Rainforest Resort Pahang

... tigers, presupposing the later eponymously titled Thai Restaurant, thought he looked like a tasty lunch (although at 60 + years I can't imagine he was too tender). My favourite theory is that he stumbled into one of the Aborigine tribes (yes they are called that and no they are not the dark australian type) tiger traps and when they found him, fearing the consequences of killing a white man, they preferred ...

... had a buffet carriage on it , but apparently encountered a rush last night and so had no hot food! They did have a little parcel of nasi lemak - a staple, small Malaysian dish of rice, cucumber, sometimes chicken and a fish curry. In the afternoon one of the cleaners knealt on an empty chair int he carriage and started praying - it was interesting to see how much prayer takes priority, even over work. We reached Jernantut - the first of a few stepping stones ...

... dug out all the thorns. I know this is gross, but I ended up having to pull most of the top layers of skin completely off with tweezers to get the thorns deep inside my finger. We both almost threw up several times... but I got them all out, "which is nice." And, the saltwater proved to be the best thing for it. We also enjoyed going snorkeling one day at Coral Island and Monkey Bay ...

... that most of the tourists will stopped by the tea shop as it is very convenient and have ample parking space.The is fresh and the atmosphere is refreshing and cool.The temperature is about 28 degrees centigrade in the day time and at night is about 26 degrees centigrade. StevenNg

... a stampede and I managed to feed them in between being clibmed all over and bitten on the **** as they all tried to get my attention. As it had rained and flooded there recently I was quickly covered in mud. I had been told to bring a change of shirt for the elephant sanctuary but was not told I should wear an old shirt here. We then moved on to the sugar gliders and got to handle a baby sugar glider which we named Ben. We then saw some quails and rabbits ...

... out loud and trying to hurl herself off the path, which would at that location have resulted in a two-hundred-foot rolling plunge down a 60 degree slope. I had to grab her and hold her to keep her from tumbling away. After a few minutes of very direct discussion, Katharine allowed herself to be manhandled over the tree, still whimpering. About five minutes later we reached the first overlook. We were only 500 ...

... listening to monkeys calling somewhere in the jungle below us. We walk back down the hill and come accross a wild boar right next to the path who isn't at all bothered by our presence so we can get pretty close to it. We then take a different route back, when we're nearly back at the river crossing we spot monkeys jumping through the trees. We get back to the where we started from and catch a boat across the river and then spend the rest of the afternoon ...

... fireflys, an owl and a frog (I have no idea how our guide spotted that in the dark!!), it was so peaceful being on the river in the dark and floating down stream, it made you feel very small pearched in a tiny boat next to all those enourmous trees! After a couple of days we felt we had exhausted all the trails that didn't go too far and so we packed up and caught some busses to Kuala Lumpur...during which i discovered some rather delicious samosa type things!!