Orange and Green Travel

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One of the most amazing parts of Catie’s and my experience on Tioman Island was our jungle trek across the island from Tekek to Juara. We only made it about a fourth of the way, but even just 10 minutes in we were already completely amazed and thrilled by the sights and sounds around us. We saw more animals than humans while we hiked up the hill mountain, and we were constantly surrounded by a thick visual wall of green and an auditory one of cicadas and birds and who knows what else. Specifically we saw a lot of insects (large and small), several monitor lizards, various species of birds, a giant squirrel (which I unfortunately couldn’t capture photographically because it was a ways up and I had the wrong lens on at the time), a far-too-courageous bat that scared the heck out of us and made us literally run and scream in fear for a little ways, and of course a lot of monkeys.

The climb up was steep so while it took us two hours to get to our destination (a mini-waterfall) it only took us 40 minutes to get back down. I honestly can’t remember the last time I was that sweaty. It was an incredible experience though and I know that we would both do it again in a heartbeat. Maybe next time we’ll make it all the way to Juara.

Photos taken on Tioman Island, Malaysia on September 23, 2009.