ATV

My friends wanted to go ride ATVs so what the heck i decided to go too. I hate being left out of stuff

We went for the 3-4 hour package. You can check it out at their website here. My friend'd been on the shorter one before and he said it was way too short.

This is the whole bunch of us. We all brought caps/bandannas for our heads because who knows how many have worn and sweat into the helmets??

I've to say it was quite fun. And scary. And tiring. But fun!! Some parts were really steep and going upwards is really scary. You go for a trial run around the starting point first though to get a hang of starting and stopping n all.

We stopped and rested here:

Another tip for you is to bring mosquito repellent. Some of the girls got severely bitten especially coz they were wearing sleeveless tops and shorts. Luckily I'd brought repellent.

I personally really like this photo of me hahahahha

We drove (do you say drive for atvs?) to a point and got off and had to hike up to get a good view. Because I'm a lazy p.o.s. and hate exercising I was super out of breath before I was even halfway up

I was so bloody sore the next few days. My arms, legs, butt....I was gratified to find out I wasn't the only one though hahahahah

Sun & Sea

Sipadan Water Village Resort on Mabul Island

As you can see, the water's really clear. But I'm kinda ticked off that these were built over corals. I somehow don't think this is very environmentally friendly. Couldn't they have built on shore and have boats that bring people out for a few days to go diving? That's how they did it in Cairns..What's the point of removing all the diving resorts from Sipadan Island only to move them to another island or allow the construction of resorts on another? Geez what genius. I don't support this kinda thing and I don't think I'll be staying there agian.

The rooms are pretty basic. The floor of ours was kinda sticky. I guess people walk in and out after diving so the sea water's pretty much seeped into the floor. The shower water was kinda salty too hahaha so my hair was terrible after a day or 2. It's quite a nice stay otherwise but it's definitely no luxury resort.

You should definitely go diving here because when we went diving we saw 4 or 5 sea turtles and they are just amazing and graceful. Especially when they start swimming after resting, SO BEAUTIFUL. I love turtles. I was in total awe just being near them.

On the way back to mainland we saw these huts. Our guide said that alot of them are illegal immigrants. I don't care so much about them being there but what got me really annoyed and upset was that there was a lot of rubbish in the water near the huts. The sea is NOT a huge rubbish bin or dumping ground for everyone!! If they wanna continue fishing in the sea illegally they'd better not continue dumping rubbish into the sea. 

Cave - Lost World

We went to Gua Rusa - so called because there used to be deer who drank at the cave (apparently the guano from the bats that go into the water is extremely nutritious and the deer liked the water there) but deer don't go there anymore because tourists go there. The formations were really interesting and beautiful.

Can you spot Abraham Lincoln?

Can you spot the bull/Lamborghini logo?

It felt like I was in the movie 'The lost world'

Make sure you don't go off the pathway where it's dark coz it's full of ROACHES

 There are cicadas in there too

It was quite mesmerizing watching the bats fly out in groups to go hunt

It's quite a long walk back so be sure to do it before it gets totally dark. I thought the park was very beautiful and the trails well done (I was actually surprised by how well the park is managed) and I would highly recommend anyone to go visit!

There's only one hotel  ( The Royal Mulu Resort ) now, which will be a Royal Mariott soon I heard. Otherwise, you can rent a place in the Park itself and stay there. The places in the park itself looked quite nice. Find out more about Mulu National Park here.

dont bug me! - Gunung Mulu National Park

Gunung Mulu National Park was really interesting! If you keep on the trail you shouldn't be bugged too much by bugs but be sure not to touch the railings because there r plenty of bugs on the railings and also if you touch the caterpillars you'll be plagued by itchiness (so said the guide)

This must be the funkiest dragonfly i've ever seen

This must be the most interesting  looking caterpillar i've ever seen! n the biggest

Brother: The white caterpillar is a grandpa version of the brown furry caterpillar

Me: -.- (but laughs nevertheless)

Hammerhead worm

We dubbed this the Heihachi (if you're a fan of Tekken you'll know) caterpillar

Caught these 2 at it...apparently the 1 on top is the male...man the female 1's way bigger!!

The guide was really good at pointing out the not so obvious bugs - like these lantern bugs

We finally reached our destination! - next post

Sungai Lembing

If you search things to do in Kuantan, Sg Lembing will pop up.

I never knew that it was a tourist attraction...

Apparently the tofu at one of the stalls is really famous. Gotta say it was really smooth and yums.

There's also a local mee. Can't say I really liked it that much though. Abit too sweet for me.

There's nothing much to do or see there, and apparently there's only 1 restaurant open for dinner!hahaha...Did manage to find a spot I wanted to take pictures at though

We went on the rainbow waterfall tour. We had to leave at 5, have breakfast, then take a 4WD ride into the forest, hiked for an hour and finally got to the waterfall. The hiking wasn't so difficult but there were wayyyy too many people. All Chinese. And majority of them Mandarin speaking. I'm fine with that but a bunch of them seem to think that normal speaking volume = shouting volume, which really pissed me off. I didn't come into the forest to be in a 'Chinese market place'. It was really annoying.

These aren't even half of the people who went. By the time we got to the waterfall, there was no place to move or walk around! Everyone was sitting around talking (most of them really loudly as if they were afraid no one else could hear them -.-) and lots were eating instant noodles there (which I do not condone because somehow or another some waste gets left behind)

 Apparently there's always a rainbow so you'll never miss it

I won't say the trip was bad. Unfortunately, the crowd was too big and really annoying because they were sooooo noisy. Even the 'resort' we stayed at, the people kept walking,shuffling,running up and down the corridors shouting at the top of their voices.Even late at night or super early in the morning (5am). Seriously?? Go back to the market where you belong!!

I think it's much less crowded during the weekday so if I ever do go back, I'll make sure I don't go back over the weekend.

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Happy Chinese New Year!

 

Finally Djezna's Stalker is back on track for 2012. We have an acoustic set this Saturday (28th Jan) at Doppel Cafe, Central Market. Be there around 9pm as there are other performances as well. On 1st Feb, we will head to Sunway Pyramid Concourse for a public awareness campaign on forest conservation in Malaysia. 7pm - 730pm and 9pm - 930pm.

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