Saturday, August 17, 2024

Mthly Hike - Gunong Arong

This time I joined WLC on my own. 😜
Heading to Gunong Arong (240 m) in Mersing.

Passing by Kota Tingi to get to Mersing


Rest stop. There are no toilets at the starting point.



Arriving..








Same local guide from Blue lake, leading us




After warming up, we moved off at 940 am, with a steep start





















Reaching the top soon..breathless

Probably did not eat enough breakfast in the morning.
The first 1.2 km (~50 mins) was quite challenging for me as it was steep all the way up,
and there wasn't much break to catch back my breathe.

After topping up with isotonic drink, energy bar, and rested, it was photo time..













It's here that we get the view of the South China sea


Head up the tower to get a better view of the sea










A huge pink "TDK group" was hiking with us











From here, we would be heading down to a next observatory






Next view point























No more breathless as we were just heading down and down




Reached a rest stop, and it was close to lunch time (1145 am),
so the leaders let us have lunch here





















Arriving at the beach around 1235 pm.. the leaders let us have a rest and some photo time

But we just hide in the shade.. the "TDK pinkies" were also at the beach so it was quite crowded












We need to walk along the coast under the burning hot sun at 1 pm






The local guide even opened his ☂









It was some distance to walk along the coast/a little forest before we reached here..


Unavoidable to cross this to get to the main land.
Luckily the tide was not as high as the previous trip (which was until the chest)










Is that Tioman?




Headed to a resort for wash up. 5 RM to enter.


2.5 hrs back to JB, it rained a little along the way..

Dinner at Dragon-I

First time trying the dessert here.







To summarise:
The first 1.2 km (~50 mins) was quite challenging as it was quite steep all the way up,
a little bit steep (with ropes) while heading down.
It was quite a long walk along the coast (a little rocky), and there was a crossing depends on the tide.

Worth it for a beautiful view

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