Day 226 (Sun 18 Feb) - Taman Negara
Up early for a dodgy breakfast at the hotel. Decided to go for a walk through the forest heading towards Burkit hill that afforded some fine views of the surrounding landscape.
We walked down to the jetty and crossed the river to the entrance to the forest.
The path was fairly level to start with but soon became steep. We had only been walking about 30minutes and we were both soaked in sweat. It seems that after the rains yesterday the humidity level was even higher than yesterday.
Quite tricky walking in places as tree roots had made uneven and slippery steps up the steepest parts of the path. Luckily in places ropes had been strung so that you could at least kind of haul yourself up.
We got to the first viewpoint and had a rest. We could see out over the river to the thick carpet of forest on the other side. After 15mins or so we pushed on to the main viewpoint nearby. From this viewpoint we had a great view of the undulating landscape thickly carpeted with trees. In the distance we could see mountains rising clad in green from top to bottom.
Quite busy with people at the top as a college group of about 30 had arrived just ahead of us. Whilst waiting Sarb got chatting to a couple of young Malay tourists about footy and Tony Blair.
Soon we were left alone at the top and were able to admire the amazing views without a horde of people jostling and shouting ( [1], [2] ). Beautiful!
The weather was beginning to promise rain and as the paths were steep Sarb suggested that we motor on down sooner rather than later. From the summit we walked down to a fork in the path. One path led us to our first viewpoint but the other went via a designated swimming area. Decided to take this path.
This path started off easy enough but soon we were walking through such dense forest you couldn't see a patch of sky above. In some places the path was so steep you had to climb up and down it!
We stopped at a small stream to have a breather. It was here that we discovered that we were running low on water and considering that sweat was pouring off us in torrents this was a trifling concerning.
Started to become a little concerned as we knew we were only 2km away from the jetty when we set off but having walked for about an hour and a half we seemed to be no nearer. Finally after climbing a particularly steep slope and walking down a well trodden path we came to the banks of the river and the resort area.
We were both absolutely shattered so decided to have a drink at the posh resorts' restaurant. Decided we were peckish as well so forgot the budget and had a couple of chilli hot dogs.
Relaxed for a while before getting a boat back to our side of the river. Jo phoned her mum in the evening whilst Sarb stood nearby craning his neck trying to identify constellations in the star studded sky.
Really good day although we were both thoroughly exhausted. Worked out that we'd been walking for about 6/7hours.
We walked down to the jetty and crossed the river to the entrance to the forest.
The path was fairly level to start with but soon became steep. We had only been walking about 30minutes and we were both soaked in sweat. It seems that after the rains yesterday the humidity level was even higher than yesterday.
Quite tricky walking in places as tree roots had made uneven and slippery steps up the steepest parts of the path. Luckily in places ropes had been strung so that you could at least kind of haul yourself up.
We got to the first viewpoint and had a rest. We could see out over the river to the thick carpet of forest on the other side. After 15mins or so we pushed on to the main viewpoint nearby. From this viewpoint we had a great view of the undulating landscape thickly carpeted with trees. In the distance we could see mountains rising clad in green from top to bottom.
Quite busy with people at the top as a college group of about 30 had arrived just ahead of us. Whilst waiting Sarb got chatting to a couple of young Malay tourists about footy and Tony Blair.
Soon we were left alone at the top and were able to admire the amazing views without a horde of people jostling and shouting ( [1], [2] ). Beautiful!
The weather was beginning to promise rain and as the paths were steep Sarb suggested that we motor on down sooner rather than later. From the summit we walked down to a fork in the path. One path led us to our first viewpoint but the other went via a designated swimming area. Decided to take this path.
This path started off easy enough but soon we were walking through such dense forest you couldn't see a patch of sky above. In some places the path was so steep you had to climb up and down it!
We stopped at a small stream to have a breather. It was here that we discovered that we were running low on water and considering that sweat was pouring off us in torrents this was a trifling concerning.
Started to become a little concerned as we knew we were only 2km away from the jetty when we set off but having walked for about an hour and a half we seemed to be no nearer. Finally after climbing a particularly steep slope and walking down a well trodden path we came to the banks of the river and the resort area.
We were both absolutely shattered so decided to have a drink at the posh resorts' restaurant. Decided we were peckish as well so forgot the budget and had a couple of chilli hot dogs.
Relaxed for a while before getting a boat back to our side of the river. Jo phoned her mum in the evening whilst Sarb stood nearby craning his neck trying to identify constellations in the star studded sky.
Really good day although we were both thoroughly exhausted. Worked out that we'd been walking for about 6/7hours.
1 Comments:
It really does look wonderful and great that you can explore on your own without the compulsory guide - I want to be there...now..
By Anonymous, At 3:10 pm
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