Two days off for the weekend! Our lie in consisted of staying in bed till 7.30! The other two had gone off to doing the outings at Semengogh and the fairy caves. The girls had gone to Kuching to get their Wifi fix. Mel and I sat for a few hours, feeding our bodies with coffee and exchanging life stories, while our bodies groaned with aches and pains.
But before long the coffee took effect and we decided to definetly not work but instead go on a meander through the forest to another waterfall. Leisurely some might say! Incorrect. We stormed ahead and quickly got lost by the campsite still within the centre. A local school had been camping and a few of the students insisted on taking our picture. They were giggling at us, whether it was in pity or what it am not sure but they seemed fascinated by these weird white girls lost and confused.
Luckily they managed to grasp our predicament and sent us in the right direction. We now had coloured trees to guide us but it wasn't all plane sailing. About 45 minutes in there were odd noises above us, we spotted a orangutan nest but could not see anything. It was eerie and the light was grey not tropical as it had been. The air was cool and the noises continued. We picked up the pace only to come to a small river which we had to cross. We made it over and the atmosphere changed back to nice jungle.
From this point in we were climbing over trees and veering off track, clearly this was an unused path. Eventually after the last hill climb we reached our destination. It wasn't half as spectacular as the other one but we had done it on our own without a guide. If you have ever jungle walked you will know this is quite an achievement. We stripped to our bikinis and had a paddle before resuming the tanning position. It was a perfect opening in the canopy to catch a few rays.
We started to get a bit warm so packed up and headed back. Again at the eerie bit we freaked out and basically jogged till we were out the other side. We got home in just under an hour and had some leftovers for lunch. We were both exhausted so we had a snooze and caught up on our diaries/blogs.
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