Scary Jungle Treking - Taman Negara, Malaysia

A stroll in the jungle nearly goes wrong as dusk sets in...

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• Travel
• Jungle
• Lost
• Nature
• trekking
• blood
• leeches
• malaysia
• taman
• negara
• spiders
• travel
• log
• scared
• stupid
• foolish
• naive

[vidaripollen]

i once mistook a resting elephant for a big black boulder among bamboo in a forest.took a few minutes before i realised the fellow was a huge elephant.luckily for me wind was blowing in right direction,n i was able to scoot.rubber slippers r more practal to avoid leeches.

[MyFriendsHotel]

@vidaripollen - great story and I can almost picture you taking a running jump onto the 'rock' and then screeching to a halt in a rush of adrenaline as the boulder came to life! Thanks for the tip about rubber slippers. Do you know why do they work?

[BorneoForestHutan]

the only thing that barks loudly in the jungle is a sunbear..

[MyFriendsHotel]

@BorneoForestHutan - thanks for the comment and that would be great if it really was a Sunbear...but I think it was more likely to have been a Barking Deer and that I was being a bit pathetic. That said, let's just agree that it was a bear!

[MyFriendsHotel]

Thanks for the comment - we're did you get lost?

[expara1]

no Parang, no route map, no guide,....its getting dark. your lucky. how do I get to the park where you were?

ex Para

[MrSheffield8]

@MyFriendsHotel Unfortunately I didn't record my escapades, thanks for uploading, brought back some brilliant memories!!

[MrSheffield8]

@MyFriendsHotel I cracked up when I read the description of your video, I did exactly the same thing here!! I spent the day walking through Taman Negara. I felt like I was in a David Attenborough documentary and couldn't stop thinking "Bloody hell, this is a proper rainforest". I stayed out to long though and it started getting dark & I got that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you think you might have messed up. Spent a panicky half hour trying to get out at dusk, but made it unscathed!

[BorneoForestHutan]

@MyFriendsHotel agreed :)

[vidaripollen]

@MyFriendsHotel the rubber slippers let you keep a sharp lookout for leeches.apply tobacco water or neem oil on your legs upto knee.wear baggy shorts or loose trousers which u can pull up n check if they r climbing.if u see any leech climbing up,as they will try to avoid the oiled area,jus flick em away withsome twig or something.if u wear shoes they can get in and relaxedly get to work coz u cant remove shoes again n again.also u cant wriggle ur toes n look whats happening there with socks.

[vidaripollen]

i once mistook a resting elephant for a big black boulder among bamboo in a forest.took a few minutes before i realised the fellow was a huge elephant.luckily for me wind was blowing in right direction,n i was able to scoot.