Sungai Lembing's evolution from a tin-mining hub to a tourist destination

THE RAINBOW IS SEEN WHEN WE ARE IN AIR TERJUN PELANGI, SUNGAI LEMBING.

THE hamlet of Sungai Lembing, once known as the El Dorado of the East, has seen a glorious past.

The moniker suggests it was a lost city of gold but in reality, the town was the centre for one of the largest tin-mining operations in history.