Hello again from Taman Negara Natural Park!

Dear all!! we are livin so many adventures that I barely find the time to write them down in this blog. But I am trying!! this, my first week away has been an intensive one, from the hustle bustle of Kuala Lumpur (by the way, in case anyone is wondering, the houses have many colours, white being one of them...), to the calm atmosphere of the little village of Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands, where we went on an epic quest through the jungle to find the biggest flower in the world, the Rafflesia, that matures for nine months to bloom for 5 days!. a very special flower indeed. It was a very nice adventure made posible by the villagers that own that bit of jungle, who look for the flower and then take the "tourists" to see it. We also visited their little village afterwards, to try the blow pipe they use (or used, better said) for hunting, and it did work, I nearly hit the target!(with a little help). We also visited the Boh Tea Plantations, wich are pretty amazing as well!! (I promise to try and learn how to put photos in this, maybe tomorrow,...)

I have to say, though, that the part I enjoyed most about Tanah Rata was chilling out in the "Jungle Bar" in the evenings, with a bonfire and our host Eddie, who is a real character (he jokes that he looks like Ho-Chi Mihn) and made me feel at home, with a lot of wisedom and advice about all.

But sadly, we left the conforts of Daniel's Lodge in Tanah Rata yesterday morning, to embark on a day long journey through Malaysia (not more than 500 km, maybe, but very difficult roads? Guys, look in the maps: 7am we left Tanah Rata in a minibus to Gua Musang (3 hours) and there we waited for the 10:30am "jungle train" (very picturesque!) that took us to Jerantut (supposedly at 13:13, but time schedules are only approximate in this country). There there was another minibus waiting to take us to the jetty in Kuala Tembeling (about 45 min) where a boat was to take us to the Natural Park of Taman Negara head Quarters in Kuala Tahan (where we are at the moment!). The boat took 3 hours so we arrived in the village absolutely shattered and are still recovering.

Today was only a stroll to the longest canopy walk in the world and then a swim in the river and that is us relaxing, maybe thinking about dinner...?