Walk With Nature

Bumped into these just across the river.

A closer look, still not able to figure out what are these.

2nd trek does not look good.

One type of Lingzhi (靈芝) ?

Saw one more fungus.

The stream is clearer here.

Yellow Fungus ?

Opps… getting uphill task now.

There are really many type of Fungus here.

Friend, take your time…..

We thought the root was bleeding.

This ain’t easy man !!

I can’t find “Give Up” in my hiking dictionary

Just walk slow and observe the surrounding, you can find many funny plants.

I guess this is a sweet plant as many ants were there.

Life is always full of challenges, so does hiking.

I like this, small but cute !

This is the most exciting part along the journey.

Time to test our skills now…..

Finally…..

Our fittest man, despite taking photos for us, yet always ahead of us !

Malaysian younger generation of “Wong Fei Hung“

Let me show you how to climb vertically.

See, you have to use the leg and hand muscles, of course with the rock climbing skills also.

One more ?

Strong man say this is “wet wet water”

Our steady friend perfers a safer way.

You just need an umbrella to welcome our “Sifu” up there !

Come Master, I am ready to shield you away from the hot sun.

Assignment accomplished.

We are almost there, just few more steps.

Take a rest to pamper ourselves with this beautiful view.

I thought it’s only few more steps ?

This Fungus does not look very happy.

Mushroom again ?

This one looks like the one we eat at home.

I believe they are easy to grow any where in the jungle, as long as the place is moisture.

At last, we reached the top in about 1.5 hours.
We boilt water, have our Pu-erh tea and our bread lunch. We decided next time to pack “Roti Canai” for our lunch when we go hiking again. Mmm..it’s so tasty when you can have one at the top !

A view taken at the summit (825 m above sea level)

Another view from the summit.

Let’s remember we have our footsteps up here !

Going down is more challenging. Our friends are figuring out what strategy to use.

Leader is leading the way to go down.

Less than 30 seconds and he is done.

Our big brother always uses the safer way.

Slow and steady, he has his way.

If you think this is Banana then you are wrong. It’s a Red Palm Tree.

Just about to blossom…..

Here they are !

Need no introduction….

This is very tiny and small, you just have to walk slow to discover such little plant.

I thought it would be easy to use my finger to show the size of this creature.

Time to enjoy and listen to the rythem of the water.

We took about 1 hour to reach the Kem Batu Tangga and another 30 minutes to reach the base, the time was about 3pm. As you can see, many people were there to have fun.

Even the pool was full of people.

You can enjoy from outside of the pool as well.

We took rest and have our “Roti Arab” before taking shower and head to our next destination.

As we still have plenty of time, our friend suggested we come here to try our luck to see if we can get a “number” to strike or not.

Found it outside the temple.

Goddess of Mercy or Guan Yin

She has a house here.

Many kind of fishes, including man-eating fish, Koi, Turtles and Catfish.
It’s amazing how these fishes can live in harmony within such a small pond but human being, the smartest species on earth, have so many conflicts. Could it be only one main reason ? Greed !

Stairs to the heaven

Need some fruits and money ?

If you do good things in life you are welcome here.

The dragon door.

What animal you belongs to ?

That’s why I love nature so much

Need more wealth ? Try bringing this home.
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The Monkey King or in Chinese 孙悟空.

Fishing with Jiang Taigong or 姜太公.
There is a legendary about this Jiang Taigong, if you are interested, you can read up from the books.

Our final destination to fill our stomach.
This restaurant serves only grill food in aluminum foil.

Tranquil environment but it was hot when we were there.

招牌鱼 or Famous Tilapia Fish, recommended by the owner.

Grilled Mutton, a bit salty but good to eat with rice. But I took only few, friends should know why

Tilapia grilled with salt, a bit dry.

Grilled with ginger.

This restaurant closes on every Thursday, business time is from 11 am to 7 pm but when we were there, it stopped business at 6.15pm already as the fishes they prepared already finished, although they still can catch some from the pond nearby, strange !

Maybe they are the people who get contented easily, that’s why they do not want to earn so much money

So, if you want to try, better go early.