Lost In Nature (5 Sept to 8 Sept)
Hello guys, thanks for waiting. Haha, anticipating to read about my trip to Gopeng, Ipoh? Anyone? Sorry for the late post, was really busy these few weeks. Working for everyday, LITERALLY EVERYDAY. Anyways, let us start shall we.
Waking up as early as 500 AM to get ready to leave the house to meeting point at Woodlands train Check Point. Of course, you can't expect to go HEY YO SUP HOW ARE YOU to other people when you meet them for the first time as meeting point right? You need to warm up, get to know them first, am I right?
Nonetheless, bonds were formed along the way. :)
The trip begin with a train ride. YEAH MAN, TRAIN RIDE! CHOO CHOO! I was getting excited of course. My first train ride after 10 long years! Who's not excited you tell me?
Train Ride
Well, the train was ok. Really ok. I was kind of disappointed with the train. I was expecting a better train cabin. The interior was really bad. The seats stink and worse, the food was expensive. Worse than train rides in Myanmar I tell you. KTM, PLEASE REFURBISH YOUR TRAINS SOON. I spent about 40 RM in the train, just purely on food. I bet the train food vendor must be loving me a lot. The rest of the journey was awesome because everyone was getting excited. 'Nuff said.
The Camp (Earth Camp)
This I must admit. IT IS SO FAR THE BEST CAMP I EVER BEEN TO. Earth Camp really lives up to its name. The materials they used for bunks were made from recycled material. The toilets and bathrooms were made from recycled materials too. The camp was surrounded by nature. Take a look.
Train Ride
Well, the train was ok. Really ok. I was kind of disappointed with the train. I was expecting a better train cabin. The interior was really bad. The seats stink and worse, the food was expensive. Worse than train rides in Myanmar I tell you. KTM, PLEASE REFURBISH YOUR TRAINS SOON. I spent about 40 RM in the train, just purely on food. I bet the train food vendor must be loving me a lot. The rest of the journey was awesome because everyone was getting excited. 'Nuff said.
The Camp (Earth Camp)
This I must admit. IT IS SO FAR THE BEST CAMP I EVER BEEN TO. Earth Camp really lives up to its name. The materials they used for bunks were made from recycled material. The toilets and bathrooms were made from recycled materials too. The camp was surrounded by nature. Take a look.
Awesome isn't it?
The mountains behind the camp
The River
The Bunks
The Food. The meals were SUPERB!
The friendly cat in the camp. I named it SUSHI! No idea why. There were two other cats too. They were shy. :X
Our Banner
The Activities
Well, this camp really was challenging. The activities such as swift water rescue, high element climbing really challenge you mentally and physically. That made us prepared mentally and overcome our own fears. I wish I could show the photos but sadly I did not take the photos and the photographer has yet to upload the photos as well. White water rafting was one hell awesome experience. I miss my 10 RM Kampong Adidas shoes. Haha. Awesome it is, nuff said.
The "Lectures"
I was like, AHHHH! EXAMS JUST OVER-ED. WHY WE HAVE TO LISTENING TO LECTURES. But hey, I WAS PRETTY WRONG. The lectures delivered by Mr Lye, the boss of TAM (The Absorbent Mind) was really effective. I learnt a lot. Really a lot. Refer to my previous post.
And Last but Not Least, IPOH TOWN!
After about 40 minute journey from Gopeng town, we reached Ipoh town. Kinda reminds me of Kota Kinabalu. Not much to see, probably because it was too late by the time we reach there. I ordered a lot of food. REALLY A LOTTTTTT.
A LOT, ISN'T IT! AND I TOOK SOME MORE FOOD FROM MY FRIENDS TOO. SINFUL DINNER. BUT HECK!
And went to Tesco shopping mall, well, nothing much. I planned to take a deep shit in the town because I was uncomfortable with the toilets at the camp but the toilets at the shopping mall was, WOAH, WOAH. Nuff said. I decided to take a shit back at the camp instead.
Back to Reality, Back to Home
Someone told me, "you might not like the place you are visiting for the first time, but when you finally fallen in love with that place, it is time to leave that place". True enough, just as we are having fun and enjoying, the trip has come to an end. Well, it was a beautiful ending. It was fun, Earth Camp. It was worth every cents spent.
We took a train back to Singapore. Really no more comments on the train ride already bro.
To those days when we were really "Lost in Nature".
LEAP INTERMEDIATE IPOH 2012 (SEPT 05-08)