Gunung Irau Cameron Highland

We are all set and ready for the Gunung Irau, in Cameron Highland come this Saturday July 4, 2009

Our first time climbing Gunung Irau was in 2008, it was wet and muddy. We came back soaked in muds.

our socks were in mud
our trekking shoes were in mud
Our sports shirt were with many spots of mud and
so were our trekking pants in lots of mud


The brownish mud that gave our sportswear and trekking shoes a nice earth color that stays for a long time despite washing a few time.

This does not deter us from going back there to attempt the peak another time come this weekend. quite the opposite, the mushy trails and mossy plants is like magic, attracting us there again and guess this time will not be much difference from the last.

We saw many local trekkers of uncles and aunties, consists of the local vegetable and fruit farmers wearing Phua Chu Kang 's yellow boots, trekking through the mud, they were trekking fast and light, as light as dragonfly touching the water when they fly.

Comparing with us, it was a sight to behold, the city folks threaded the path with care and concern in every nooks and corners that we step less we step into the mud, sometimes it can be knee high.

so much laughter and Ouu and Ahhh, for those who accepted the terrain as part of the journey they came all the way for and cursing for those who least enjoyed the wet muddy path.

Gunung Irau, here we come again.