KK 4

Started out the day with the hunt for the elusive Rafflesia flower. Stinky thingy that takes 12 months to develop a bloom. We found two and had to pay to see them. Its on private land, near the hot spring area. Took a 2.5 hour cab ride there just to see the flower. Since this one bloomed two days ago, the stink is gone. A flower lasts max one week. We later saw another flower so the trip was quite worth it.


There were flies in the middle, that help polinate. Flowers are single sexed.


We want to see the waterfall!!!


The river from the hot spring. Notice its not clear but milky. There's sulfur in it. Mineral hot spring.


The river we crossed while looking for the rafflesia.


Some exotic insect spotted on a tree trunk


The river again. Wonder how this would go with a white water raft...


The hot spring pool. Temperatures go up to 60C, minimum 45C


The sign at the right hand says no putting your feet in pool, no putting chicken eggs in pool to cook. Probably too many cracked and dirtied the waters.


We skipped the pool first and went on a canopy walk. Its 41m above the ground, the highest in malaysia. On one of them I wobbled the thing so much the girls were getting snappy at me.


Dont know where this picture came from.


The plank walk was divided into three sections. The elevated feeling quite nice.


Whatever you do, dont look down.


Holding tight


After the canopy walk, we head for the waterfall and bat cave.


The 10meter tall waterfall. There's another fall much much farther away thats 120m tall, but no time to trek that.


Nice.


Show off


Wayang queen


Bat cave. Difficult to get in. Only me and Teren went down.


See the bat? top right quarter of the pic


after the long trek, we soaked our tired legs in the hot spring. It really is very hot, especially on an equally hot day.


cubicles for personal use.


Red tap for hot spring water, green for cold tap water, mix to taste.


Travelling back to town, we stopped by the city's watch tower.


evening view of the TAR islands. Lots of corals there, but I cant swim.


The city


Also went to the tallest building in the state there. 32 storeys I think.


groupie


Dinner was Bak kut teh!




Teren got a shock that the meat was so little and so ordered a bowl of personal ribs to satisfy his daily protein intake requirements.





In 4 days, 2 guys drank 13 1.5l bottles of mineral water. Who says all camels have humps?