Connections are poor and expensive here so this will be a quick update. I’m staying in the hostel portion of the Mutiara Resort. So much for the hostel, I’m the only one there so it’s a private room. Internet connections there cost $10 MYR per 30 minutes. For comparison, the hostel I’m booked to stay in for the next two nights in Cameron Highlands cost $12 MYR per night.
Taman Negara has been amazing.
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To get to the internet place, I walked through the property of Mutiara, waited for a boat to take me across the river, hiked up the hill, left the place I knew about that doesn’t now have internet, trekked on up the hill, and around the corner and bingo! Here I am and at a reasonable $1 MYR per ten minutes.
I’ve loved the forest and will write a bit more when I get to a place where that is possible. Tonight, I’m going on my own night hike and see what I can spot. Last night, in addition to the Mouse Deer, we spotted a 10″ black scorpion (they glow florescent under the right light) and we spotted a spider with the top half of it’s body that of a scorpion and the bottom half that of a spider.
Tomorrow, I will go early to the hide overlooking a salt lake and see if I get lucky spotting mammals. My shuttle leaves around 10:00, I change once around 12:00 and should get Tanah Rata mid afternoon in the Cameron Highlands.
Thanks for the great photos. You look happy and having fun. Can’t wait to see more pics and more stories. Are you blowing a pipe?