The title says it all... Yes we were lost in the jungle of Borneo which is actually located in Matang. Hilarious enough for Jungle experts to lead a few of us into an additional 2 hours walk in the jungle before we found civilization. The whole experience was not so bad despite 1 pair of shoes gave up during the walk. So here's basically a summary of what happened that day in Matang in March 2012.... ;)
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| .:A very good pair of shoes.. just been awhile since it was utilized:. |
It was supposed to be a Sunday Brisk Hill Walk to an ancient Indian temple in one of the area in Matang. Cynthia even told me that I can wear sandal or sports shoes. I was blessed with Adidas Kampung which I bought in Bario and something in my mind have made me worn that shoes that day.
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| .:My saviour Adidas Kampung:. |
We (Cynthia, Ian, Jordan and myself) took our time with some educational session since Ian is a specialist trainer in environmental education. We learnt a lot from him. It took us about 2 hours to get up there. In between the walk, we actually discovered interesting stuff like a beautiful caterpillar, acorn from oak tree, mushroom that grows inside out and many more.
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| .:Explaination about Acorn:. |
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| .:A dead tree with a dangerous big hole:. |
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| .:An interesting looking caterpillar:. |
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| .:A type of mushroom that grows inside out:. |
When we reached the temple, it's beautifully constructed with a guardian, Kalimuthu staying there to take care of the temple. The view from the temple was absolutely breathtaking despite Cynthia blocking Jordan's view. hehehe
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| .:The view when you reach the highest Peak:. |
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| .:Soldier of the goddess:. |
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| .:Me, Master Kalimuthu & Cynthia:. |
On the way down from the temple, we saw an interesting sign to walk to Charles Brooke's bungalow and we wanted to have a look at the foundation as the original bungalow has been demolished.. That's when we ended up walking for another 4 hours into the jungle without turning back. Ian lead us to a walk in the stream but there were not much water in the stream and that god it was not raining. At about 2pm, my stomach was damn hungry! To make the situation worst, there were leeches, a type of blood sucking worm... I was geared up with the Axe Medicated Oil ready to splash on any leech that got near me. Luckily, there was only 1 leech trying it's luck to get into my jeans... Cynthia was quite worried when it's 3pm and since everyone's mobile was still with signal, she made some calls just in case if we need help. Oh well, thank god again that we found a site where the villagers took the wood from and that trail lead us to the other way to go to the temple and we were all out from the jungle.
Despite all the scary thoughts I had that day, I managed to take photographs of interesting creatures in the jungle which we seldom see in the urban area. I just can't help it.. hehehe
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| .:The crazy sign:. |
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| .:Waterfall:. |
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| .:A yellowish crab spider:. |
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| .:Wild Mushroom that looks poisonous:. |
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| .:Cockroach?:. |
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| .:This was our opening to be SAFE after all:. |
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| .:A resting hut that resembles the Penan hut:. |
After that, each of us drank at least 2 glasses of water (I think I had 3 glasses) in Ketz Kitchen in Matang Jaya and I had the Ayam Penyet... It's not as good as before though... My body took about 1 week to regain energy after the tiring walk. No complaint, just some impromptu adventure.
