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)
...walaupon sempit and sakit bontot dok dlm bot
berjam2...tp i love the cool breeze (^o^)
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...
