27 October 2002 is the day I went nuts or chow hui (run fire) in Hokien!! I really had a terrible week and so tired of work so I decided to do something exciting & chi kek to forget about my worries and stress. Does it work for me? Well... a bit :D I got to know about this place from the internet. The rafting trip is operated by Rapid Fire Adventure Sdn. Bhd. (04-4376828), after talking to Ardi (my guide, cute guy ;)), he agree to put me with some other people who is doing rafting on that day. It turn out to be a great rafting trip! I like it very much and got to meet some new friends too.

Where is Sungai Sedim anyway? Sungai Sedim is located in a small kampong in Kulim. I drove from Penang and meet up with Ardi at Hospital Kulim at 9.00am. I follow his motorbike to the rafting place because I don't know the way. To get to Sungai Sedim from Penang, just take the Kulim Highway. You need to pay RM1.00 for the first toll and RM1.10 for the second toll. After exit the second toll plaza, follow the road sign to Kulim High Tech Park, go straight until you reach a T junction and turn left and follow the way to Mahang/Kerangan. There is a small signboard with "Rekreasi Arus Deras Sungai Sedim" at the T junction. The road is getting smaller and narrow when you reach the river's up stream. There are picnic places too but it's not fully develop as a recreation site.

Reach the starting point of the river about 10.00am. After putting my life jacket and helmet on, I am ready to take up the challenge! Before we start, we had to brave ourselves to jump into the river. Crazy...! The river looks calm but the current is really strong. After everybody had a dip in the river, it's time to learn how to paddle and boom! Boom means hold on to the boat when the boat is going through the rapids. We had a lot of booms along the river.

The best part of the trip is when our boat flip over and I was swept away by the strong current. Luckily two rescue persons were always on a look out and manage to pull me out of the water. There is one part of the river with a big waterfall. This is the most exciting part of the trip. Really feel chi kek when our boat drop into the waterfall.

The full trip cost RM120 while half trip is RM65. Equipments, certificate and lunch included. If you want chi kek, then full trip is a good choice.

Picture top right: Our boat drop into the big waterfall.
Picture bottom left: Yes! We did it. Group picture taken after reaching end point of the river.

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