Camping at Pantai Dickson, 13thmile, Taman Peranginan Mutiara, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan 4 February 2012

View from inside of the tent looking out in the morning.

View of the sea while we were dismantling our tent at noon. Is a nice area to camp. At night, the beach were loaded with land hermit crabs.

 

We trekked further down to the rocky part of the beach and explored the area.

Guys fishing.

Remis (Malay) or Lala (Cantonese) or Clam. Good stuff, edible. Stir fry with garlic and chilli.

More collection.

Eureka, never thought we would stumble upon a starfish this size in PD.

I feel very refreshed after every camping trip. In a way, I also feel liberated possibly because of I am able to live outside my comfort zone and still feel great. Continuous fresh water and sanitation facilities, at most times, are not available, but we survived. I thought we fret less these days.

Camping at RS campsite, Gopeng Perak 14 January 2012

RS camp site is located next to Earth Camp.

It is within the home compound of the very pleasant and humble Malay family.

Such a huge compound they have.

Call Shahril 012 592 8952

Campsite without tent - RM10 per adult. RM5 per child.

Raking the leaves.

There are few huts made by atok.

Pathway to the river.

Kampar river

Common bathing area.

Toilet.

Campsite from toilet area's view.

Goats welcoming us.

Hui tying up the flysheet.

At such youg age, Umaila, Umaiza and Zulkifli played hosts to the children with warmth and kindness.  

Umaila invited the children to her home, to check on the newborn kittens.

When Umaila said "Jom", En asked what that means.

En's leaves necklace to Umaila.

Rambutan!

A big bag of mangosteen and rambutan given to us by the host family.

I used a long bamboo stick to harvest the papaya while dad caught it from below.

Kids yelped with excitement.

Hui and Tisha cooked for us.

Night concert, with ground sheet as curtain for the stage.

I woke up by the splattering of raindrops on the tent. Such nice weather to doze off again.

The extra flysheet shield made cooking possible under the rain.

Bundle of ropes for setting up extra shield etc.

Auto inflatable pillow. Love it to bits.

Less than RM20. 

Check Evergreen.

On the way home, we saw a group of children plucking mangosteen.

They passed us some.

Chempedak in season too.

Spelunking Tour 4(Grand tour) at Gua Tempurung, Gopeng, Perak 14 January 2012

Grand tour starts every half hour from 9am to 11am.

Our tour took about 4.5 hour to complete. It was highly strenuous for me but the children found it not.

Tour packages at Gua Tempurung

Previously Hui ended at Tour 2 and we waved goodbye as dad and En climbed down the over 200 steps to the dark cave to complete Tour 3.

Today, Hui decended the stairs with us to complete Tour 4. From these steps onward, the cave was in total darkness.

Some Chinese inscription on a rock.

Slid on our bum all the way down (below) 

And jumped down.

Water level at Hui's waist.

Some part of the caverns come with rather low ceilings.

From afar, I thought I saw white styrofoam boxes lay strewn everywhere in the dark. It turned out to be white shining rocks.

A total pitch dark. Headlight is a must for Tour 3 and 4.

Reached the end of the cave where we came to lush jungle greenery.

The adults admired a brave 4.5 year old Hui. 

Amazing rock formations.

We have to creep through this very low opening.

Sliding down a 9meter high cliff.

Here comes Hui.

Jumped into the hole and moved away before the next one jumped onto you.

Walked through all sorts of rock formation.

Yay! Finally, the end of the torture and my body ached terribly.

Read Tour 2 and Tour 3 at Gua Tempurung