After saying goodbye to our wonderful view in KL we ventured North West to Kuala Tembeling, a journey of three hours by minibus into the state of Pehang. This was followed by a three hour boat trip to Kuala Tahan up the Tembeling river. It grounded due to the low water level and a myself and another chap helped to free the boat into deeper water.
We are now in the Taman Negara rainforest and it's extremely humid and very hot.
Yesterday we went on a 'night safari' looking for insects and found various scorpion, stick insects and huge spiders (Sue loved this part of the holiday !)
Today we went on a jungle trek to Bukit Teresek (and saw a Malay Pit Viper - see picture) to get a great view of Gunung Tahan the highest mountain on Peninsular Malaysia. We then traversed the canopy walkway (Sue - once again - all over it !).
In the afternoon we shot the rapids and got absolutely soaked and finished off practicing blow pipe techniques and making fire in an Orang Asili village.
The Orang Asili are the original inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.
We are now sipping cocktails on the riverbank in failing light, listening to the cacophony of sound from the jungle around us. (Pete.)
From my point of view ... boat trips - so much fun; spider hunting - not so much; walking across the rain forest at about 100 metres up - definitely not fun. However, being better than Pete at using the blow pipe - best fun of all! Those of you reading this who know me will know how seriously I take hitting any target I'm aiming at!!
I would recommend the Taman Negara and the Mutiara Hotel in particular. If you have any questions regarding clothing, facilities etc please ask. (Sue)
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