What a week of fun & excitement! It's simply exhilarating, awesome, keeps your adrenaline pumping, definitely an experience that you will never forget. And I'm talking about the White Water Rafting at Padas River (Grade IV) over at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. I believe that the whole group enjoyed the program (Thank You guys/gals for being a good sport) and I'm pretty sure that they want to go again, me included. There has been new requests for a return trip there. The good news is, YES, I'll organize another trip, another adventure. The not so good news is, it will not be that soon. Do check out for the latest updates in this blog.
For now, these are some of the photos that deservedly be shared to everyone. Enjoy....
The road trip. About 150 Km from Kota Kinabalu to the town of Tenom. Approximately 2.5-3 hrs of drive. Up to the Crocker Range. Nice views throughout the journey...
We also experience a phenomenal along a particular stretch of road here at Crocker Range when our Vans move backwards at a down slope while its gear is at neutral. As if we are being pulled from behind. Gravity forces??
This is the highest road along Crocker Range. I managed to clock the altitude: about 1350m above sea level. The roads are clouded, as you can see from the pictures below.
Our rest point for a cup of coffee and hot fried bananas....
Our transport.... with 2 good drivers (Rafael & Majid)
Our lunch stopover at the town of Tenom... well known for its coffee.
We are supposed to take a train from Tenom to Pangi (the starting point of water rafting), but the train breakdown, and as such we have to walk.... 10 km in all.... phew!!
For once we thought this maintenance train was our saviour. Dream on....
The Padas Dam at the background of our photos...
Look at the current.. this is just a glimpse of it. At this point of time, I wonder when can I get wet??
The 5 km mark. Our spirits is still on the high although we are walking under the scorching heat. Managed to put on those lovely smiles and thumbs up for photo taking.
Our saviour at last. The basic way of transportation for the villagers when the train breakdown. I am one of the lucky ones that got the chance to take this ride. A total 11 lucky ones.
But our relieve was short lived. It got some technical problems along the way. So we got to continue walking. But I'm glad I can experience this ride.
Pangi Train Station. The ending point of our 10 km walk. The starting point for our water rafting. A cool 18 km of rafting adventures. Unfortunately, our waterproof cameras had some problems, so we can't capture the excitement faces, the 'cool' faces, the obstacles we have to go thru, all the shouting & laughter, the high fives, and much more. That was the only setback. But I'm sure that the wonderful experiences are still alive in our memories.... That is what matters most....
My sincere thanks to all those who have participated in this program. Its been a privileged to have you in the team. Adventure trips such as this will always be pleasant and remembered especially when we can enjoy and have fun together as one successful team. Great teamwork!
I'm ending this blog with a video of some of us that I managed to take. An interesting ride. A new experience. A treat to all the Outdoor Kakeez.... Cheers!
3 comments:
The rafting was awesOme. Tenkiu for organizing. I had fun too. Well at least this timE rOund, nOne of us feLL asLeep while we wEre in the cinEma!!! :)
Cool video... too bad i wasn't the lucky ones :(.. Anyway being one of the last man walking wasn't that bad either huh :).. However, all the sweat and blisters inflicted during the never ending walk were all gone when we starts rafting. Best boat ride ever!! and the scenery along the river valley was simply breath taking. What an experience!
well done guys for experiencing the whitewater rafting.It makes me more eager to joint U all in next trip if there is an opportunity given. most unfortunate the waterproof camera was not working other wise it would be more thriling to watch.Lookin forward for the next trip. Well done.
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