Words cannot do Justice

The past 3 days were great. More than perfect. Is that even possible? Yes.

Spent the last 3 days at Mawai Eco Camp.

Day 1:

Departure from school to Mawai. Upon arrival, I was like "Wow". Super nice place. All wooden, and wild looking. Set up bed, went for swampforest walk. Was impressed with the animal traps. Looked real cool and can made my imagination run wild. The walk was fun, really informative. Learnt names of a few edible plants and fruits. Should have worn combat boots though :P only had 1 pair of shoes, couldn't afford to lose it in the mud, had to get it out on a couple of occassions. Annoying. Fell and made like 15 punctures and a couple of splinters in my arms/hands. Annoying. But, was damn fun. At night, we had firefly cruising. Beautiful ride out on the river, trying to catch glimpses of fireflies and stars. Serene.

Note to Self : Food was great, people was fun to be with. Great day.

Day 2:

Woke up, prepared to go climb Anu Gunung. Was told the climb up would be like climbing stairs. Reached the submit in 40 minutes? Was uneventful except seeing some plants with edible berries. Had lunch at submit, and went to a secret place along the trail down. Best view. Wow. Was along a cliff. Breath taking. I said "the best painter cannot paint the scene." I was wrong. The person could. But it would not be able to protray the majesty of the view, the actual feeling you get when you sit on the cliff of rocks and look out. If there was a view to behold before you die. That would be it. BUT, it made me realise there's loads of other mountains to be climbed and plenty more views to be enjoyed. Climb down was exciting, rather challenging and fun. The best part was the beach. B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. The absence of people, beautiful rock formations, sand, wide open spaces, river. Just too good to be true. Even the rain cannot dampen the beauty of the place. Went back to campsite feeling surreal. Had campfire, which was not so exciting cause the kids weren't into it. But heard KP sing "Anak". Fanastic. Sang songs, enjoyed the company of nice people.

Note to self : Travel more, see more, learn more, experience more. And, damn, the food was too good.

Day 3:

Did water obstacle course. Kids were excited and hyped up. Was fun, tried some of them myself. Most memorable perhas was seeing the kids work together to get up to the V-Beam. Even got them to raise their hands to take a picture. Wasn't sad when I was leaving the place. Told myself I would come back again. I would be looking forward to that day. :)

Note to self : The trip was more than perfect. Couldn't have wanted to be anywhere else in this world but there. Will always remember this trip as one of the happy days. A journey of self discovery, camaraderie, learning, and beautiful memories.


See you again Mawai.