Back to nature Getaway.....

Today 28/4/2012 (Saturday), actually kat KL ada perhimpunan Bersih 3.0 – duduk bantah.  Because of avoiding all the massive traffic jams like what had happened during Bersih 2.0 last time, I decided to take a vacation. A perfect back to nature getaway. This time I chose Gopeng, Adeline’s Rest House.

This time aku pergi dengan Aznol. I hope he will enjoy the getaway…….

Pondok buluh- selesa

Bertolak dari Subang Jaya about 8.00am, non-stop sampai ke Gopeng menerusi PLUS highway. Setelah exit di Gopeng, kita orang just follow the map given by the rest house. Kinda easy. Tak sesat, terus sampai about 10.30am. Setelah checked-in kami terus ke rest house. Actually Adeline’s has 2 type of accommodations. Villa and rest house. Due to villas fully booked kami stay di rest house – a hut, pondok buluh actually…really back to nature…kesian aznol….. Almaklumlah, aku called for booking pun about a week je…lepas watched Astro Chanel 702, Discovery Perak.

After lunch provided by the rest house, we are preparing for our caving activities. Sounds like fun, the last time I went for caving was on February, Gua Gelap, Gua Keris and Gua Pahlawan (kot..forgotten), sewaktu XPDC Gunung Stong with Alesco Explorer Club (AEC) kat Kelantan.

Gua Kandu

Gua Kandu, Gopeng gua pilihan. Actually ada 2 gua, satu lagi is gua tempurung. But due to masa yang suntuk kami just pergi Gua Kandu. This time, aku dan Aznol tak pergi berdua sahaja. We are accompanied by  a group of 10 from Negeri Sembilan. Trekkers Along & Andrew. Big group is enjoying too…..much much better dari if pergi berdua je. They are fun and friendly.

Dari rest house, cuba teka kami pergi naik apa? Naik lorry….!!!Duduk kat belakang.  Terasa macam lembu nak disembelih plak…hahaha…

atas lori, perjalanan dari rest house to gua kandu takes about 15 minutes

Trekker habaq kat kami, it takes about 2hours for this caving trip. Perjalanan bermula dengan a short jungle trekking, tapi letih gak la coz terpaksa mendaki guna tali. Tak perlu laju-laju coz we are not in a race, we are here to enjoy mother nature. Sambil trekking sambil melihat keindahan alam ciptaan Allah.

Biasalah dalam gua gelap, so  torch light is required. Nasib baik aku ada bawak…. Terpukau gak la aku tengok all the stalagtite & stalagmite formation dalam gua ni. Keajaiban alam ciptaan tuhan. Terjadi akibat titisan air beratus-ratus tahun…masyaAllah….. Tapi tak boleh sentuh, coz ditakuti akan membantutkan formation tersebut… let’s let nature works by itself okay….

unik

Gua Kandu caving activity is really adventurous, macam-macam gaya kita orang buat…. Bukan setakat berjalan, mendaki tapi merangkak, melompat etc. Agak lasak, that’s what we are looking for actually. Di bahagian gua yang agak curam, tali disediakan. So we all kene lah buat macam-macam gaya, jalan ketam, jalan kebelakang…. Letih gak la…. Seronok!!!

Malam, we are served with barbeque …. First class…memang terbaik dari ladang….

satay, bbq daging, udang, ayam,  bamboo soup....marvellous

Malam ada activity night jungle trekking, kalau berminat boleh la join…. Tapi aku just duduk lepak je la….

The next day, after breakfast lots of fun activities are waiting. These pictures enough to tell how enjoy this getaway is…..

ATV kat ladang kelapa sawit..thrill

Ulu Geruntum waterfall

water abseiling

Percutian kali ini memang seronok. Terputus hubungan dengan dunia luar- no hp, no internet, no tv and no radio….totally terputus. Yang ada cuma all the guests, flora & fauna, dan komuniti orang asli. Hinggakan aku terlupa hari.... suasana sekeliling tenang, bersih, nyaman dan hijau….. and the people who I just met – they’re very friendly.

terbaik....definitely will come again

Apabila sampai di rumah, aku pun start on facebook…. Terkejut!!! Some of my friends updated their status on the Bersih 3.0 issue. Videos & photos, semuanya menunjukkan keganasan, huru-hara. Seketika aku rasa, bestnya kalau aku terus tinggal kat Adeline’s. Tenang, aman, dan segar….. Suddenly, I decided apabila dah pencen nanti nak stay kat Muar, Johor – my kampung. Hoping at that time, Muar still like today- unchanged. Some place we need to keep it untouched……….

p/s: ooo...in the end of the getaway, Aznol admits he enjoyed it and asks me for next back to nature trip....