Tanah Rata, Malaysia
Tomorrow, I'm off (I said this yesterday as well, but...). I think my time in Malaysia is done, and that I'll be heading to Thailand. Maybe.
Yesterday, I finally went hiking here. I got up reasonably early at got out before the afternoon rains started. I headed down one road, got lost and eventually found one of the jungle trails. I first walked past some houses to the Robinson Waterfall which was rather lovely. It started with a series of small falls, which reminded me a bit of Bill's falls in Tasmania. With more trash. The bottom of the falls was a nice bigger type waterfall and there was an excellent view of it from the path.
Then I got onto Trail #8.
The beginning was a nearly verticle assent, with tree roots providing stairs and handholds. I was rather bushed rather quickly. It was steeper than any climb that I've done thus far on this trip. I rested at the top of the steep section and then continued on through the jungle, the path being nothing but ups and downs as I walked over one hill and then started up the bigger one. At this point, the rain started.
It wasn't so bad as I was mostly under the canopy of trees, but I did get wet fairly quickly and it made the various logs I had to climb over rather slippery. Finally, I reached the the mountain and switched onto trail #7. This one was essentially downhill and rather easier than the previous one. However, the ending of it posed a problem. I came into a field and the sign pointing the way of the path pointed towards what looked like a trash pile which littered the side of the hill. I found another, altogether more overgrown path and elected it was more ideal than the trash laden one. I slid down this track and found myself ankle deep in a creek. I splashed through this one, soaking my socks and boots and eventually returned to civilization.
The rain had thankfully let up at this point so I was able to slosh back to Daniel's wet but not getting wetter.
Today, was another lazy day and trying to figure out where I'm going, which I still don't have a handle on. I think that I may push onto to Thailand, but I'm not positive. The good news is that Eva sounds better though we've been unable to reach each other by phone. It hasn't been easy not seeing her for over six weeks now, but it has made me more sure of how I feel about her, and I know that we will see each other again.
Yesterday, I finally went hiking here. I got up reasonably early at got out before the afternoon rains started. I headed down one road, got lost and eventually found one of the jungle trails. I first walked past some houses to the Robinson Waterfall which was rather lovely. It started with a series of small falls, which reminded me a bit of Bill's falls in Tasmania. With more trash. The bottom of the falls was a nice bigger type waterfall and there was an excellent view of it from the path.
Then I got onto Trail #8.
The beginning was a nearly verticle assent, with tree roots providing stairs and handholds. I was rather bushed rather quickly. It was steeper than any climb that I've done thus far on this trip. I rested at the top of the steep section and then continued on through the jungle, the path being nothing but ups and downs as I walked over one hill and then started up the bigger one. At this point, the rain started.
It wasn't so bad as I was mostly under the canopy of trees, but I did get wet fairly quickly and it made the various logs I had to climb over rather slippery. Finally, I reached the the mountain and switched onto trail #7. This one was essentially downhill and rather easier than the previous one. However, the ending of it posed a problem. I came into a field and the sign pointing the way of the path pointed towards what looked like a trash pile which littered the side of the hill. I found another, altogether more overgrown path and elected it was more ideal than the trash laden one. I slid down this track and found myself ankle deep in a creek. I splashed through this one, soaking my socks and boots and eventually returned to civilization.
The rain had thankfully let up at this point so I was able to slosh back to Daniel's wet but not getting wetter.
Today, was another lazy day and trying to figure out where I'm going, which I still don't have a handle on. I think that I may push onto to Thailand, but I'm not positive. The good news is that Eva sounds better though we've been unable to reach each other by phone. It hasn't been easy not seeing her for over six weeks now, but it has made me more sure of how I feel about her, and I know that we will see each other again.
posted by Bob Stein at 6:47 AM
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