Papa was working yesterday. Got up not too early, left at 7am, no traffic for once (Sunday and eve of another public holiday.) Reached Karak at 830, and had dim sum at Yik Kee before going into the jungles of Telemung, off the main road 12km from Karak.
Got in on a metalled road about 10km long I think, before Papa had to turn into an unpaved laterite road. Another 12 km of uneven road. "Very bouncy" as Summergirl would say. Papa and the other people in the pickup was tossed and bounced around. Not a car in sight, although we passed by maybe two motorcycles parked by the trail, probably by the Asli who had gone into the jungle.
The trail was unpassable in parts as bits of the trail had been washed away, so we had to do some minor repairs. Papa fell into one of this little holes in the road, but managed to climb out , albeit with some bruises....
Eventually we reached a bend by the river. Voila! Surreal...There were people camped on the bank, they were still busy sleeping in at 10 am. Breakfast was cooking in the camp, but Papa had gone in to see 1500 acres of jungle. No time to lose, we scouted around, and moved on.
After a couple more kilometers of bouncing around in the pickup, Papa reached the edge of the Pahang-Negeri Sembilan border by 1pm, 2 km from a mountain- Gunung Besar Hantu. Big Ghosts Mountain. Probably a descriptive name from long gone times. Papa has no idea.
Got in on a metalled road about 10km long I think, before Papa had to turn into an unpaved laterite road. Another 12 km of uneven road. "Very bouncy" as Summergirl would say. Papa and the other people in the pickup was tossed and bounced around. Not a car in sight, although we passed by maybe two motorcycles parked by the trail, probably by the Asli who had gone into the jungle.
The trail was unpassable in parts as bits of the trail had been washed away, so we had to do some minor repairs. Papa fell into one of this little holes in the road, but managed to climb out , albeit with some bruises....
Eventually we reached a bend by the river. Voila! Surreal...There were people camped on the bank, they were still busy sleeping in at 10 am. Breakfast was cooking in the camp, but Papa had gone in to see 1500 acres of jungle. No time to lose, we scouted around, and moved on.
After a couple more kilometers of bouncing around in the pickup, Papa reached the edge of the Pahang-Negeri Sembilan border by 1pm, 2 km from a mountain- Gunung Besar Hantu. Big Ghosts Mountain. Probably a descriptive name from long gone times. Papa has no idea.
A little bit of look see look see, then we turned back to Karak. Reached Yik Kee and had a late lunch at 3pm.
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