.hiking lata medang.

assalamualaikum!

lata medang,

kampung pertak,

kuala kubu bahru

902 feet.
two and a half hours.

this hike took place a few months ago.

edited and uploaded the photos as a draft

a few weeks ago

but only have the time to write about the adventure today

as lots have been going on.

.starting our hike.

ejal, his friend and i started the drive

to kuala kubu bharu quite early.

it was an hour drive from sungkai.

i made new friends!

kak ana, farahin and kak emi.

three of them are ejal's colleagues/staff

and it was their first hiking experience.

.crossing the broken bridge.

this bridge has been broken for a long time!

can you see a trail on the left?

we might as well use that trail and

walk through the river to cross it.

but we wanted to keep our shoes dry

as long as possible.

.the trail forks: left to lata medang. right to bukit kutu.

guys in the team brought along some food,

cooking utensils and camping gears.

as you can see in the photo above,

on the right among the bushes,

another guy made an effort to mark

the trail from this point until we reach lata medang.

surely it could help other hikers who are new to this trail.

however...

on our way back,

we found that all these marks had been removed!

*sigh*...

.another rest at a trail that forks. i forgot where the other one leads to.

there were five hikers not in the photos.

ejal, as he took this photo.

another three had to send another one

to the sick bay of mrsm kuala kubu bahru

as she was weak from her diabetic condition.

it was drizzling when we started our hike.

therefore, the trail was quite muddy and slippery

that i almost slipped and lost my balance.

.can you see me?.

.our awesome camp site.

the first guy who reached this camp site

set up the tents for all of us.

they nicknamed him 'magoo'

and i'm not sure why.

behind us and on our left was the river.

we immediately took off our shoes and

dipped our tired feet into the cool refreshing water.

little fish swarmed our feet and slightly bigger ones

swam closer when we feed them bread.

 the water and the depth of the river

was so awesome

i didn't realized i lost one of my socks

while i swim!

.we did it! (eh is that a falling rock?).

later on,

farah and the others cooked some

spaghetti bolognese and fries.

after the hike and swim,

we were ravenous!

we then hike a few more meters

and ended up by this majestic waterfall.

as i stood by the river bank,

the force of water that falls

sent a gust of wind that chilled me even more.

i enjoyed this trail.

it was both relaxing and challenging

at the same time

because there was a mix of slopes,

steep hills and risky ravine.

like always,

we showered and prayed at the nearest mosque.

we later enjoyed our dinner at aiman tino's family restaurant

situated at dataran kuala kubu bahru.

the food was surprisingly good!

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thank you for reading!