Plodding up Mt. Ophir

Jus got back with me missus and some friends, from a short weekend trekking trip to Mount Ophir ;) twas a nostalgic back to nature feeling, fresh air, cool weather, ahh... wat's life without the great outdoors! All in, our party of 7, consisted of me wife and I, Ilija from germany, Wilson the army regular, Chris, Qingzhu and his girlfren.

We'd set off on friday nite via railway to Segamat, Malaysia. Tis a great way to travel to malaysia really, though the airconditioning in the train car was a little too cold. As a tip, the train tickets are considerably cheap and hassle free, and is a viable alternative to coach or air fares. While shivering, we managed to catch our 40 winks in between hopping out at checkpoints, to stretch our frozen appendages.

Now the funny thing about weather forecasts is though they strive to be accurate, they rarely are. The trip was almost aborted on Thursday, due to the forecast for scattered thunderstorms throughout the entire weekend. Eventually, it hinged on Ilija's decision and the fact that this was his only opportunity to trek through a primary rainforest in these parts with us... and so, with hope and a quiet prayer, we went on with the expedition ;)