Friday, December 23, 2005
jungle trekking. a detailed encounter. hopefully.
met at about 9 plus at dover station. of course some of us were late. but we took the opportunity to go the fcs and buy some breakfast. took 166 and headed towards thompson. while on the bus ride, there this nagging feeling that i had. i thought we took the wrong bus and was heading the other way. but after much conviction, i was convinced. hah. reached venus drive only at around 1130. bo, huda and wan [huda's bf] was already there. bo split us into 2 groups. i got grouped with guys who were still 'loyal' to ncc. it was a short walk to the first pit stop. then bo briefed us about the dos and don'ts. after we that we walked as one big group. we were forewarned that it start to rain. and i was kind of hoping that it would only drizzle. we took some pics at the ranger station. after we started walking, it started to pour. heavily. the guys started to take out their ponchos/raincoats. there was a slight hesitation to whether we should walk the treetop bridge while it was pouring. but i think it was okay with the ranger. so we walked the suspension bridge in the midst of the rain. i don't really mind the height. but when you add the rain factor into it, it gets kind of scary. in the middle of the bridge, the bridge started to tilt from right to left, right to left. this is dangerous because at any time the bridge can tilt 180degrees. this is from a future structural engineer. haha. as soon as we got off the bridge, it started to rain even heavier. it was raining cats and dogs for quite some time. then the rain slowed to down to a drizzle. we went under the shelter while waiting for the rain to die down. next destination was the tower. the winding spiral staircase was enough to make someone dizzy. but the view from the top, was beautifull. if only it was not raining. another scary thing was that, i could feel the tower moving from the top. it was kind of swaying. we walked for some more. and went back the way we came from.
bo said we walked about 20km. we took about 5 hours. if my math is any good, i'll say that we were going at 4km/h to complete the whole journey. but the five hours included the many stops we made. haiz. hope you guys enjoy the trip to ubin on monday. it will be fun.
going to kl on sunday. hamizah and sal going to kl tomorrow. hope to see sally there. ahahaha. the next time i think i'll be posting is during my kl trip. cya!
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