The day of the Hike: 18 September 2011 (Saturday). This is around 8:10 am |
Checking the names and counting the heads. |
Sharing a joke! |
Captain looking for late-comers. There are sure to be late-comers for any event. (Stating a fact) |
Hanging around waiting for everybody to turn up. |
Finally everybody is present and the Captain gives his important briefing. |
Captain registers himself at the Kampung before starting the journey. |
Our guide is the handsome guy standing on the right. |
The journey starts. |
Looking smart, eh? |
Looking very smart! |
First resting point waiting for the rest of the gang to catch up. Feeling in tip-top condition. Not going uphill yet. |
Taking a breather. |
Reach the river and there are big rocks in the middle and along the banks of the river. The sound of running water is thunderous. |
See how tranquil is the water? |
Very tired hiker. See the sweat on the face? Notice how flat is the hair? BUT survived. |
Huge gigantic rocks! |
Along the banks of the river. |
Have to climb up there and go up some more to reach waterfall. |
Nothing to do so play around with the camera. |
Idle past-time. |
Relaxing! |
Some more relaxing. |
Very bored already! Alone and bored. |
Changed venue and dipped feet into water. |
Some more dipping. Water's icy-cold but very refreshing. |
I can see no more dirt on those feet. Water so clear and clean but not a single drop can I drink. |
Feeling rested although thirsty. |
Feeling refreshed although tired. |
Tranquility. |
Calm and peaceful! The healing process of nature. |
Big rocks in the middle of the river and very slippery. That's where I dropped down a few minutes later and screamed until all the birds flew away and the monkeys ran away. |
Wow, no stress. |
A tree growing out of the rock. |
Natural hanger. |
Whose shoes are these? |
Where's the other leg? |
Gushing water. |
Happy time! Return journey. |
Going home!!! |
This is the journey further up the waterfall where I did not go. Photo courtesy of super-sonic boy. |
Very slippery so need a helping hand. |
Teamwork. |
Site is nearer to the waterfall. |
Whoa, that rock looks like a crocodile head. |
Some more walking across rocks. |
I was told the view is part of Kuching city. |
At the top of the waterfall. Whoa, I cannot stand heights. Looking at this photo, I can imagine my legs trembling like washing machine in spinning mode. |
Along the way to the waterfall, there's a rubber garden. Someone has been tapping rubber that morning. |
The latex flows ........... |
.......... down to the black cup to be collected soon. |
Cocoa garden. |
That's how cocoa fruits look like. |
Durians! The smaller ones on the right are RM2 per fruit. Further towards the left, slightly bigger at RM3 per fruit. |
These are bigger and earned its place on the table at RM6 per fruit but I bought 5 durians at RM20. |
A tall cactus near one of the kampung houses. |