Jungle Trek number 9 and The Robinson Waterfall
Daniels Lodge, they know I'm in town, they have the reservation so all should be plain sailing from now on - hopefully. Yes, the lady at reception smiles and after formalities, the paperwork I mean, I am taken to room 103. It's ok for 30 Ringitt, about £6.50. A typical backpackers joint, pretty basic, shared bathroom, tv room and included Wifi. Being located at the end of a cul-de-sac means theoretically the place should be reasonably quiet at night!
Eating from cafes around here is about 50p more expensive comparing like for like. Most cuisine looks to be of Indian and Islamic origin, with the Chinese occupying the smart restaurants. Plenty of food courts, booths and cafes to choose from, all centrally located.
A short exploration around the local area today, nothing to strenuous on the first day of this highland expedition. The first main right, leads to the hospital and away from the main town. Past the school, and, oh what's this? A rather smart looking spider - medium sized, black with yellow stripes, how unusual. Makes a nice photo, one for the album anyway. A further 10 minutes of hiking and there's a sign - Robinson Waterfall, the arrow points right. That sounds like a nice trek, not that far away either as I can hear water gushing nearby.
A path beside the stream - its Jungle trek number 9 according to a sign carved in a stone. Starts as a well maintained path of flagstones for about a mile, then it's a track, not so well maintained in places with fallen trees to negotiate - all part of the fun though. It's quite thick jungle for the most part, but with gaps that allow something of a view across the canopy below. Also it's where the birds like to congregate, mostly the small kind, well camouflaged and hard to see. Wouldn't even know they were there if it wasn't for the constant twittering.
Plenty of flora around, but no sign of that rafflesia flower - that rare plant that flowers for about 2 days once in a blue moon. But here's a sight to behold, an orange bee hovers close to a nest of little gray bees, attacking any others trying to get at the nest, located inside a tree by the looks of things. A good photo and a little video clip of the action taken but, clearly not a good idea to get close, or even hang around, so let's hike on!
Another mile and not much in the way of the unusual, dangerous or even deadly has turned up and with clouds closing in its time for a U-turn. Back past the waterfall, not that spectacular as already mentioned but it adds that little bit of authenticity to a man made hiking trail, and of course always the chance of a rare and unusual bird hanging around - I just haven't spotted it yet.
Indian cuisine for tea tonight, similar to what I was eating in Penang - vegetarian curry basically, but 50-70p more expensive.
Daniels Lodge, they know I'm in town, they have the reservation so all should be plain sailing from now on - hopefully. Yes, the lady at reception smiles and after formalities, the paperwork I mean, I am taken to room 103. It's ok for 30 Ringitt, about £6.50. A typical backpackers joint, pretty basic, shared bathroom, tv room and included Wifi. Being located at the end of a cul-de-sac means theoretically the place should be reasonably quiet at night!
Eating from cafes around here is about 50p more expensive comparing like for like. Most cuisine looks to be of Indian and Islamic origin, with the Chinese occupying the smart restaurants. Plenty of food courts, booths and cafes to choose from, all centrally located.
A short exploration around the local area today, nothing to strenuous on the first day of this highland expedition. The first main right, leads to the hospital and away from the main town. Past the school, and, oh what's this? A rather smart looking spider - medium sized, black with yellow stripes, how unusual. Makes a nice photo, one for the album anyway. A further 10 minutes of hiking and there's a sign - Robinson Waterfall, the arrow points right. That sounds like a nice trek, not that far away either as I can hear water gushing nearby.
A path beside the stream - its Jungle trek number 9 according to a sign carved in a stone. Starts as a well maintained path of flagstones for about a mile, then it's a track, not so well maintained in places with fallen trees to negotiate - all part of the fun though. It's quite thick jungle for the most part, but with gaps that allow something of a view across the canopy below. Also it's where the birds like to congregate, mostly the small kind, well camouflaged and hard to see. Wouldn't even know they were there if it wasn't for the constant twittering.
Plenty of flora around, but no sign of that rafflesia flower - that rare plant that flowers for about 2 days once in a blue moon. But here's a sight to behold, an orange bee hovers close to a nest of little gray bees, attacking any others trying to get at the nest, located inside a tree by the looks of things. A good photo and a little video clip of the action taken but, clearly not a good idea to get close, or even hang around, so let's hike on!
Another mile and not much in the way of the unusual, dangerous or even deadly has turned up and with clouds closing in its time for a U-turn. Back past the waterfall, not that spectacular as already mentioned but it adds that little bit of authenticity to a man made hiking trail, and of course always the chance of a rare and unusual bird hanging around - I just haven't spotted it yet.
Indian cuisine for tea tonight, similar to what I was eating in Penang - vegetarian curry basically, but 50-70p more expensive.
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