the Old River

it was the 15th of December 2006... 4 days after Camp '06. here we are again, Aaron, Andrew, Simon, Samuel and I ready for another Scouting activity. this time, we are really Scouting! scouting for a new campsite. we r heading to Sg. Tua. 1st, we met up in Asia Jaya train station, we got our one-day tickets that enabled us to take Putra-LRT trains and RapidKL busses to anywhere for the whole day only for 7 Ringgit!

1st, we headed to KL Sentral by train during the busy-hour at 0830 hours. had to wait in line to get on the train! jam packed trains stopped and went. i told the rest to split up and meet in KL Sentral. but fortunately, all of us got onto the same train. we stocked up some snacks for the road ahead in the 7/11 there and went searching for bus 109. it was a city bus to Titiwangsa, ah, thats the right one! next, we had to look for bus 2T3 that heads towards Warta Lama. when we stopped at Warta Lama, we took a little walk a round the small town. the time was 1035 hours

I was told to take a taxi from here towards Sg. Tua. but sometime felt weird, we were no where close to Sg. Tua, so we decided to ask the bus driver, he told us to take the 206 bus into Ulu Yam area. the 206 bus took us to a Petronas gas station where i met with Abang (i forgot who) who is a son to my mom's old friend, Uncle Wan. his son now works as a taxi driver, just what we needed. so, our next part of our journey was a taxi ride on a long winding and hilly road to a resort supported by the government.

we found good campsites and a really nice river. then we hiked up "supposedly" looking for the waterfall but instead we hiked up to no where. just a flat plane on top of a hill. the good part, was that it had a nice scenery of the mountains around.so, downhill we went again, we actually found another downhill trail on the otherside of the plane but we didn't want to risk getting lost. so we went down all the way back to the campsites, there we washed ourselves in the river, the water was cool and there was no "polusi".

after an ice-cream, i went around searching for more campsites and so i did. i found more campsites and a different part of the river which was a suitable place for river trekking. i managed to snap a few shots. a few were at the gazebo's just hanging out. then, at 1400 hours,it was time to go back, we called the taxi back and waited. Abang was right on time. he took us to the nearest bus stop from where he picked us up, and so we waited there for another bus.

bus 206, then bus 2T3 and 109 all the way back to KL Sentral. i treated everyone (including myself) to a cup of refreshing coconut drink.we walked around searching for food every chance we had. but in the end, we decided to take the LRT back to Taman Jaya and have our lunch in Amcorp Mall. it was 1725 when we sat down for our "lunch". i spent RM7.50 on that meal in a mamak stall. so, it was confirmed that i was full. so at 1800 hours, i parted from the team and headed back. went through the rain and nearly got myself into an accident again. a large Volvo came fast from my blindside and nearly hit me. thnx to the football skills, the "fake" and the "shimmy". once again, accident free. the driver gave me a gesture stating he was sorry.

the resort was quite a beauty but there was a price to pay for it. its a really nice place but its expensive. besides the healthy exercise hiking up that little hill, nice campsites, convenient facilities, a large area for different activities, a great river; we couldn't find the waterfall, the bamboos were far from the campsite, and the nearest town was a 13 Ringgit taxi ride away.