Gunung Irau

  Guess I have to finish off Gunung Irau before I can proceed to the juicy Gunung Tahan, that you viewers like to read so much about.

Gunung Irau is our second and last training session before we go for our hike at Tahan. I have to admit, at the time I thought it as insuffiecient.

Gunung Irau is located at Cameron Highlands. I believe, if you have seen our local Malaysian Movie of Puteri Gunung Ledang, you would see a scene or two from Gunung Irau’s area. We had to drive to Kampung Raja and then up into some tea plantation before we can start our hike.

Dscn0907  Most of the way up Gunung Irau, we could see lots of Moss and for the first Leg a lot of tourist also. As we went deeper, the moss and fauna seem to be healthier. There was also lots of mist, so the photos you see might be a bit blurry.

The second leg we encountered was mostly flat land. When I say flat I mean hill flat as in, we have to go up and down slopes, but still we remained at the same altitude most of the time.

The third leg, we had to climb up hill. I am guessing its around 60 degrees. Dscn0921You can see how steep it is in the pic. We had to go through lots of tree roots to get to the top. Can’t really remember but I think I fell once at least. If you think that is scary, guess what happened when we went down hill, it rained. That made it more slippery. And guess what one of my friends said when it started to rain, she said "wah, this is nice, we have been wishing it to rain since the last time… this is so adventurous". Here we are fearing for dear life and she is enjoying our misfortune. She is indeed incredible and not to mention, one of the kind.

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   The last leg. We reached the summit. Along the way, we saw shrinking fauna like this Monkey’s Cup. Quite misty up there also. You know, when we reached the top it was a pityful sight. The sign of Gunung Irau was in a bad shape and thrash everywhere. Put me in jail if the government wants, but Dscn0927_1Malaysians should really take care of their wonders more. A sight that makes the eyes sore.

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