Gunung Jerai! - Part 2

At 8.30am that very Saturday morning, we started the ascend up Gunung Jerai.While climbing the mountain, we saw some breath-taking panoramic view, a truly unforgettable experience. This picture is taken only half way up the mountain, imagine how nice it would be up at the peak..


Alas, we (my group) reached the plot site. Nope the plot site does not include the road. And yes it is full of shrubs, trees, vines, and leeches! Being professional foresters, we collected all needed data efficiently and effectively =)


So tada its a picture taken at the first plot site. Woohoo a peacher plant! I am so excited, lol


Completed the study at 1pm, now we walked up the peak. On the way, saw someone collecting jewel orchid plants. It is said that jewel orchids can improve sex.
So after syoik sendiri at the peak, we declared we have climb to the top of Gunung Jerai. Satisfied, we went downhill, on the way down we had lunch. Right after lunch, a truck carrying bitumen came and offered to take us down. We accepted the offer and load up the back of the truck, went down the mountain. I can't seem to forget the warm bitumen we were standing on the back of the truck. Luckily the bitumen is not warm enough to melt our rubber shoes!


At mid hill, we had time to relax. Just then a friend got attacked by a leech! lol After sprinkling medicated oil on it, it detached itself from the leg, then twist and twirl in irritation, and met a horrible end. eww..

This is taken at mid hill, and thats my lecturer Dr. Nazre.
After a short wait at mid hill, vans came and take us down, all 86 students and a few demonstrators plus a lecturer down the mountain back to base.
its a 20 minutes trip down to base, hungry and exhausted, we went into the bus and slept awhile.
At 4.30pm we decided to leave the base to find dinner to dapau or to take away. Feeling hungry, suddenly we felt so happy, Yes, we thought we found a place to eat at a nearby town, a malay noodle shop. Initially we were all elated. The shop owner was happily JUAD thinking he'll be doing the business of 90plus people. Then all were disappointed, his shop only served soup, noticably the mee rebus(a soup mee), but no mee goreng (fried mee). Geeesh, thus, the bus driver himself decided that we will dapau dinner further up in the town. After dapauing we went to the Dorms in the Forestry Department of Kedah to spend the night.
Bellow is a lake adjacent the dorms in the Forestry Department of Kedah

To be continued...