Haphazard planning to go to Sg. Pisang waterfall actually happened.
All started last week when i was suffering (studying some psych finals), Mich popped an offline message saying let's go waterfall, i agreed! And while i was not really a planner, some final pushes from her and we got a few people to go! (HocMun, Jeff, Justin, Mich, Mich's sister and also a friend - Ben, and myself)
So yes, tuesday morning, breakfast with me pallies, then rendezvous with Mich and her side. Then off we go!!
Unfortunately, we made a few errors while navigating =p
We ended up making a few wrong turns and had to backtrack to restart the whole journey, hehe.
But we managed to get there though unsure of our own navigating skills, with a help of a local, we managed to reach the starting point of the trek.
The locals warned us not to get lost, and don't follow voices O_o haha, they really meant don't follow the schoolchildren's voices there while trekking because it will lead off and we may get lost.
After much tips from them, we decided to start!
Er, unfortunately, we totally totally got screwed at the start, we crossed the river to the other side, to find the road leads no where (or so someone thought.....) so we crossed the river again, but the local redirected us back, so we crossed again, but we still clueless to where to go, then we decided go against the local's advice and trek a different path, mana tau we found the tunnels! BUT, we have to cross the river AGAIN, this time even in harsher conditions, since it was quite a hassle to cross the river at that point, after much tussle we did it! Whoa, about an hour plus JUST to get to the 2nd starting point!! Totally memalufying.......But the tunnel was cool, dark and kinda walking towards the light at the end of the tunnel hehehe
So we started our path, it's like stream trotting! Follow the river to its source, muddy, wet, but i thought it was pretty fun, nature! Took couple of pics, i think we had fun, or so i personally thought so. Streams weren't particularly hard, good thing i wore shoes, got much grip, only downside was it accumulates sand and rocks in ya shoe and makes it painful to walk. hahaha, also we actually lost quite a few stuff =p
Including a pair of slippers (one from two members makes a pair!)
Midway we met a group who came later than us but already on their way down, they said," You should have followed us". Haha, big help, but nah, it was alright. An hour passed, we got to the waterfall! It was awesome, had two water falling from two sides, a very nice sight. The waterfall became heavier with the passing of time, and the wind brought chills to our already wet self =)
Nice, cold, VERY COLD indeed. But it was nice to submerge yourself into the cold water and just relax. Of course, HocMun took pics and so did others. I like it there alot, well maybe some other time will head back there! All in all, a great experience, not everyday we get to leave the concrete jungle for something this natural, i guess i can get used to the idea of hiking and all, plus it paves way for great nature shots, which i am quite interested in.
Going back wasn't as long, because we kinda leveled up haha...Took us less than when we went up, found Justin's other slipper which he lost earlier, but kinda wasted, because he abandoned the other slipper elsewhere because we thought we couldn't retrieve it anyway ahahahaha, life, what games it plays on us hahaha
Went back to thank the local, he told us got a few more waterfalls ahead, but not for amateurs, apparently haha. And we had lunch and head home. Ahh, tired, but well worth it, good people, good weather, good trip. What a way to begin holidays!
A few hours planned trip became half a day outing haha. But we did it! Mich we did it! Congrats!Woots!
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