21st May 2010
Today the real adventure of our Mount Kinabalu trip started. I woke up as early as 5.15 a.m, take shower & then solat. After that, packing bag yang nak transfer to Kinabalu park, packing bag nak pass to porter & pack stuffs I need to carry my own. Around 6.30 a.m, we started heading to Mesilau registration counter, register baggage yang nak di transfer to Kinabalu Park…RM10 per bag. After settled everything, we proceed to breakfast. Aku just ambil light meals memandangkan after this nak mendaki dah…kang heavy sangat tak larat plak, so, aku just amik telur, roti, sausage, cheese n fresh milk.
Today the real adventure of our Mount Kinabalu trip started. I woke up as early as 5.15 a.m, take shower & then solat. After that, packing bag yang nak transfer to Kinabalu park, packing bag nak pass to porter & pack stuffs I need to carry my own. Around 6.30 a.m, we started heading to Mesilau registration counter, register baggage yang nak di transfer to Kinabalu Park…RM10 per bag. After settled everything, we proceed to breakfast. Aku just ambil light meals memandangkan after this nak mendaki dah…kang heavy sangat tak larat plak, so, aku just amik telur, roti, sausage, cheese n fresh milk.
Perjuangan bakal bermula |
Around 7.30am, kami semua berkumpul di starting point Mesilau Trail sambil tunggu our guide sampai. Aku, yatt n Huzz sempat gak beli hiking stick untuk di bawa bersama. RM5 sebatang…boleh lah. After a few minutes, our guide Jaidin n the geng pun sampai. Sempat jugak dia berseloroh….semua pompuan ka. Kita orang pun ketawa je lah. Tak caya kot...tapi takpe extra guide ramai lepas tue...hihihi. After sesi timbang berat & recitation of doa, kita orang pun memulakan expedisi kami. Guide suruh kita orang jalan dulu, sudah nyer sampai ke Laban Rata pun aku tak jumpa guide & porter aku.
View from First Peak kat Mesilau |
Mula-mula tu aku ade problem sikit dengan breathing aku, I felt like something maybe because of the altitude. Tapi, aku try bernafas cara yang betul sambil chew mentos, baru ok. Alhamdulillah….semua nyer berjalan lancer. Sepanjang track Mesilau macam-macam pokok yang unik aku jumpa, periuk kera, strawberry & macam-macam lagi lah yang aku jumpa…Cuma tak tahu nama jer. Aku agak terkilan juga lah cos tak dapat jumpa Rafflesia. Orang kt situ cakap ni bukan season dia that’s why takde…maybe betul juga cos banyak bunga yang aku jumpa semua pun macam baru nak berputik.
Rehat sebentar di Pondok Bambu...lepas KM 2 |
Already 3km :) |
Pondok Lompoyou |
Di setiap pondok & hentian kami abadikan kenangan |
Waterfall yang kami jumpa Kt Mesilau...Beautiful |
All the way through Mesilau, aku saing sekali dengan Kak Ayu, T-rah, Huzz n Yatt without our guide. Kadang-kadang tukar2 pulak dengan Julie, pastu dengan abang2 Air Force pulak. Every km & checkpoint kita orang stop and amik gambar…mana-mana yang dapat diabadikan lah. Ade satu area kat Mesilau ni memang betul2 memukau….it’s like in heaven. Memang tak dapat digambarkan keindahanye.
After simpang Timpohon-Mesilau, aku tercepat langkah, pandang belakang tak nampak dah makcik2 ni. Aku pun proceed je lah jalan, perut pun tengah kosong, menyesal pulak aku kasi packed lunch aku kt porter tadi. Nak tunggu tak tahu bila plak dia sampai, aku pun jalan je lah…dia orang cakap kalau dah nampak jalan batu2 tu makna nye dah dekat dengan Laban Rata. Aku pun speed up lah dengan perut yg lapar. Masa tu aku tak nampak dah ade orang kat belakang & depan aku. After 15 min macam tu baru aku nampak Julie jauh ke depan n one Chinese Lady yang tak juah dari aku....aku pun saing lah dengan len lui nie. Mase ni aku tak fikir dah benda-benda lain yang aku tahu nak sampai cepat, makan n mandi.
Like stairways to Heaven :) |
Alhamdulillah....around 4 p.m, aku pun sampai Laban Rata, sorang je....masuk2 jer nampak Julie tengah cakap ngn receptionist kt situ...dia pun baru sampai. Kita orang check-in & then lepak2 jap sambil tunggu the rest sampai. Tak lama lepas tu Huzz n Yatt pun sampai. Then followed by T-rah, Ayu, K n Adik. Lepas tu, aku n the geng pun turun dinner About 5pm mcm tu. Alhamdulillah, kenyang. Food served here…I would say OK…macam2 juga ade, dari western ke Local Food. So, Banyak choice of food juga lah. Overall, food memang tak mengecewakan. Aku makan pun tak banyak… sekadar mengalas perut aku yang memang dah lapar dari tadi. Sambil makan-makan kita orang pun sempat juga lah borak2 with other group & buka storey on the way nak ke sini tadi….macam-macam but it was fun.
Habis jer makan, aku n Julie gerak dulu nak jalan2 around Laban Rata…cari mana-mana port yang boleh diabadikan lah. Since, still got a lot of time… aku sempat turun ke bawah Laban Rata sikit nak cari angle yang cantik. Luckily that time, still cerah and obviously could see beautiful area around Laban Rata. Subhanallah, memang memukau.
Habis jer photography session aku n the geng pun start gerak balik bilik. Almost 6pm at that time, baru teringat tak solat lagi…oppps. Time ni washroom tak ramai orang lagi, so enjoy sikit lah but yang tak tahan nyer air dah tahap sejuk melampau… I was thinking “macam mana nak mandi esok pagi nie”. Suppose, we got heated bathroom but maybe the heater didn’t work well that time, so, terpaksa layan juga lah.
Fad arrived a bit late but before 8pm. By the time dia arrive aku pun dah belayar…zzzzzz.
Habis jer makan, aku n Julie gerak dulu nak jalan2 around Laban Rata…cari mana-mana port yang boleh diabadikan lah. Since, still got a lot of time… aku sempat turun ke bawah Laban Rata sikit nak cari angle yang cantik. Luckily that time, still cerah and obviously could see beautiful area around Laban Rata. Subhanallah, memang memukau.
Habis jer photography session aku n the geng pun start gerak balik bilik. Almost 6pm at that time, baru teringat tak solat lagi…oppps. Time ni washroom tak ramai orang lagi, so enjoy sikit lah but yang tak tahan nyer air dah tahap sejuk melampau… I was thinking “macam mana nak mandi esok pagi nie”. Suppose, we got heated bathroom but maybe the heater didn’t work well that time, so, terpaksa layan juga lah.
Fad arrived a bit late but before 8pm. By the time dia arrive aku pun dah belayar…zzzzzz.
In front of Laban Rata |
Beautiful View you could see from Laban Rata |
cantiknye sume pics!!!nk nek gak 1 hr nnt...
ReplyDeleteHi, bumped into your page while I was browsing for Lepoh waterfall. and boy, you had an awesome experience..btw, cut the story short, I'll be on my own Mount K climb early Feb. May I know what kind of jacket is suitable. Also, how many layers do we need? how big is your bag size ? 30 lit or less? did you get porter service or not?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your info
Hi Mom on the run, just noticed your comment. Use waterproof jacket with fleece. Inside pakai 2 t-shirts :-) That time no idea about thermal wear... hahaha. But still ok at 5degC. I hired porter limit to 15kg but shared. I bawa 20L daypack only.
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