Posted by: Jonathan
Once Jenn and I arrived in Singapore, we searched a few terminals before we found my mom (aka momma dukes) at around 3 A.M. She will be traveling from Singapore over land into Malaysia with us for the next three weeks of our trip.
We spent our first day in Singapore resting, catching up, and conditioning momma dukes to the heat. Not that her coming wasn't enough but she also brought the largest bag of peanut M&M's ever manufactured and three boxes of Zebra Cakes. Only two boxes are pictured because...well yes, I did eat an entire box before a photo could be taken.
Once Jenn and I arrived in Singapore, we searched a few terminals before we found my mom (aka momma dukes) at around 3 A.M. She will be traveling from Singapore over land into Malaysia with us for the next three weeks of our trip.
We spent our first day in Singapore resting, catching up, and conditioning momma dukes to the heat. Not that her coming wasn't enough but she also brought the largest bag of peanut M&M's ever manufactured and three boxes of Zebra Cakes. Only two boxes are pictured because...well yes, I did eat an entire box before a photo could be taken.
From Singapore we crossed the border into Malaysia and continued the bus marathon into the heart of the country to Jerantut which is the jumping off point for Taman Negara National Park. From Jerantut we took a four hour oversized, motorized canoe ride up river to Kuala Tahan, a small town on the opposite side of the river as the park that we used as a base camp for exploring the park.
Before we could even enter the park we had a brush with wildlife as mom spotted a colorful snake on the handrail to the Park Ranger's office.
That evening we hired a boat to take us on a river night safari to hopefully spot animals. Our guide was able to name everything we saw: jungle deer, jungle frogs, jungle squirrels, jungle birds, and poisonous jungle snake. Riding the canoe through the rapids in the dark and hearing the Taman Negara symphony of animals and insects was as enjoyable as the animal spotting itself.
The next morning we hiked to the jungle canopy bridge, which was a network of suspension foot bridges strung among the treetops of the jungle spanning 500 meters, making it the longest in the world.
Once our feet were firmly planted back on the jungle floor we hiked around for several hours. Here are a few animals we saw while lost in the jungle.
Once we had our fill of the trails (aka found our way out) we returned to the river to get our fill of lunch. All of our meals have been eaten at restaurants that floated on the river and were tied along the river bank.
From Taman Negara we made our way back to Jarantut and then headed north (almost to the border with Thailand) to search out some islands and secluded beaches.