Aftermath of the Batu Caves Trip~

Okay~ I'm finally done with my essay~ So i can sit down and really blog about the trip. Its going to be LOOONG... So bear with it yeah? Hahaa!!

(Monday) Day 1:
There are 27 people going on this trip and 9 is in the group that i'm in. Its made up of 4 ladies and 5 men. Mixed nationalities~ So anyway, the 9 of us met up at jurong point NTUC at about 7.30pm to go shopping for our breakfast and mobile lunches. We bought many things including bread, nutella, sausages, fish luncheon, biscuits and drinks~! After that we went to meet the rest of the team at Kranji MRT where we took 170 to Larkin Interchange in JB. At Larkin, we had Macdonalds for supper and waited till 12.30am for the bus to KL~

(Tuesday) Day 2:
We slept most of the way to KL and when we reached, it was only about 5am~! the guide would arrive only at 6.30am. So we had our breakfast at this shop next to where we dropped off. Pratas!!! Okay, anyway, the guide can and we board this "maxi" cab! I forgot to take pictures of the vehicles but its like a mpv, family car. We had 7 girls squeezing at the back of the vehicle when its supposed to only carry 5~ Haha! It was fun squeezing~! We reached Batu Caves a little too early, so we jus sat around at the entrance, waiting for the place to open. We were scolded by the people at the Indian Temple, outside the place, becoz we were too loud~ Haha!!

The initial part of Batu Caving was kinda boring as it was the "educational" part, talking about the different rocks and minerals etc etc... There was this part where we were all jumping around becoz there was so many cockroaches on the floor! I was one of them jumping around~ Can't imagine having them crawl up my leg! I was one of the first to get poo-ed on by the bats~! There were so many flying around above us and i was the unlucky one~ Haha! After the educational part, we went on to the ADVENTURE CAVING part. We had to crawl and wriggle thru very tight places where the space was only enough for the helmet to go through. Its amazing how the guide got thru~! It was a nice experience overall~ except the last part where we had to walk through either a puddle of muddy water or sticky mud~ Haha!

After caving, we had to wash up in order to board the cabs and the toilet guard didn't allow us to wash up OUTSIDE the toilet and insisted that we pay the 1RM to bathe~! Haha! It was quite funny if the guy wasn't so rude. I'm sure 1RM is not a problem for all of us. We were just annoyed with his attitude~ Haha! After washing up and mobile lunching, we went on to the next part of the trip, NATURAL ROCK WALL CLIMBING~

I managed to climb 3 different routes and one of them was 6A level in difficulty (whatever that means~) Haha!! It was really an achievement for me and i feel that natural rock wall was so much more easier then the indoor ones we have in singapore becoz all the holes and cracks can be used as finger and foot holds~! I wanted to do abseiling down the wall, but it took too much time jus to queue for my turn. So i gave up and went for my 3rd and final climb instead~ Oh ya! And i was poo-ed on the 2nd time here... This time its bird poo! Lucky~! Wahahaa!!

After climbing, we went for dinner at this place where we ordered fried rice, fried mee and horfun etc etc. It was only 4.50RM. But we were stupid enough to order another plate of sweet and sour pork that cost us 15RM~! Hahaha!!

After dinner, we went to our dorms which was actually an education centre with all the posters, pictures and even those preserved insects, amphibians and reptiles! Urrgh~ The rooms was pathetic, the toilet was worse! But for the price we paid, we can't complain much~ We were happily playing cards and singing songs until this people came and lecture us about nature, rules and regulations. Imagine, lights out at 11.45pm~! Haha! So we had no choice but to slp early. Me Eileen and Rachel shared 2 beds, but by the time we woke up, Me and Eileen had to squeeze into 1 bed already~! Haha!

(Wednesday) Day 3:
We woke up at 7am, washed up, had our breakfast and went to the last place. CANYONING! Also known as ABSEILING down a WATERFALL!! Before we reach the abseiling site, we had to track upwards for about 10 to 15min with all our bags and stuffs. It was not easy, and some parts was a little slippery, but it was still easier then the one we did for PE Residential Camp~ Anyway, when we reached the place, we decided to let the others abseil first while we took a dip in the cold water~ Luckily my camera was waterproofed, so i could take pictures from under the waterfall~ Haha!

Abseiling was FUN! Seriously fun~! Started with the easy route and was shivering like crazy while i was hooked up. I tink it muz be the cold water~ Haha!! (Not the fear ok??) Haha!! I was still shivering the 2nd time round, this time its really due to the cold water~ Haha! Imagine this, while i abseil down the slippery rocks, gushing water is flowing down and hitting my helmet so hard that it sounded like thunder cracking! Haha!

Trekking down was more difficult then up~ But still made it back in 1 piece~ Haha! When we reached the base, we bought the imitation ramly burger and i ta pao nasi goreng which i had for lunch today~ Haha! The rest of the trip was quite tiring and we slept through the bus journey back to larkin bus terminal. There we took 170 to the malaysia custom where we walked across the bridge to the singapore custom~! My knee was acting up but thanks to Lisi, i had an easier time~ Haha!! I shared cab with a friend and reached hall quite early, took a bath, unpacked and slept!

Thats bout all for the trip~ I'm left with the washing of my clothes and more work to be done~ Haha!!

I WANT MORE!!