The Lebuhraya Pantai Timur 2 (highway) is known to be an accident prone stretch. Accidents involving lives and limbs have occured once too often and many have pinned the blame on ghosts wandering in the area.
The government has however scoffed at the blame game and instead pointing fingers on motorists beating the speed limit as the road is said to be wavy but a straight stretch.
This was proven after police conducted a speed trap along the highway and caught them redhanded.
I am a careful driver or pemandu berhemah. Never the kind who will step on the accelerator even if there was no traffic.
But we had a strange experience last March when we started journey back to Kuala Terengganu after midnight to reach KT before 8am.
Our boat to Pulau Kapas, a white sandy island off Marang, was to take off at 9am and so.....
I was in the cockpit with my son on my left. My wife took the middle row sit with my eldest while the youngest has booked the last row of our Naza MPV.
As soon as we passed through the first toll plaza, I could smell something bad lingering in the car. I have always been told by the elders not to question this.
But I forgot to tell my son of this taboo. And so he asked what's that smell. I told him it could be from the rubber plantation around us.
They dozed off with just me with my eyes wide open, accompanied by the music from the pen drive. The smell followed us to Kuantan but then it became fragrant.
I recited some doa but it kept following us.
We stopped by Kemaman toll plaza for a lick and told my wife to take over the wheel as I needed to take a nap.
She obliged but the smell disappeared.
As we reached the beautiful island, I told my family never to ask questions whatever happened next time.
We enjoyed our island trip and went home after 2pm, two days later. After several stops along the way, we reached home safely just after 8pm.
Were there ghosts or spirits? I don't know. Because I did not see any.
The government has however scoffed at the blame game and instead pointing fingers on motorists beating the speed limit as the road is said to be wavy but a straight stretch.
This was proven after police conducted a speed trap along the highway and caught them redhanded.
I am a careful driver or pemandu berhemah. Never the kind who will step on the accelerator even if there was no traffic.
But we had a strange experience last March when we started journey back to Kuala Terengganu after midnight to reach KT before 8am.
Our boat to Pulau Kapas, a white sandy island off Marang, was to take off at 9am and so.....
I was in the cockpit with my son on my left. My wife took the middle row sit with my eldest while the youngest has booked the last row of our Naza MPV.
As soon as we passed through the first toll plaza, I could smell something bad lingering in the car. I have always been told by the elders not to question this.
But I forgot to tell my son of this taboo. And so he asked what's that smell. I told him it could be from the rubber plantation around us.
They dozed off with just me with my eyes wide open, accompanied by the music from the pen drive. The smell followed us to Kuantan but then it became fragrant.
I recited some doa but it kept following us.
We stopped by Kemaman toll plaza for a lick and told my wife to take over the wheel as I needed to take a nap.
She obliged but the smell disappeared.
As we reached the beautiful island, I told my family never to ask questions whatever happened next time.
We enjoyed our island trip and went home after 2pm, two days later. After several stops along the way, we reached home safely just after 8pm.
Were there ghosts or spirits? I don't know. Because I did not see any.
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