Run 2204
Date: 08 June 2019
Venue: Acacia Retreat, Bentong / Karak
Hare: Helen Brooks
Co-Hares: 'The Magnificences'
Scribe: Yee Kwai Hoong
Comic: Lai FW
Normal journey time: 1hr but as it's Raya week, check early with Waze!
Directions:
GPS: 3.47804, 101.9706
MORE DETAILED RUN DIRECTIONS (WITH PICTURES) CAN BE SEEN HERE - Get yourself to the Gombok Toll Plaza – Start of the E8 Highway.
- Stay on the E8 Karak toll road until you reach the Bentong Toll Plaza.
- As you go through the toll plaza set you trip meter to zero.
- Drive for 6.5 to 7.0km (km post 68.5 to 69) and then move into the left hand lane and slow down to 60km/hr.
- From about km post 69.5km you should be able to see the below sign.
- Prepare for an upcoming sharp left turn. You will pass the sign at 69.9km.
- At 70km you will see the left turn
- Once you have made the left turn (Durians maybe for sale at the stand, so if you stop to buy, please park safely so other cars coming don’t hit you)
- Pass under the sign into a large parking area. Don’t park in the area nominated for the Beer Wagon
and don’t cross the bridge.
Note if you miss the turn you will have to travel about 3.5km before you can do a U- Turn, then go back to Bentong to come along the Karak Highway East again.
On On:
ON SITE
(Food: MYR25 per person; Beer: MYR6 per can)