Padas River-KK trip 07(Part 2)

yeap...after getting down from the mountain (which by the way was more taxing on our legs than hiking up'-_-), we were given a taste of Sabah's durian and buah Talap.Talap looks and tastes a bit like small nangka..on the way to KK town, most of us were tired to our bones and some of us in the van had motion sickness but only 1 other person felt like vomiting. i was very proud that i deposited my vomit at 3000m above sea level and not at the foot of the mountain =D

checked into Radius Hotel, Waterfront..it's a new hotel with only 1 floor and its above a shopping complex. So its pretty convenient to go shopping and Filipino market is just opposite the hotel...about 5 mins walk.The rooms were clean and new. I guess its comfortable cos i'm a pretty fussy person so i have to feel comfortable and like the room.susah wan to go stay in any hotel..haha..had a quick shower and went for dinner at LuYang Restaurant.got seafood and fried pork intestines.it wasn't that great a dinner and got food leftovers....then we went back to our hotel area and had really yummy yogurt icecreams with fruit toppings called YogurBerry*(which will be opened in Pyramid).

The next morning, a bus took us to Beaufort town..journey was 1.5 hours. then from there, we took a really old train with no aircon to the white water rafting spot.The journey itself was wonderful cos the train was travelling along the bank of Padas river most of the time and there were lots of trees and hills and u can see and know for sure we're in the valley...to me,its beautiful...i love natural sceneries.We got off at 1 point to put away our bags and continued a little further up the river to the rafting spot. while waiting for the captains and rowers to be ready, we got to taste langsat freshly plucked from the tree...it was sweet and juicy. After briefing us, i got into the boat with the 'extreme' ppl...ppl that wanted extreme stuff...i'm like...oh no...i dun think i can take it...but i'll just follow...
man...that was the best decision ever!our raft was the most happening...we get pushed of the boat intentionally or unintentionally and almost every fell into the river except for me and alex...me cos i'm such a coward...everytime it looks scary, i just sit inside the boat...haha and held onto the rope...and Alex, i guess his centre of gravity is low which makes him quite stable...hahaha...
me 3rd from the front on the left side.sitting in the boat.blue helmet.

our raft captain was crazy(in a fun way)...he kept jumping off the raft into the river, swim to the other side and tried to pull us down from behind or catch us off guard.then he would climb back into the raft again and before long, he'll jump off again...so hyper...its not easy to get back onto the raft without help and he always climb back up on his own...strong man... there was 1 time they told us to go into the water and i was thinking how to get into the water...so i stood up and i was still thinking when someone just pushed me off the raft...wah....caught off guard but it was fun...the current wasn't strong so it was kinda safe to play in the water...and we all had life jackets.
awesome time....we passed thru 6 rapids and 1 of it, 1 girl Adel fell overboard but was still holding to the rope at the side of the boat, the crazy captain immediately jumped into the river to safe her...wah...no time to think..then another rapid, Lucas fell overboard and the captain stood up to look and say...its ok...that guy can...he is strong....wat contrast...haha...but Lucas was good...he got into body raft position and we tried to throw the rope at him and chase after him on the raft but he was somehow faster than us.After we pulled him up, he said he enjoyed it.hehe..
Then we had lunch amidst the beautiful surroundings on a rumah papan with elevated floor..soon it was time to go home..and we boarded the old choo-choo train and this time, i sat at the entrance(where the door cannot be closed...sorta reminds me of school bus where got conductor stand at the door entrance)so...sat there and enjoyed the view and air...i also went to the back of the train to look at the tracks...it was a beautiful sight....its like...man...so unreal...u never get this kinda stuff back home....i dunno how to express it but i know, it was beautiful to me...
in the old train with villagers from along the railway tracks
so we got back to the hotel and had free and easy nite...had double scoop gelato for the price of 1!!!wahhhh....i took rum and raisin...then just chill out...zzzzzz.....

ps. Thank God for His protection over all 16 of us cos though most fell overboard, none was seriously hurt. when we reached Beaufort station, we saw 2 fellas that got hurt from the rafting. one had a big cut on this calf and another with swollen knee...both needed help walking.