flaunt it.

jeudi, juin 09, 2005

Finally back from the tiring perak trip. i actually thought it was quite a waste of money cos effectively we only had activities two days, the last day was a major screw up-waste of time.
Upon reaching perak, we were welcomed with delicious prata and tasty teh tarik at the town area. din expect such food.. thought we wud be nibbling on stale bread. Then we were driven up to our accomodation, an orphanage. The toilets were in bad shape- i dunno how to describe it also. it smelt like puke and shit mixed together.lol. i think that deterred many pple from visiting the washroom..
On the first day, we had to set off for a trek right up to the mountains. There were so many things to carry we had to stuff everything till our bags looked bloated and ready to burst any time. It was a long 10km upslope.. and we trudged slowly along. The terrain was rather uneven and slippery and i almost suffered a heart attack everytime i slipped. The scariest part was the two bridges in which we had to walk across. The bridge was made up of broken wooden planks ready to collapse any time. and there was this part where the railings dropped into the river and left us to teeter across a cylindrical pipe. how are u supposed to walk on a round surface!! wads more- there was a gushing river on both the right and left side. traumatising!!! but luckily everyone managed to conquer the bridge although a few fell but managed to get up. everyone agreed that was the scariest part of the trek. Finally we reached our destination but to our horror, there was no clearing for us to pitch our tents. The place was filled with wild and poky grass-eeks. after exploring the area, the instructors found a clearing for us where we rested for the night under mosquito infested conditions and ate pasta... hehe.. really appreciate pastamania now=).
the next morning i almost couldnt get up. the mere thought of the boring trek back down jus puts me off. but still, our group ran and tumbled down the mountain- reaching the start faster than we thought. yay!
day two was the most exciting day! the first activity was caving.. we were brought to this cave where this sarcastic middle aged man introduced us to some crap animal shapes on the limestones. that was totally boring but the later part was a little more interesting. we crawled through the narrow and small caves and got totally wet and cold..
white water rafting was the most challenging. we were rushing down the rapids-thrilling! but i thought it was quite dangerous too.. cos if u fall off the wrong position and hit the rocks it could be rather scary. luckily i din fall off the raft. i love white water rafting!
i guess that's abt all the highlights of the trip.. too tired to write anymore. will post pictures of the trip in two weeks time!

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