Date: Saturday, 19th August, 2017.
Peter
(lead), Kendary, Sara, Alia, Zechariah, Lillian and eight year-old Amber.
At 8:20am, we entered the Inoue Trail, and along the way met many hiker groups which was unusually busy for a Saturday morning. Despite frequent rain in the last couple of weeks, the ground was pretty dry that morning, though we met a few friendly leeches hiding in the fold of dead leaves, accompanied by loud reverberating screams :-)
It was an enjoyable 3 hours leisurely hike, we stopped for photos, disturbed numerous ant trails (sorry little guys), encountered a huge black millipede with hundreds of little yellow legs, and many young mushrooms on the ground, decaying tree trunks and even on wooden footbridge!
The best treat however was at the hut (at the top of the cement staircase) next to the abandoned tree tower, where a group of 3 very playful and noisy juvenile woodpeckers entertained us for many a minute, oblivious to our presence. We were hopeful to see some wood-pecking in action but alas no such luck, they just wanted to play that morning.
Energetic 8yo Amber made it the whole 4km, mind you on hilly terrains which can break an adult who doesn’t exercise much, and still had the energy to play water sliding at Waterfall No 1 before calling it a day.
The obligatory group photo at the Inoue trailhead before the hike. Photo by Peter.
Lots of leg power in display going up a steep hill. Photo by Peter.
Mushrooms blooming everywhere. Both photos by Zechariah.
Amber having so much fun at the natural water slide, it was tough persuading her to go. Photo by Alia.
Reward and protein loading at Lambir Canteen, gotta be the best part of the hike after a good workout. Photo by Alia.
Sara Wong
MNS Miri
