Checkin' The Tracks

Calorieman is checkin' the tracks for safety. Must be an occupational hazard after all he is a pilot. He just has to have the tracks in immaculate order before we do our trekking...and the wife looks on at her husband being his nerdy best. I guess i forgot to tell him that the track to Gunung Tahan lies in yonder forest...a 130million year old rainforest and not on KTM's 50 year old track.

We are Invincible!

The pose says it all. Macho macho man...and woman. We are all set and ready to conquer the moutain. We came, we saw and we will conquer...right? This pose is dedicated to LP128! Joseph you are immortalised!!!

OMG!!!

Suddenly it dawned on her...that she is on 10 hour journey by rail to Merapoh, the northern entrance to Gunung Tahan....which some say is one of the toughest mountain trails to trek in Semenanjung Malaysia where there are no shopping malls, no manicurist, no pedicurist, no flushing toilets, no shower rooms or bath tubs, no powder rooms and no wi-fi.

OMG!!!

Virgins Rarin to Go!!!

Our midnite train stopped at Merapoh and my 3 Virgins were all excited and rarin to go. Perhaps it was the fresh morning air of the kampung, perhaps the long journey (almost 10 hours) on our KTM Senandung Malam or perhaps it was the months of anticipation and little preparation apart from CaloryMan's shopping spree for food which was purchased with scientific and mathematical accuracy right down to the daily caloric intake. My 25% was busy shopping for the right shoe which she finally found with that perfect pink lining. Smeagol & I were just busy with other stuff and left our shopping right down to the very last day.

We were all excited and anxious with taking the first step into the million year old rainforest.