Hiking Bukit Tabur

Bukit Tabur Hike

This is quite overdue but last week was very hectic for all of us. Starting with the hike to Bukit Tabur (2 Sundays ago), then last SUnday was spent working at KL Hilton for one of the new drug launch. As usual there were the normal pre-onsite preparations that needs to be dealt with....I should be used to it by now but it is still tiring. However, glad to say that both events (the hiking trip and the launch event) were big successes.

I'm not going to report about the launch event as that is work related but the hiking trip was sooo worth it. The hiking experience that I have done before were mainly in HK (Tai Tam Reservoir, Mc Lahose Trail, Dragon's Back). It was quite easy.....and I have been spoilt by the convenience of hiking facilities provided there. And so this time, I thought it would be easy and managable too but oh God NNNOOOOOO!!! It was tough! Had I not had the physical bootcamp training, I don't think I'll be able to haul myself up...especially on the near vertical climbs.

In HK, the local authorities take care of such 'public parks' and provide hikers with proper trails, ralling and what not (to make it seasier for you) plus toilet facilities along the way. Plus if you go the the websites to learn about a new place that you are going to hike, they are enough information to let you know the distance that you are going to hike, the elevations and the level of difficulties. Which means beginners or amateur hikers like yours truly will be able to know which one to attempt and which one to just leave it to the experts.

And so....we took the climb on early Sunday morning. It was a steeped climb, involving those spiderman type of climbs. WE were told to buy the standard variety of garden gloves which I just could not imagine using it. But my oh my, had we not used those gloves...we would have come back with lots of blisters and cuts on on palms and fingers.

Though exertions was high, finally when reaching the peak....it was worth the pain because the view was just spectacular!!! Who would have thought that there's such views in KL.... Words just fail me, but I'll post the pictures soon so you'll know what I'm talking about.

We even found a small forest of moss field. Maybe to say a 'small forest of moss field' is a bit too much but according to Waikin who has been there earlier, the area was much bigger in her previous visit.
It was beautiful and unreal........add some wild flowers, fruit orchards, soothing background music (that involves a harp), a meandering stream, bring the temperature to 10degrees lower, imagine Ms Wannabee and a group of graceful ladies with flowing long hair (in a beautiful way, not the scary way) in grecian gowns...and it'll be close to Eden....hhmmm....

After that short interlude, it was time to go down. Going down was no joke either. It was about an hour walk, really long walk. By the time we reached our car, i think my knees felt like jelly.
Can't believed that I survived that....It was tough and ardous but it was sooo worth it! I loved it!

Ms Wannabee wants to be the jungle queen...