piece and bits of the trip (^O^)
In my entire life (so far)...i've never done anything like this....NONE, not even anything close to this. My normal holidays must be in some comfy hotels with fluffy pillows and hot water heaters plus easy access to any shopping malls and movie theatres. My holidays was always be relaxing.
I just dunno what has gotten into my mind when i agreed to join this Miri-Mulu (so-called adventure) Trip. Most people must be thinking why we are so crazy to join this trip in the first place. TRUST ME...we asked the same question to ourselves (^O*) huhu.
That 5 days 4 nights (mulu trip only) journey really taught us (well, me obviously) to value things that we have not taken seriously before.
We have learnt to live in serenity - back to basic where we're totally cut-off from civilization...from any source of communication. NO TV + NO handphone and at some places even NO electricity. We've even lost count of the dates and the days went by even without us noticing it.
The walks that we have to take seemed ENDLESS...kilometres after kilometres to and fro...in and out of the caves and the long trail of jungle trekking almost tore us (gals) apart. Some of you might think women and shopping are synonymous. "Bukan pompuan suka window shopping ker...ala, kalo shopping sehari suntuk bleh plak, nih baru jalan sket dah komplen" (^o^).
Sorry to disappoint you dude, but we're not the type who walk miles and spend hours on shopping spree. Oh, dont get me wrong...we DO love shopping, but we always know specifically where to go and what to buy. We just dont waste time wandering from 1 store to another. So, you can just imagine what the 8km to get into Camp 5 and another 11.3km out of the camp has done to us (*O*).
BUT i love ALL the boat rides (sbb xyah nak berjalan sndiri...hihi)
The walks in and out of the caves
The jungle trekking trail...giler jauh!!!
And yang paling susah would be climbing the Mount Api to reach the pinnacle...so, out of 8, ONLY 3 of us (definitely i'm NOT one of them) managed to reach the top...CONGRATS guys.
Mount Api - the pinnacle
After the first sleepless night in Mulu, we started to regret our decision to be involved in this journey....but then, nak menyesal pon dah tarak guna lg babe...we're in and there's no way out!!!
Later, the trails just got from bad to worse. The journey taken was getting longer and longer. At that time, we stopped thinking. At that point, there's no time to regret anymore. There's no time to complaint about anything at all.
So, we embraced the tiredness by indulging ourselves in the scenery. By taking pictures...but in my case not actually taking but by being snapped in all photos by all those expensively hi-tech cameras...Syok wooooaaa, berposing macam nak giler although penat xyah citer lar...i think you all can imagine kan???
And the guys being guys...they were the noisiest species on earth (that we've ever met)...with their squeals of laughter and their ridiculous fights (and not to forget, their orchestra concerto that we've to put up every night) and all their silly behaviour....they DID cheer up our days... there's not a single second in the journey that we're not laughing our hearts out thanks to them...at least, all the laughter that we have had lessen the misery (^v^) hihi...thanks a mill guys.
The guys
And another thing, along the journey food is a LUXURY (^O^) All meals are SUPERB. There's nothing that could make us smile happier than to see the food being served on the table for every meal time...and there's no such thing as "lauk tak sedap"...EVERYTHING was delicious (at that time lar...) and we just couldnt get enough of the food...(actually we always wanted more...) and at that time kami dah x pedulik org lain lg dah...nak mengata kami burok lantak pon kata lar...kami tak kesah...(^O^) hohoho
And to add more to the story, even taking a bath is a challenge to some of us (^O*) hohoho... seriously, i'm not kidding.
The water was so d*** cold, some of us would think twice to bathe in the early morning...with no water heater provided, we just have to endure the cold water directly taken from the river (as in Camp 5) and the water directly from the mountain (at the longhouse). Even waktu siang kalo pg berendam kaki kt dlm sungai pon dah ketar2...
So, you can just imagine, getting a bath in the morning is literally like going to a battlefield...and trust me some of us have lost the battle even without fighting.
On the last day of our journey, though i'm happy to be heading back to Labuan, i realized that my chest felt heavy (*O*) I dont know why...
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