It's a Sunday & here is my journey to say hello to the rafflesia flower (biggest flower in the world)
I always thought that Rafflesia only can be found in Sabah (which is located in East Malaysia) but I saw a picture of my boss with rafflesia. And I asked him where is it? He told me somewhere near Gopeng. So I did some research online and then came an opportunity in a form of group tour to see rafflesia organised by My Travel Kaki. I have to pay RM90 to join this tour.
So on the morning of 5 Sept, I went to the meet-up point at McDonalds Centre Point Bandar Utama & meet up with the organiser & the rest of the group. Our journey started about 7.30a.m and we reached Gopeng about 9 plus in the morning. We met our guide at the entrance of Gua Tempurung & was transported to the Orang Asli Village in Ulu Geroh by their transport - a small lorry. We reached Ulu Geroh after about 45mins ride. And we are told that we have to trek about 1 hr plus to see the rafflesia flower & we are being warned that there will be lots of leeches along the way. Even the trail we use is called "Pacat Trail". So 9 of us with 4 guides from the Orang Asli Community & Riverbug started our journey to meet the Rafflesia. It's a difficult climb for me coz never exercise regularly before the steep climb but i made it at last.......Pictures say a thousand words....looking at the rafflesia make up the day for me ..... all the tiredness gone...BTW, I survived without any bites from the leeches.
I'm impressed with the effort of the conservation project at Ulu Geroh undertaken by several organisations together with the Orang Asli community there.
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