Gunung Chamah 2171 meters
Gunung in Malay literally means mountains with an elevation of 1,000meters and above. In Peninsular Malaysia, there are several of these mountains located along the main mountain ranges called the Titiwangsa Range. On one of these popular mountain peaks is the Gunung Chamah with an elevation of 2171 meters. During the heydays of communist insurgency, this area was totally out of bounds for ordinary citizens. However, after the peace agreement between the Malaysian government and the Communist Party of
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Gua Musang
This is Gua Musang town which is located in the heartlands of Kelantan state....
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the hilux we hired
The hired hilux that took us to the Orang Asli settlement from Kuala Betis.
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A dusty ride
It was a dusty two hour ride on bumpy road.
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A logging road
a typical logging road in Malaysia
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cooling off
stopping half way for cooling off.
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Orang asli settlement
houses for Orang asli closer to the town area.
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another settlement.
reaching Pos Sempoh, an Orang Asli settlement deep in the forest.note...
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Children
Orang Asli children gathered for photography.
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a simple pondok ( rest/waiting area )
participants waiting for Orang asli mountain guide and porters
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toys
children's toys made of ratans and wood. It's their only playing toys...
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solar power
deep in the forest, where there is no proper amenity, the best way is...
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the last stop over
arriving at the starting point for the climb.
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lunch break
getting down for forest trekking.
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soil erosion
improper maintainance of logging road causes soil erosion making it...
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the hilux left us
posing for group photograph
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Orang asli children
two hours walk on the eroded logging road, we reached another settlement.
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Pos Rekoh
stopping for rest at another settlement call "Pos Rekoh" and the last...
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simple life
this last settlement consist of only five houses with a populaton of...
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1st camp
after trekking for sometime, we arrived at the 1st camp for the night.
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the 2nd day
getting ready for the next hike to summit.
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summit task
group photograph before the start of 10-12 hours climb.
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waterfall
trekking along the waterfall. one slip and you're down there!
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last water point
crossing a stream after 2 hours of trekking. started drizzling with my camera...
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mushroom
spotted a wild mushroom.
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yellow mushroom
more mushrooms are been discovered.
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