Who:- Me, Chee Leong, Kok Leong and Gus
When:- 26th April 2009
7.00-7.30a.m.
-Chee Leong (together with Kok Leong and Gus inside the car) came to my house (baiknya) to fetch me.
-Reached Maxwell Hill.
- Warmed up
-Begin our hiking at 7.30a.m.
7.30-11.30a.m.
-After 15 minutes of hiking, Ah Kok complained of tiring already.
-Really tough to hike, since so long didn’t hike.
-A relief when we reached the 1st pondok, saw some uncles and aunties ‘yam cha’ at there.
-Rested for 5 minutes.
-Continued our hike.
-Saw one bugger running, Gus and Chee Leong ‘beh syok’ and say that he sure pomcat want. Maybe that fellar want to lansi kot….
- Joke and laugh all the way to 2nd pondok.
- Rested at 2nd pondok for a couple of minutes and then continue again.
- Gus said that we should take our breakfast at 3rd pondok. We mar like ok, since Gus been to the top before.
-After quite a long hike, pondok no.3 is nowhere to be seen. We curiously ask Gus whether the pondok is still far away or not. Gus kept insisting that the 3rd pondok is very near.
-After we ‘belived’ that Gus is talking the truth, we continue to hike some more, despite our stomach growling.
-Another 15 minutes of hiking, we ‘beh tong’ already.
-We stopped at the roadside.
- We sat down at the concrete-like- bench and had our light breakfast. I shared my mum’s homemade egg sandwich with them. Chee leong pula ate his ‘roti berkrim’ .
-While we were eating, there was a bunch of ‘natives’ ( you know who am I talking rite??)passed by us. Chee Leong overheard them saying that we were ‘uncles’(means that we were weak la).
-We continued our journey after 10 minutes of break.
-Kok Leong terus branded them as ‘monkeys’ after watching them do silly and stupid stuffs. (ex. mimicking monkey’s voice, throwing rocks to the trees)
-Continue searching for 3rd pondok (and Gus still insisting that it is nearby)
- Saw a few jeeps going up. Spotted a few ‘leng lui’s’ inside.
-Reached Tea Garden. (after approximately 40 minutes of hiking from the concrete place)
- Break a while at there. I ate my mum’s sandwich to gain energy.
- Kok Leong and Gus were busy gulping water. Chee leong pula went to a toilet (man-made 1, not natural) at there. After doing his ‘business’ he told us that it was the worst toilet he had ever been.
-Rested bout 5 minutes and then we continued our hiking.
-Lost sight of the ‘monkeys’ already.
- Reached the waterfall. Gus wanted to drink the water but reluctant to do so after Kok Leong and Chee Leong joked, ‘You know ar Gus.. The water u bout to drink are from the mixing of monkey’s pee + Uncle bathing on top and + Hiker’s spits…..’ We all LOL.
- Well it’s just a joke anyway.
-Still a long way to the top.
-Chee Leong started to listen to his mp3.
-Saw a jeep go up. Inside got a few boys. Ah Kok joked that if there were another jeep going up with boys inside, he will took off his shirt and wear a shirt with the words “Jeep are only for pussies!!!” written in it.
-We all laugh-out-loud again.
-Break at roadside to have a drink.
-Another 30 minutes of walking, and we finally reached our destination.
11.30-12.00
-We were so happy when we reached the tower. The structure of the tower reminded me of the tower from the movie ‘Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers’.
-Never forget to snap the beauty of the hills there. (check the pics below)
-After that, was the bridge. It also reminded me of the monkey bridge where our seniors built during scouts camp. Snap a few pics at there. (see below)
12.00p.m-3.00pm
-Reached the cafeteria.
-Ordered teh tarik.
-I did not ordered any food cause still haven't finish eating egg sandwich. Ah Kok ordered nasi lemak. Quite cheap. Only RM1.50. And its satisfying. (according to Kok Leong la)
-After our stomach finished digesting the food, we resume our journey. (sek pau mou ye chou)
-We arrived to a wooden table and chair where we could not ressist the temptation of looking to something. (not girls yea, we are not pervert).
- It was the most beautiful sight that I’ve ever saw. The view of the whole Taiping town!!!
-I could not imagine that Taiping was such a huge town. We were all busy snapping the beauty of Taiping town. (Check the pics below. We forgotten to bring camera go. (aherm) So the quality of the pics is kinda sucks. )
-Gus was busy finding Tesco la, Taiping Sentral la..
-After staring at the perfect view of Tpg, we resume back our journey.
-Reached Cendana Hut and Café.
-Took a stroll around there.
-Break.
-There was a road up in front from the place we were resting. We debated whether we should continue hiking or not as we were out of energy already.
- All of us agreed of continuing the hiking.
-After a few metres of walking, my legs started to hurt. A kind Kok Leong (tipu punya) borrow me his Yoko-Yoko to help me relieve the pain. It did not help anyway.
-Chee Leong pula continue listening to his mp3.
-It was quite a long journey (approximately one hour of hiking from the Cendana) to the communication tower.
-Along, we saw a huge bee hive. It’s so big that it reminded me of Siew Hoong’s head. Lol. Its just a joke yea.. Too bad we forgot to snap a picture of it. We even debated again whether we should continue or not as the road lead us to nowhere.
But finally….
We reached it!!! The communication tower!!! Highest point if Maxwell Hill!!!
I am so glad that we did not stop halfway at there. Its definitely worth it.
2.00 pm
-Back at cafeteria
-Gus, me and Kok Leong ate Maggi cup. Chee Leong special 1. He ate Ramen, specially imported from Japan 1 lor.. Together with chopstick some more. All we had was plastic fork nia…
-As expected, a cup of noodles was not enough for Ah Kok. He went in (the cafeteria) and ordered a piece of drumstick.
3.00pm
-To end our journey, we took a jeep down to the foot of Maxwell. We were lucky enough that there was a jeep there to take us down. If not, we will have to walk down already.
-It costed us RM 4 each.
-We went back to our home sweet home around 3.45pm
It was indeed a one hell of a hike. We were all exhausted. But I am very thankful that I was given a lifetime experience with my buddies.
Thanks for the memories guys!!
So when are we gonna conquer Mt Kinabalu and Everest??
