A waterfall near Ulu Yam?
The small village north of Rawang is famous for its loh mee, but that was all, I thought.
So I was surprised when I read in the "Flits", the monthly magazine of the Dutch Expat Community, about an interesting trip to Ulu Yam with not only a waterfall, but also interesting jungle trekking.
The organisers of this event, Edwin and Peter, were planning a repeat trip, so they invited me and Jean Yves, a Frenchman, to join them for a recce. Not many people visit this place, and in the jungle the situation can change rapidly.
After breakfast in Ulu Yam, we started our trip at 9:30 am. The trail was sometimes overgrown, but there were still some markers left from the first trip. We reached the waterfall around 11 am. A nice fall, unspoilt. A very exciting passage through quite a deep stream followed, not a good idea to be there during a flash flood!
When we reached the ridge, we thought that we would have an easy way going back. That turned out to be a mistake. Parts of the trail were completely overgrown, markers were missing, we got lost and had to use parangs to cut our way.
But...., we discovered a second, small waterfall. From there we followed the stream down, through very slippery slopes, back to the car. It was almost 3 pm when we finally could celebrate a successful recce with lots of 100 Plus.
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wrote on Feb 11, 2007:
:)
you love Malaysia forest more than many Malaysian! |
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Dan wrote on Feb 11, 2007:
super duper nice .... hebat betul! Terima kasih ..... |
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wrote on Feb 11, 2007:
Nice waterfall, though not very big. |
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wrote on Feb 11, 2007:
I am sure that you have loved the trekking more than the waterfall! |
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