather look promising with clear blue sky…. so it look like our journey to Kuantan today would be an enjoyable one…after a while we got into the ring road that lead to the Highway to the east coat of peninsular Malaysia…. we drove on and stop at the first Toll Plaza and pay the first toll on this road to the east cost….Toll Plaza in this country have various mode of payment. i.e. the Smartag, the touch a go, and of course by cash…we had the Smartag but at this toll plaza there is no facilities for using this electronic payment mode but instead it has the swipe tools for the touch n go system... since we use the same card for both the Smartag and the touch n go system, I just swipe the card at the system and out we went and got into the highway to Kuantan….. with the advance of technology Malaysian roads are provided with electronic tools for the payment of toll. By making advance payment through the cash card system which are use for both the Smargtag and the touch n go system…we do not have to pay cash at the toll booth…. moreever it is faster…unlike paying cash… we do not have to queue and this of course saves time…. This highway to the east coast cut through forest area and the mountain ranges, so the road would wind it way in various gradients so as to make the climbing and going down hill easily manoeuvred. We drove on and at the same time enjoying the scenic beauty of the tropical forest that stretch all along both sides of the road…bridges were built to take user across deep gorges and at a point we had to pass through a tunnel that cut at the highest point of the mountain ranges to get to the other side…this is the first tunnel road ever built in this country…it is about one and a half kilometres long…it is the longest tunnel road in the country…yes.. the longest tunnel at the present time…when it was construct a few years ago…it create lots of exitment for road building for in the past roads do not go through mountain but winding around the hill and valleys, up and down… The journey from Kuala Lumpur to Bentong, a small town on the way to Kuantan, use to take one and half hours of hard driving on narrow roads but today with the new Highway and the tunnel it just takes a mere forty minutes and the driving is more a pleasure with scenic view to watch by all they way... what a marvel of road construction… all along the road are green tropical tree, floral and fauna of various species that makes the tropical jungle…this mountain range the 'Banjaran Titiwangsa’ is said to be million years old…it has been there just like it was before, for this part of the world was never touch by the Ice age…a hike into one of this jungle would takes one into a time zone, where only wild animals roam freely untouched by the climate changes that affected the north and south hemispheres. The Jungle areas are forest reserved land... it is a gazetted area where it is illegal to do logging…only national development such as roads and recreational centre are allowed in these areas…even this development are confined to a certain area only so as not to disturb this national heritage…the living forest in the tropic that provide us with the essential of life.... Oxygen and the link in the eco system…for today and the generation to come…. I have driven on this road many time before..in the days of the old road that wind up and down the hills and gorges it was a difficult journey to get from one side of this main ranges to the other but now with the new Highway it is indeed a great pleasuse to drive and I always enjoy driving on this stretch of the Highway…well that is what technology has done to us…travelling has today became second nature to us human…we all love to travel…so let drive on and do enjoy the sights as well.. After stopping for lunch at a R & R and a short rest…we drive on and arrived in Kuantan at just past four in the afternoon…tired of course but I do really enjoy the journey…I guess my wife who always accompany me on such trip must have enjoy the trip as well…