~ Scout Boy Yao n Chow Reporting for ranger duty~
Yo peeps,
lotsa had happened in the past tightly-packed week..
- Trip to Endau Rompin Waterfalls, Training, Dumb EMD quiz, Sea Trainings, NYAA coaching, N lastly a Happy Birthday to Mr Tan Wei Hong.
Oh yes, including the 15km passion run i took part tis morning..
YESAA!
hmm, lets start wif the endau rompin trip..
There were total 10 of us tt went 4 tis trip, jus a short hop away fr the malayan causeway.. We met on sunday to buy of food stuff at woodlands sheng shiong b4 heading over the customs where we met alvin our alumni/facilator 4 tis trip at the train stn.. YEAH! can take train again.. Well, once again the train was delayed n we sat at the platform to relax n chill.. tis time round we took the economy sitting class.. n yeap, once agn me n kp hadta visit the dinner car to slack.. hahas, took abt 5 stops b4 alighting at bekok stn slightly past 2am.
As the town was closed 4 the nite, we decided to sleep at the station, tied hammock n played dai-dee as the others alr KO.. it was a fun experience, esp when the trains pulling the empty freight cars come trumbling by, u can lik hear them coming frm 5km away laa.. Once they passed, can see the tracks rumbling to its sound, JJ's hammock shook too.. =D
~ i jus loved the rails.
Woke up in e morning to beautiful dew in the air.. den went to the town 4 roti chenai.. damn slow lor e service. after which we boarded the 4wd ready to head for the endau rompin national parks. At start the road was normal tarred conditions, den aft awhile it turned off road!.. woa woa, damn fun la bouncy ard lik peas, lucky i didnt order another prata or else it wld hav came out in the 4wd! anw, our driver was damn zai sia! hair pin turns, slippery climbs,etc.. Ola man, nx time i get my driving license i m sure gona try my hand on offroad driving!
Aft ard 2hrs in the 4wd, we reach our campsite, mm its v modernised liao got toilet shelter.. immediately we pitch tents n den proceeded to climb the 1st waterfall (1 of 3).. Along the way, leeches was of the most hair raising concerns.. Guess everyone oso kana bite..
I think aft 2hrs of hard climbing or so, we finally reached the 1st waterfall (thats the one u see in the pic above).. The water is icy cold, perfectly refreshing.. Took a little dip to cool off, there were oso those little fishes in the waters, once u dip urself in, u can feel their little nimbles, Very Nice!
& came the ji siao siao part, the sky turned dark as we were leaving the waterfall 4 the 2nd one.. Damn! it was nice inside the think jungle cus its cold den u wont kana the rain either, but when u come out damn slippery.. Rain oso equals to the leeches playground sia.. We reached the 2nd waterfall but jus managed take a glance b4 moving off alr as the current was too strong.. hais, seems the profercy was true: it was always rained on our trips!
Thank good the rain stopped as we made our descend back to base camp. N it was onli til den did i realised i kana i damn big leech bite on my stomach! my shirt had tis splatters of blood at one spot.. wow, i didnt even felt anything. Well, anw we had marvellour udon thanks to karen mama's great cooking skills. N gazing up at the star filled sky had nv been so splendid, so serene, if onli there was a someone to share wif it..
Nx morning we all woke up pretty early, guess i was the last to wake once again.. half of the party didnt want to visit the last which is oso the largest waterfall wif fear of leech bites, so they stayed behind to pack up. Alvin led us up to the falls, n we made it at 20mins faster than the stimulated time given by our guide.. =D
~ Tekah Tinggi Falls.. Pretty huh..
The current here was freaking strong plus double the "coldness" index as of to the other waterfall we visited. But we managed to climb across to tis nice rock feature n simply chilled there eating some snacks n taking in the sights.. It was lovely indeed~
The descend back to base camp was even faster, guess we were "energised" wif that shiok sight we took in back at the falls. & we discovered that leeches fear the army mosquito repellants too.. hahas, they simply squimp ard n bye bye..
Time to say gdbye to that short getaway frm urban life as we boarded the 4wd to drive us back to town. It was the same driver that drove us up.. He's a nice chap, n i reali appreciate his driving style, wif that loud rock music blasting as we were trumbling thru the jungle~ Marvellous..
The guy drove us to their local bus station to catch a bus to the bigger intercity terminal. N along the way mr KP was doin his aerodynamics experiment, which was ultimately thot to be feeding the monkeys.. =P
We boarded the bus. It was a no aircon one.. woa, ages since i last took one, aft it was phased out in spore.. Aww man do i miss the breeze hitting hard agst ur face.. Dang it rained half way along the way, n we survived playing uno cards.. The amazing thing abt malaysia public buses is that u can stop anywhere anytime jus ring the bell.. Considering that speeds go up to 90kmph n on manual buses, it was a nv b4 experience as that of sbs transit!
We arrived aft an hr at the terminal to change another bus to johore bahru. It was an aircon so kinda look fwd to boarding it.. Guess everyone dropped dead aft awhile on the bus.. So we slept n we slept n we slept.. The journey was reali kinda painstaking long, its lik everytime u open ur eyes u will see the bus moving nt nearing town.. plus the AC got sorta bad aft more ppl boarded the bus.. In all, we took abt 2hr30mins on the bus.. Whoopie! n as we were alighting the bus at larkin terminal, one can see there were alr ppl waiting to board it.. hmm, i wonder if the driver can manage such long journeys w/o sleep! It was nice to board the 170 n hear the familiar ezlink beep as we cond our journey to city sq.
It was some 7hrs+ ltr since we started our road journey when we boarded the 4wds at the base camp.. hmm, thats a feat.. Dinner was western aft which 10 tired adventurers passed the ckpts heading for home.. =D
Yesaa, thats my travel log 4 endau rompin.. 1- 3 june 2008.
Back to other matters. Had poly50 runs, trainings, n nyaa stuff.. was my 1st time taking sea trainings though, pretty much nervous at start.. But pressed myself to giv it e best shot n learning along fr others as i go along.. Ytd celebrated bday 4 AH tan at jack's place.. we gav him a special hive as a gift.. lols, think he got stun oso.. damn, its amazing how bees can make their hives anywhere esp in kayaks, n can tahan a trip to sea n back!
today.. woke up damn early for passion run.. Ola! took a cab down to ecp.. 15km run wave 2 @0645am. Nt v pleased wif my results.. 1hr37mins.. aii, can improve further definitely.. Damn, i guess thee reason is the loss of my concentration n focus..
But chanting the cheer frm spa fo sorta cheered me on, lik adrenauline.. Eugene will win the war, x2 one more time, den repeat again.. NICE! =D
~ Scout Boy Yao n Chow Reporting for ranger duty~