Tourists stranded at Taman Negara recall nerve-wracking experience

Safe and sound: Tourists getting off the helicopter after being rescued from the severely-flooded Taman Negara in Pahang. — Bernama

KUANTAN: There was no Santa on a sleigh but rescue workers on a helicopter. That, to a family of French tourists, was the best Christmas present as they were airlifted to safety from the severely-flooded Taman Negara.

Valentine Pons, 17, is not likely to forget her family’s nerve-wracking yet heartwarming experience at the inundated Mutiara Taman Negara Resort, with electricity out and tables and chairs floating around.