Outdoors: Kayak and Canoe
YAY! Outdoors! Once again in the ulu-s of Pahang woods.
Attendees: Ching, Trish, Tagj, Uncle Kel, Jerome, Tony, Jamie, Kunyo and ME!
Time: From 7 ($#%#) a.m. till 6 p.m.
Location: Somewhere in Pahang. We were only told by Kunyo and Uncle Kel that they were heading into the woods to sell me and Trish off…
All I knew was Trish, Jaymie and I slept our way through the journey in the ever-smelly Mitsu 4WD until we reached a totally ulu area somewhere in the forest of Malaysia. As a curious adventurer, i quickly drew out my Olympus digicam to capture the ulu-ness of the place to show my friends that the place we here was much more ulu than the “somewhere in Gopeng”.
I blinked…
Just GREAT! I was wondering on my way, what could be possibly WORSE than having a battery flat (since IMU Ball’04, when my battery ran out halfway of the event)?!
LCD read: [!] NO CARD!
Enough said. I was depressed. Can’t believe that I forgot the bladdi memory card! wooosh…
At first, Ching said that all of us are going kayak-ing. However, when all of us reached the river, we saw 4 single kayaks and 2 boats. I asked perkily, “Waah Ching, r we supposed to… like… take turns and somewhere along we switch our “vehicles” issit?” Trish and Jaymie started laughing hysterically to god-knows-what’s-funny…
After long breaths, Jaymie and Trish finally settled down and told me that since Trish and I did not go for professional kayaking course before, it’ll be more dangerous if we took the kayaks alone. So Uncle Kel and Tagj will be accompanying the noobies each on the 2 canoes. If my camera actually could function without the card, I’d definitely take the pic of my canoe. It has got a P-sign on the side of it, cute… like the probation-P Malaysian newbies stick on their cars.
*PAUSE*
Must say this first: Canoe-ing’s definitely harder and more dangerous than white water rafting on a flowing river!!!
Apparently we have to keep on rowing in order to be at the most steady position. When we paddle, we have to paddle TOGETHER and UNISON (They are the same two words repeated over and over for the whole day). Erm… when we tip off, we have to get back to the canoe ourselves! (Whoops, sorry Uncle Kel… promise i’ll keep my instinct aside next time). Same goes to kayak-ing.
Overall… This is tiring! Nevertheless, probably built so much muscle that my arms are aching like crazy right now… Oh and yea, I promised Uncle Kel to promote this: Go kayaking/camping/trekking at Sungai Rejang at the Borneo Island! Fun like anything!