Well now, I have returned from my climactic journey from nature back to civilization. I mean seriously. It is a true spectacle that I survived without the Internet and smsing my friends. ;D But nevertheless, it was an epic trip. And by epic I mean EPICCCC! It is truly unimaginable. It is truly hard to explain in words the majestic beauty of Mulu and Batang Ai. But seeing as I, Bernard Sam, am a great writer and great friend, I'll try my best to write out my adventure out in the open (with some pictures for you little ones out there. ;D ). Well here's my story:
*The pictures shown here today were taken by my phone which only had enough space for 15 more shots. 15. So not many pictures for you. And don't complain about the blurrness of the pictures. Or the pictures may be VERY large. SO UNDERSTAND PLEASE. :) Well now, here's the story:
14 December, 2007- Well we took of to KLIA. duh. And we got on the plane heading for Miri. We stayed there for one day. It wasn't very fascinating. But you see the exciting events that were about to occur would only happen tomorrow! So onward to SATURDAY!
Words of Wisdom15 December, 2007- Today is where the excitement begins. So early in the morning, we went of to the airport to fly to MULU. Strangely the only flights going to and from Mulu were from Miri. So then we sat in one of those "MASWings", those small-ish planes with propellers. LOL. So it was a 30 minute flight all the way into the heart of the jungle. Well rainforest if you wanna be all scientific. There we landed in this very small airstrip in the middle of nowhere. We got our luggage and hopped on one of those three wheeled cars. Double LOL.
Its like a scene from Jurasic Park. Minus the dinosaurs and huge piles of dino poop.So we checked in over at Royal Mulu Hotel. The service and facilities here are brilliant. Though the food needs a little work. So anyway, when I walked in I noticed some doods kayaking in the rive right in front of the hotel. The first thought in my mind when I saw this was, "Dang, I need McDonald's." But seeing as I wouldn't be able to get any out here I thought, "I should try out kayaking" instead. But parents said another day. So I waited. Well our trek would only begin tomorrow, so I slept through the night like some nocturnal creature TRYING to sleep at night. Which in layman's term means, "Yes, it was very hard for me to sleep here."
16 December, 2007- Well now today's the day for TREKKING. Today we'll be going to the famous Deer Cave! (And for you who aren't extreme nature enthusiasts as me, Deer Cave is the cave which has the LARGEST cave entrance in the world. Yes. Awesome, no? ) :D So we walked down this long wooden path into the depths of the jungle/rainforest. It was a great place for photos. I was actually surprised we didn't see a WIDE diversity of animals. We saw this really cool lizard though. Greeny. Haha.
What a nice bendy path, no?Through this long trek we also learned a few cool survival tips IF you got lost in the big unknown that is Mulu's natural rainforest. But I shan't post them here as I don't wanna repeat these cool advices. Go to Mulu. Learn as how I did. ;D So through the jungle our wonderful guide, Mr Silvester, named a few different plants, told us some facts about the jungle and what to expect in the cave up ahead.
Care to walk to paradise with me? ;D So we continued the long trek to the cave entrance. And it was amazing. One of the most amazing treks I've ever been on. Through the trees, in the distance, you can see the looming limestone hills looking over the jungle. It is soo amazing, you can only imagine (unless you go there that is). Haha. Plus the trees here are woa. These TALL trunks protruding out of the ground reaching for the sky. Just AMAZING. So well after a few long minutes of walking we finally reached the "Observatory Point". Its this little place where we can watch the bats. But later on that.
See that little white blob? That's me. Now in that pic up there ^^^^^, that isn't even the mouth of the cave. The mouth of the cave is much MUCH bigger. ;D So this "point", as I'd like to call it, is also another wonderful spectacle. It is surrounded by this huge "wall" of limestone hills. Its like the stuff right out of a Lord of the Rings book. Truly WONDERFUL. So then we began our journey into the darkness of the Deer Cave. (Well its lit up by these orange lights so yea. But doesn't the word "darkness" sound so cool? ;D).
The stuff that makes you wanna stare and drool*Well that's all for now. But I shall continue this post. Most likely tomorrow when I'm more hyper. 'Till then TAKE CARE. And kids don't do drugs. It ain't cool. Byeeee. :)
