Our last night in D'Rock ended up being quite interesting and scary! At 4 am our "pet" lizzard tried to come through our door. It scratched it and eventually what felt like ages climbed to the roof. I was shitting myself! Our bed was right in front of the door and the noise was so loud we really thought it was gonna come through the door!! We were afraid to move and I already had a plan to throw my phone at it since i didnt have anything else!! I was so scared!!! All night we could here it somewhere on the roof and I was shitting myself that it's gonna find some hole to crawl into our room like the little ones.. I did not sleep. At all. We had to have a mission to get out from our room cause we were scared it's gonna be waiting us outside.. We could even see the marks on the door and how it had climbed up from the door!! :O
Well the journey to one of the world's oldest jungles started early and was exhausting. We took the taxi boats from the shore and swapped into this bigger boat to harbour. Our first driver was crazy and Steve got to enjoy this mans crazy driving from the front seat. We stopped at several places but the minibus still wasnt comfy at all. Jumping on the back seat, sun boiling on me and my throat hurting like fuck, Steve on the front seat with no leg room.. Eventually around 6 pm we got dropped off in the middle of nothing. We checked that hotel with the others on the minibus but all of us decided to continue walking closer to the "center". Walking around what felt like ages we eventually ended up to this hostel called Dakili with nice old lady running the place. We paid 50 ringgits for our room with fan. Breakfast and wifi included.
The trek was easy as we walked on these wooden things the whole way. At one point there were men sitting around in the jungle and asking for our camera permissions papers. If you don't have it you can be fined for 10 000 ringgits and sentenced to three years in prison! The canopy was nice (cost us 5 ringgits each) but quite scary, as the highest point was around at 40 meters! The walk itself was around 2 kilometers. On the way back to our place we stopped to eat at these floating restaurants on the river.
Then we got back, had a nice rest and showers. At 6 pm it was a night market time. It was only held once a week and it gives local people chance to buy toys for kids etc. It was nice to taste a bit different local foods and sweet things. Almost straight after it was night safari time with 4x4 jeep. We paid 70 together for 2 hours. It was terrible. We got 90 minutes and saw a cat, a snake and a bird!
My throat situation (glands) got worse and worse every day. :( After a night of sweating we woke up for breakfast and no one was there.. The whole day was so weird, we didn't really see that many people anywhere. Chost town. In the Morning we went to this local clinic to get some medicine for my throat. The place was some kind of maternity clinic and I was terrified they thought that I was pregnant. After some hassle and registering myself to their clinic I got to see this doctor who actually to our surprise talked english. I paid 23 ringgits to register to the clinic, the doctor's appointment and three different medicines.
Since I didn't feel great at all I stayed at the hotel and Steve left for a hike by himself. Three ours later I got my sweaty man back. Then we had a social media afternoon updating pictures and talking to people via Skype. We were sweating so much even tho we just sat in the shadow!! We tried to track down the owner to pay one more night. Since we couldnt find her we went down to the floating restaurants to eat and chose a different one this time and it turned out the be a really bad decision, it was the worst food we had eaten on the whole trip. Also to top off the bad experience we were the only ones there when we were drowned out by a tour group meeting.. Akward silence while we sat and ate.. We got back to our room and eventually found the woman. We had to tell her what we had paid since she couldnt remember. :D Then we collected the laundry which we had given her the previous day. It still smelled so bad and Steve wasn't too bothered but I was. We got the money back from her eventually. Then after all the hassle it was food time at the village again but we ended up watching badminton Malaysia - South Korea. Final meal at this fly, bug, cat infested place..
Two nights in Taman Negara had now come to an end and a new day with a new destination was ahead of us.
Notices:
Well the journey to one of the world's oldest jungles started early and was exhausting. We took the taxi boats from the shore and swapped into this bigger boat to harbour. Our first driver was crazy and Steve got to enjoy this mans crazy driving from the front seat. We stopped at several places but the minibus still wasnt comfy at all. Jumping on the back seat, sun boiling on me and my throat hurting like fuck, Steve on the front seat with no leg room.. Eventually around 6 pm we got dropped off in the middle of nothing. We checked that hotel with the others on the minibus but all of us decided to continue walking closer to the "center". Walking around what felt like ages we eventually ended up to this hostel called Dakili with nice old lady running the place. We paid 50 ringgits for our room with fan. Breakfast and wifi included.
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| Our breakfast Place. Spot the chicken! :D |
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| Where we stayed in |
On that night we went to the "center" of Taman Negara which was literally a 50 metre long street with three places to eat. The next morning we were up early and headed to the park head quarters across the river (30 seconds). We paid our camera fee 5 ringgits each and entrance to the park 1 each. Then we headed to the Canopy walk up in the trees.
The trek was easy as we walked on these wooden things the whole way. At one point there were men sitting around in the jungle and asking for our camera permissions papers. If you don't have it you can be fined for 10 000 ringgits and sentenced to three years in prison! The canopy was nice (cost us 5 ringgits each) but quite scary, as the highest point was around at 40 meters! The walk itself was around 2 kilometers. On the way back to our place we stopped to eat at these floating restaurants on the river.
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| Steve spotted this poisonous snake ! |
Then we got back, had a nice rest and showers. At 6 pm it was a night market time. It was only held once a week and it gives local people chance to buy toys for kids etc. It was nice to taste a bit different local foods and sweet things. Almost straight after it was night safari time with 4x4 jeep. We paid 70 together for 2 hours. It was terrible. We got 90 minutes and saw a cat, a snake and a bird!
My throat situation (glands) got worse and worse every day. :( After a night of sweating we woke up for breakfast and no one was there.. The whole day was so weird, we didn't really see that many people anywhere. Chost town. In the Morning we went to this local clinic to get some medicine for my throat. The place was some kind of maternity clinic and I was terrified they thought that I was pregnant. After some hassle and registering myself to their clinic I got to see this doctor who actually to our surprise talked english. I paid 23 ringgits to register to the clinic, the doctor's appointment and three different medicines.
Since I didn't feel great at all I stayed at the hotel and Steve left for a hike by himself. Three ours later I got my sweaty man back. Then we had a social media afternoon updating pictures and talking to people via Skype. We were sweating so much even tho we just sat in the shadow!! We tried to track down the owner to pay one more night. Since we couldnt find her we went down to the floating restaurants to eat and chose a different one this time and it turned out the be a really bad decision, it was the worst food we had eaten on the whole trip. Also to top off the bad experience we were the only ones there when we were drowned out by a tour group meeting.. Akward silence while we sat and ate.. We got back to our room and eventually found the woman. We had to tell her what we had paid since she couldnt remember. :D Then we collected the laundry which we had given her the previous day. It still smelled so bad and Steve wasn't too bothered but I was. We got the money back from her eventually. Then after all the hassle it was food time at the village again but we ended up watching badminton Malaysia - South Korea. Final meal at this fly, bug, cat infested place..
Two nights in Taman Negara had now come to an end and a new day with a new destination was ahead of us.
Notices:
- when people shake hands they touch their heart after (Taman Negara)
- Steve was still too tall everywhere
- Some young kids want to work with tourists cause it gives these "jungle kids" opportunity to learn from the "other world" as one young lad told us.
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