I am back! All of my limbs are intact and I am proud to say that I survived Gua Tempurung...all of the 5 hours it took us to truly get a 'taste' of it's beauty. This has got to be one of the best trips I have ever been to and I have to thank Lionel for organising it so well.
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All the three things (abseiling, white water rafting and caving) we did was fantastic!!! I just can't decide which I liked best. I really can't. I thought that I would like caving the least but the ammonia from all that bat guano I inhaled (five hours...you can just imagine) must have done something to my brains. I am now a changed person. Caves aren't all that bad. I know that I am gushing...but it the trip was THAT enjoyable an experience..which was made even GREATER by the other 26 colourful characters that will be mentioned later.
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As time is running short...now...have a dinner to get to...I end this post with some of the pictures I managed to capture...with whatever battery I had left. Brilliant me left the camera charger in the office. Sigh...will have to 'beg' for pictures from Lionel (who had a water resistant camera) and Chew (who brought along his kiasu camera fully charged)...'beg' cause I know that it won't come easy. But Richard and Hok Lee...bless you guys...should be able to get their pics without being tortured and made to perform idiotic stunts. Ha ha!
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As time is running short...now...have a dinner to get to...I end this post with some of the pictures I managed to capture...with whatever battery I had left. Brilliant me left the camera charger in the office. Sigh...will have to 'beg' for pictures from Lionel (who had a water resistant camera) and Chew (who brought along his kiasu camera fully charged)...'beg' cause I know that it won't come easy. But Richard and Hok Lee...bless you guys...should be able to get their pics without being tortured and made to perform idiotic stunts. Ha ha!
Like everything else, the trip started with 'makan' time. Bidor. Pun Chun restaurant. Wan tan noodles with a punch. The punch being the KL price that was charged. Yeah yeah...I know...the prawny wan tan and all that but still...the food here was much better fifteen years ago before commercialism took over. Eh, I know all this because me was brought up in Teluk Intan and most trips when 'balik-ing kampung' included a stop at this restaurant.
You can tell that the trip was bound to have some exciting moments when our cars got stuck right at the beginning of the trip and the passengers had be unloaded to enable a clear passage through. Especially Lionel's car bearing Chew Cheong Tat...ha ha ha...I am so going to pay for this...but I just couldn't resist.
The end of the 7km or so river that provided a thrilling (at parts) and peaceful (at the other parts) 2 hour ride through the rapids. Go team alpha! Ok...so, I couldn't think up of a better name. Anyway, team alpha consisted of Chew Cheong Tat (Icing...ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!), Christie Cheam, Andrew Loke (cupcake), Alyssa Loke (munchkin), Alexandra Loke (Hobittses) and yours truly.
Well...we started with food...and so...the circle ended with...yes you guess it...more food! We went to this famous place that served the chicken wrapped in really soft yummy-licious bread. We had the two varieties...yuk choy and curry. Oh wow...we attacked it with so much gusto that some husbands even forgot to serve their wives first. Tsk tsk...yes Lionel...I know...Lay Suan is very capable.
I am already planning a trip to Padas River in Sabah...reported to be a grade III to IV river. The websites look fantastic. Any takers?
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