woke up at 5am by daddy & ek...our ferry to mainland is at 630am...very sad seh....i wish i can just stay there longer....and im sure the rest also thinking the same as me....had our breakfast and waited for instruction to go to our ferry....it's a very windy morning...and the current was to strong for ferry to come near the island...so eventually we went to another resort pick up point, took a very exciting speedboat ride to the middle of the sea to take the ferry to mainland...very shiok haaa....reached terengganu at around 9am...started raining already...looked for the van that suppose to fetch us to the bus terminal....once at terminal, daddy they all started looking booth to booth to look for direct bus back to s'pore...and luckily there's a bus leaving at 1030am....everything seems to happen so fast and just like that i was alone in the bus terminal....luckily by then the rain already stopped...so i went to search for Ping Anchorage which my shifu recommended....to my surprise i found it in less than 15mins walk *phew* but too bad they don't have bus straight to taman negara....so i have to walk back to terminal and bought a tix to kuantan at 1pm!!! started raining again so i went to nearby mac to slack for another 2hrs....
it literally rained for the whole day....reached kuantan at around 5pm...and immediately went to buy tix to jerantut which is at 830pm!!! -_-""" my whole day was just waiting and taking bus from state to state haaaa....so i waited at the terminal, watching the only TV over there....coz it rained so heavily i cant go out to the shopping centre which is 2 streets away...sianz....finally 815, so i went to the pick up point to wait....meanwhile i met this pair of swedish dad & son....the son very playful...went to hold every person's hand whoever walked past him...i cant stop myself from laughing out and he came towards me and started playing with me!!! and u know what? the bus only arrived at 915pm!!! so so late....by then daddy they all aldy reached s'pore, and daddy had arranged a pick-up for me at jerantut bus station to the NKS hostel...so touched!!!! [= anyway, the swedish also going to jerantut and they were also planning to go taman negara...so cool right?? daddy and a 4-yr old son, oliver ^_^
by the time reached jerantut already 1am+...went to the van which daddy had arranged for me...and the little boy followed me! the dad was kinda lost so i offered him to come to the van since i think he cant possibly go anywhere under heavy rain...moreover oliver aldy inside the van dun want to get down lolx! there's no more 1-person room that night, so either i stay at the reception area or pay RM38 for a better room...then came a guy from USA asked if i wanna share a room with him so each of us only need to pay RM8....without much thinking i agreed...everyone must have thought i must be crazy but if u come to think of that, usually backpackers just want to cheap place to stay a night, nothing much else....anyway his name is abraham, considering him as a gorgeous guy yea! and he got a very bright smile [= he just got back from taman negara....and he actually drew me a map and share with me where to walk and where to be more careful and stuff....he already backpacked for almost 2yrs...spent 10months cycling around the whole the USA from state to state....then came to Asia....some places he will stay longer and work for awhile so as to travel to the next destination....so so awesome!!!!! we chatted till 3am then went to shower...by the time i shower back he already fell aslp...
16 March
woke up at 7am, took a quick wash up and started packing for my negara trip....i just brought along a set of clothing, my survival food, toiletries, handphone, camera, water thatz all....trying to bring the as minimal stuff as possible....say farewell to abraham as he setting off to KL...had breakfast at one of the coffee shop, then went to NKS HQ to plan my activities...so my plan was took a 3-hr boat ride to negara, check-in at ekonton hostel, main activities will be visiting asli village, night walk, canopy walk & trekking and cave exploration then take bus back to jerantut...and the swedish followed same activities as me [=
reached negara at ard 12pm...over there mainly all makan place are known as "floating restaurant" as they are just above the water....and these restaurant are also the tour agency at taman negara...so mine is actually NKS..check-in to a shared 8-bed room at RM10 per night...and i was the first person to stay in the room....kinda creepy...and later i found out that the last time daddy they all went also stay at the same room!!! lolx..after unloading all the unnecessary stuff, i went to explore around...since i got 2hr+ to my first activity: rapid shooting & asli village. went to kuala tahan where they have small markets there...wanted to look for gorang pisang but dun have!! so ended up i grabbed some curry puffs and malay cakes for lunch...went back to NKS at 3pm for my first activity...i supposed to only signed up for visiting the orang asli, but coz me & the swedish were the only ones doing this, so they put us share same boat with the rapid-shooting group so we actually doing 2 activities for the price of 1!!!! heee ^^
rapid shooting is a wet activity, basically u sit on the boat and it will pass by strong rapids along the river so u get a rocky and wet ride...something like rafting lahz....orang asli is original people who still live in the jungle and living with very basic necessities....they make their own fire, hunt for food, walking around naked and live in huts....over there, the people will teach u how they make fire and how they make their weapons for hunting....
went back NKS at ard 6pm....went to wash up and dry myself up abit...then go around looking for place to makan...so i went along the coastline from one restaurant to another to check out the price and food they offered...settled down at MaMa cafe owned by Han Travel and had pineapple pancakes & watermelon juice....talked to the abang working there and he ask me to join their night safari tour at 11pm...most of the agency had their night safari tour by driving 4-wheels and go to plantation, their night safari tour is taking boat ride and search for nocturnal animals along the shore or among the trees....the night trekking started at 8pm....and i have to take care of oliver since he likes to hold my hand lolx!! he very cute seh...keep using his tourchlight shining at leaves, flowers, trunks, etc....but he really can trek...*clap for oliver* he's not afraid of dark, insects and muddy grounds....and he never cry when he fell down....and just to emphsize again he only a 4-yr old boy yea ^^ apart from some insects, the only animal we saw is deer...which is very very far away from bumbun tahan observation hide...the tour ended at 1030pm...so i walked to Han Travel for the night safari tour....as it started to drizzle agter awhile, we got nothing to see!!! so sadx....went back at 12am+....coz it's high tide so i have to walk main road which doesnt have road lights!!!! luckily i got tourchlight but it's really very scary....from mainroad then turn into a smaller road which is a trail with only trees along the way....i can hear my heartbeat seh.....but i just keep walking till i see my hostel....by the time i reached my room aldy sweating alot seh...worst still i saw a bible on the bed which really freak me out...then i realised it's probably another backpacker sharing the room....my roommate turned out to be a guy, david, from KL....just came to relax coz he like the place so much....it's the 5th times he's been to negara aldy yea....
