Bong re-visited!

Well, yesterday was the re-visiting of Lumbong, and boy, has it changed much since we last went!

Met early at Kranji MRT with Candice, LG, KH, TQ and HH, the latter 2 going there to buy tickets for the Berkelah recce.

Basically, it was pretty early when we reached Larkin, and while we walked around to look at the prices of the tickets to Kuantan and KL, we were talking of the free strawberry milkshake that the last person to arrive (HH) had to provide. Or rather, it was just LG only.

Anyway, back to the story.

So HH and TQ left after getting the tickets (a whole stack of them too!), whilst the rest of us trooped off to catch the 9.30 bus departing from Larkin to Kota Tinggi. Reached Kota Tinggi pretty fast, and departed for the plantation after preparations.

After a quick (and almost non-existent) warm-up and 2 pointers from Candice, we're off!

Basically, the plantation trail has changed quite a bit since the last time I walked. That was...2 months ago? (Held in Sep) Almost mistook the wrong route inside there, but...I sort of recognised the turn, just that the vegetation really was making judgement difficult. Not to mention the limbo-rocks which we had to do. Not funny...Imagine with our big bags, and doing that. Haha!

It was a quick 6 hour up-down trek, and the jungle trail was quite alright, except a close brush with death with falling rocks (Survival Tip 1: Remember, never ever look up with your mouth open, and spectacles save the day!), getting injured with LP when we're in front of one another, laughing non-stop and acting like crazed participants...

And KH has shown us why he is proclaimed (unofficially of course) the King Of Lamers...

Candice: "On the way in, I saw a board that says 'Waterfall mining'. I wonder what they can mine at Lumbong."
KH: "of cos it's water la. That's how u get Mine-ral water mah."
(quoted from Candice & KH, all rights reserved)

And a whole lot of nonsense spilled out in this trek.

As we did not arrange for a cab to pick us up, in order to do a statistical test of the number of taxis coming into lumbong (quote from LG), it was found that on a weekday, 100% of the vehicles going into that area are headed for the Kota Tinggi Waterfall Resort.

Luckily, KH went over to the Resort and the security person helped us by getting a member to drive us out of the area in his car, and we paid RM15 for the ride. Pretty cool huh? But definitely, not to be done again for more than 4 people! *takes note*

Went back to JB, and looking at the jam at the Causeway (at 7.50pm!), we decided to go and have our dinner first at the nearby shopping mall (and reception from Singapore appears to be strong at higher levels, nearer to metallic objects at the food court)

So for ultimate fun, just throw a group of fun-loving friends up a waterfall trek, and you get your fun. No holds barred, 100% satisfaction!

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