[MrDevil]

Originally posted by watchman
Just for your fyi. Bentong is something like Cameron 'cause of its location on top of the hill.

It's Betong,Thailand. Bentong is in Pahang

Plenty of pubs, seafood stalls and girls. All walking distance. But a dead town after 9pm.

You got to go up hill for happening, other places are pretty dead as most Msian cheongster prefer to stay at room to papau

This is the place if you wanna 'feng tau'. Been there with my friends who agree that the girls there ain't that great lookin. Danok have more pretty girls and cheap if you know your way around. Anyway, most of the pubs\karoke are so-so except for Butterfly located front of Merlin Hotel.

Right, in fact the biggest farms are just beside Merlin Hotel where they have another joint at hill top. if you frequent to hdy, you wont want to go Betong.

If you are in for a quiet, relax time then Betong is the place. Don't expect much from here especially the massage centers 'cause all girls so-so and service below average. If had to pick, try Hillcity Hotel( can't remember the exact name). Great foot massage. But here, made a wonderful discovery. The 'wan tan mee' here is a must try. Better than Ipoh.

Other good foods are half boiled egg, bakuteh at opp pasar, pork leg at Yan Yan restaurant, steamed chicken with garlic oil, duck mee, and fried noodles at Opp Sri Betong.

A word of advice. Drive all the way to the end of M'sian border and park your car there. Then ask for a taxi that take you in till your hotel 'cause there is a scam where you need to change taxi once across. Downhill from Customs to town will take about 10 mins or so.

I will prefer to drive in as more convenient, otherwise there is a car park near custom for parking with security and gate locking, pretty safe and cheap. You can book a bike for 200b a day to ride in Betong, cant dont wear helmet in evening time pretty relaxing.

Directions. Don't exit to Ipoh but keep to the highway to Penang. Exit when you reach Kuala Kangsar and then keep straight till you reach the border. Hope this helps.

Just to add some pointers, exit Kuala Kangsar, head towards Gerik, after that head towards Pengkalan Hulu. When you about to reached Pengkalan Hulu, heads towards Betong. There is signboard along the way, you wont ever get lost if you follow this landmark. The road has improved much better when we first went there 11 years back. The journey is about 1 hour 30 mins.