Day 34... Cameron Highlands

Our second day in the Cameron Highlands began with a four hour trek through the jungle with our German trek leader John. There was 8 of us and we set off at round 10am. The jungle was dense and very humid,we began with a steep climb through trees and forest.It was a beautiful jungle with different types of weird and wonderful plants and butterflies.It was a struggle going up at first especially after just having breakfast! We made it to the top after round 30 mins.After a breather John told us we had to go down,now if getting up was hard this was way harder.It was steep,very steep! One of the girls in the group had a bad fall and hurt her ankle.John told her if she couldn't continue the only way out of the jungle was by helicopter! She struggled through but id say it was hard for her. I discovered that when I went head first into a pile of trees and plants,I was basically arse ways with my foot caught in the tree.I eventually got myself out,just cuts and brusises thank god. When we eventually got to the end it was vast fields of plantations,with vegetable farms.Nature at its best i suppose!After that we had another climb up before we saw a wonderfull waterfall and headed back to the guesthouse throughly deserving a shower and some food.It was hard work but you felt great and after doing it.
The rest of the day was spent relaxing after the trek although that night we decided to go for the local speciality called Steamboat for dinner.Steamboat is basically a big pot of boiling soup which they bring out to your table and light.They then bring out all types of meats and vegetable for you to put into the pot at your own discretion.It was good fun and cultural but a bit too much hard work for dinner.
After dinner,we just wanted to get some sleep but unfortunately we were joined in our room by about 10 cockroaches!We killed them all and left their carcasses in the walls and on the ground for the guesthouse staff to see. A good but tiring day,2 moro its off to KL.Really looking forward to getting back to the cities after being in the sticks for the last while.

Team Domro