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  • Day 12

    And into the forest we go...

    April 4, 2023 in Malaysia

    Today we started our day at 7 am to get ready for our trip into Taman negara rain forest. Starting at Cameron highlands we had a 3.5 hour drive with the mini Van to get to Kuala Tembling where we had lunch and switched to the riverboat. The boat trip on Sunglai Tembling took us 2 hours to get to Kuala Tahan. At our resort we took some rest and then did a walk through the nearby rainforest.
    A staff member told us that just in december an elefant strolled trough the resort and even broke some water pipes during his visit. So it was quite an uncomfortable feeling to find such sized poop on our afternoon walk through the wild.
    After a cozy dinner we had a guided night jungle walk. The guide pointed out many diffrent types of insects, some flourescent scorpions🦂, spiders🕷, millipeds🐛, gigantig ants🐜 and even a baby snake 🐍. It was great that within only about 750 meters from the resort there was so much wildlife to see.
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    Bereits vor em 7ni het üse Wecker glütet. Hüt morge is für üs entli in richtige Urwald gange. Damit mer aber det hi cho sind, hemmer zerst mitm Mini Van 3.5h müesse noch Kuala Tembling fahre. Det hemmer denn en Zmittag gnosse, bevor mer mitm Boot 2h lang ufem Sunglai Tembling noch Kuala Tahan gfahre sind. I üsem wunderschöne Resort hemmer denn zerst moll chli entspannt und d Umgebig erkundet. En Mitarbeiter vo do het üs verzellt, dass im Dezember letscht Johr en Elefant durs Resort spaziert isch hend und sogar Wasserleitige kaputt tramplet het. Es bitz es mulmigs Gfühl hemmer denn scho becho, womer gwüssi Hinterlasseschafte vo Elefante ufem Weg entdeckt hend.
    Nocheme feine Znacht simmer denn au scho uf üsi erst richtig Aktivität gange. Mer hend mitm Guide en Night Jungle Walk gmacht. Mer hend unteranderem Skorpione🦂, Spinne🕷, Tusigfüessler🐛, riese Ameise🐜 und sogar e Baby Schlange gseh. 🐍 es isch sehr idrücklich gsi, was alles so nöch a üs isch, obwohl mers gar nöd gseh hend.
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