So we hiked on along. stopping at the small stream to refresh ourselves. there were a number of tracks. well worn paths that lead to the exit im sure. i mean this is a popular place. its pretty safe. rite? turns out i was wrong. after following one of the many well beaten paths (alot of which was littered with markers from previous group hikes) we hiked up a track n suddenly found ourselves on a road. a real tar-ed road albeit a small like. kindda like the ones winding up cameron highlands.
on our right was a huge water tank (dead end) and to our left the road stretched further then we cud see. at this point we still saw paper markers left by the group hike. we dcided to walk up the road, when i say UP, i mean UP. we climbed up the road n saw nothing. well i saw a baby black n red snake. at this point i looked down n realised there werent any more markers n i was beginning to worry. neither of us spoke. the sun was high up above our heads by then.
suddenly thr was a loud rustling noise in the bushes (semak samun) to our left. it was really loud. i was terrified!! but we still walked on. he wasnt looking so good. i asked if he was ok, he sed his knee was hurting n that he cudnt run. oh no... then i heard the distant sounds of traffic. i jogged ahead pass the curve in the road to see and i saw a creepy old house ahead. at this point jj cudnt see me as i was pass the bend. then suddenly there was a loud rustle in the semak samun again, this time to my left. i ran back to him
as we were approaching the house there was soft music playing an old malay tune. the house looked like an abandoned bungalow but sumone had taken over n built a small attachmnt using pices of plywood. n there was a rickety old car out front. n no one to be seen.
it was creepy as hell i tell u. no one knew whr we were, if sumone were to have taken us no one wud know. my mom wud probly hv ppl comb every inch of lake gardens n wudnt find anything.
thankfully nothing unfavourable happened thr. i was never more glad to see ppl when we reached a kampung. the name of the road- jalan kubur.. how apt.
please bear in mind we started hiking at bukit gasing in PJ.
u know where we came out??
pantai dalam in bangsar. BANGSAR!! from pj!! on FOOT!! MY FOOT!!
needless to say we hailed a cab to drive us back to our car, that was parked in pj. im all for hiking in the jungle but DO NOT make me walk in the sun unprotected by trees or sunblock n sunglasses.
it was a long time before we got to eat our bfast at raju.
this happened yesterday n my body is feeling the aches today. i hope a burnt a gazillion calories yesterday. i tink i deserve it wat with my near death experience with the snake n rustling semak samun's. i almost had a heart attack!
i had to tell this story while its still fresh in my mind.
so guys the next time u go hiking, make sure u take the rite track ok? n wear sunblock even if u dont think its neccessary. i learnt that the hard way.
haish, gile suspen
ReplyDeletei find this entry very funny. u know why? coz my friends and I had the same experience yesterday. haha. except for the cab thing. instead of taking a cab, we took the commuter to kl sentral and then the lrt to taman jaya and finally we walk from the amcorp mall back to bukit gasing. talking about adventure eh? haha
ReplyDeleteand we gathered more eye stares from those in the komuter and the lrt. haha.