Papa was outstation yesterday, looking at the remnants of a town, Sungai Lembing.
Once called the El Dorado of the East, this little town is practically in its bardo, where time seems to have stopped. This town was built on tin, mainly by the Pahang Consolidated Company Ltd which operated a concession just a stone throw away, on the hill overlooking it.
Anyway Papa was in a small coffee shop in town , looking for the former tin miners who used to work in the mine shafts. No luck that day, a lot of these miners have moved on, either to a better world , or closer home, to bigger towns, ie Kuantan etc.
Seems there are only three coffee shops and a barber shop around. Papa was on the corner of the main street, hardly anyone about.
Contrary to popular belief, the town is not named after the malay spear "lembing". It is a bastardised version of the name Lim. As in "I'm going to see" "Lim Beng"....
gunfighter off market street
Anyway Papa was in a small coffee shop in town , looking for the former tin miners who used to work in the mine shafts. No luck that day, a lot of these miners have moved on, either to a better world , or closer home, to bigger towns, ie Kuantan etc.
Seems there are only three coffee shops and a barber shop around. Papa was on the corner of the main street, hardly anyone about.
Contrary to popular belief, the town is not named after the malay spear "lembing". It is a bastardised version of the name Lim. As in "I'm going to see" "Lim Beng"....gunfighter off market street
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