it's a jungle out there!

~~ a jungle indeed. i first stepped into taman negara in 2003. 6 years ago, we took a boat ride to into the jungle. painful 2 hours journey in a sampan. 6 years later, it was a journey by bus. it was my office company trip last weekend. last year we went to kerala, this year cuti cuti malaysia.

#1 : welcome to taman negara
~~ it was raining when we left kl. luckily it stopped when we reached jerantut for late breakfast. the drive from jerantut town to the jetty was winding & quite bumpy. those who has car-sickness problem, suggest to sit at the navigator seat.
~~ we reached the jetty at about 1.30pm and we crossed the river to our hotel, where we had our lunch, while waiting for our room to be ready. 2 of us shared a room or should i said a chalet.

#2 : my chalet

#3 : room number matches the bag number!

~~ after lunch, we had a 2 hour workshop. some test about "who am i".. and some test to work out our brain.

#4 (a) : questions : numbers with no calculator in hands

#4 (b) : answers : i am an analyzer. correct ka?

#5 : we had to arrange 12 nails to make all of them stabilise on top of 1 nail.

~~ after workshop, we had some time to ourselves. we walked around the hotel, & started playing with fish-eye lense that a colleague has brought along. the camwhore started with decent pose, like the below.

#6 : normal pose

~~ and later, we started to be silly and silly-er, like the below.

#7 : cock-eye queen of bee

#8 : fish queen of bee

~~ all these silly photos while waiting for bbq dinner. there was no tv in the room, we had to find our own entertainment! hahahaha.

~~ day 2, it was raining when we woke up in the morning. at first, i thought there were monkey running on our chalet rooftop when i heard tapping sound. i was hoping for clear sky. but hope didnt come true. it was pouring during breakfast time. our trekking session was postponed to 1 hour later. and the rain stopped. thank you! and we started trekking at 10am.

~~ first few hundred meters, it was a stroll in the park. after that, it was a bit steep. rooty ground ahead! wah... very "sek lei" (energy consuming!) panting uphill wei! hahahaha!

#9 : up up & away!

~~ our main aim was the canopy walk. so we walked and walked. and we saw the entrance to the canopy walk! yeah! yeah!

# 10 : jambatan gantung ahead

#11 : notice board with warning..

~~ and the words that i would like to emphasise were, CLOSED & RAIN. yeah, the canopy walk was closed due to the rain. so disappointed! i thought i could stepped on it, again, tim! mana tau, takde chance.

~~ so we went back to the hotel for lunch. in the afternoon, we were supposed to go to lata berkoh, a waterfall. but the guide advised that we postponed it due river condition. strong current. not advisable. then apa bikin? our schedule was readjusted, and replaced with another workshop. this round we played some games, like how to untangle yourself, and also water balloon match. no pictures because too engrossed with games. and it was raining at that time too! hahaha...

~~ we had the rest of the afternoon FREE! and we self entertained with mahjong. then dinner. then mahjong. then supper! there was supposed to be a night jungle walk. but it was cancelled due to the weather. luckily i brought along my mahjong. clever! *pat on my back*

~~ day 3 morning started early (7am)... (should i say, every day also start early). lee suggested double yoga session. and we knocked on their doors, to wake them up... and managed to gather 7 of them to join lee & i. 1 hour later, we had a good sweat. had a very quick breakfast because we were told that we would be going to lata berkoh. good weather.

#12 : double yoga members

~~ we cruised along sg tahan, for about 20min. then we trekked for about 15min to reach lata berkoh. the weather was just nice for a morning cruise. the river looked like teh-O kau... brownish colour and the current was strong. so no swimming allowed.

#13 : STRONG CURRENT!

#14 : crusing in a sampan

#15 : dont simply hold onto branches. got thorns!

#16 : sg tahan, calmer downstream

~~ after lata berkoh, we stopped at a fish farm for less than 15min. it was in the itinerary. so, just a stop because we were tourist mah. hahahahha. and went back to hotel, had lunch, packed our bags & checked out.

~~ and it started raining again. aiyor!! since all of us were provided with a raincoat, it was time to use it! same colour, a sea of yellow men walking to jetty! so cute!!

#17 : yellow men

~~ overall, i had a good time, and it would be even better if i could be on the canopy walk. got kissed by a leech. one. uno. (i was wearing sandal and i thought i would be easy target for the leeches).

#18 : kissed by a leech

it's a wrap! hoping for more holidays & interesting places to go in 2010! last but not least...

#19 : aaahhhh i still want canopy walk!