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The Rompin Trail is the name given to a short and
incredibly steep jungle trail linking the Rompin corner,
halfway at the Semantan Road, to the Taman Sungai
Hijau flats. The trail is literally vertical, with
steps actually dug out in the cliffs and in some parts
wooden ladders and railing are added.
Opened in the late 1980, the trail was used by dwellers
of Taman Sungai Hijau flats to commute to the town
centre. Before the opening of the trail, the flat
dwellers used the Taman Sungai Hijau Road which passes
Peen Cottage (owned by United Malayan Banking Corporation)
and the Semantan bungalow (now Ye Olde Smokehouse)
which took them an hour or so to get to the town centre.
Since most of the flat dwellers now own private vehicles,
the trail is almost abandoned except for a few weekend
tourists who try the trail now and then. The trail
is extremely slippery and quite dangerous during the
rainy season. |