Travellingman reisverhalen - - Belum
Day 15: Donderdag 14 april 2016
Belum

Around 7.30 AM I was awake and I had breakfast. It was more crowded in the resort now. It was still cool. After some reading I went around 9.30 AM for a walk. Across the road, if you walk under the bridge, there is a walking trail. At first I passed it and followed the broader path. I thought immediately that I saw monkeys in the trees, but they were quickly gone when I walked towards them. Many variation of plants and some were still in bloom. A tree blocked the road, but I climbed over it and finally ended in an open area with a fence was around it. I guess that it is a kind of workplace, because there was a roll rope, a piece of water tubing, a knife and some tools. I sat down here and saw several birds fly by.

I walked back and took a path to the right. Here I was got caught up by a plant with vicious thorns. They hooked in my T-shirt and when removing them there were also a few in my fingers. Resulting in a few bloody wounds and a few small holes in my shirt. I walked on, but it is clearly not a path to walk. A few times I had to climb over fallen trees and I was once again entangled in a branch with thorns. They grow top down. After a while I turned around and walked back.

I finally came to the real path where you follow the ropes down and eventually I came to the waterfront. I sat down on a log that lay there and butterflies and many other insects sought a resting place here. I sat there for a while and walked back to the path, which incidentally had signs with clarification of life in the forest. I was back to the hotel around 1 o'clock. I walked around the grounds and discovered that in the back there was a kind of lounge.



I went back to my room, did some reading and listening to music. Around 5 PM I went to the bar, but it was not open. It had now become much busier in the hotel. After some work on my trip diary I went to watch the sunset around 6.10 PM and was not the only one who had that idea; it was busy on the sunroof. A sunset in the mountains is a bit tricky, because the sun had disappeared behind the mountain peaks. Luckily there were a few clouds and they first colored bright yellow and then red. That red reflected also in the lake, which was a pretty sight.

After a shower and some reading, I went to eat around 8 PM. It was busy in the restaurant and a cacophony of sound, quite different from the previous two days.

In my room I read a bit and listened to some music. Around 11 PM I went to look at the stars, but there were quite a few clouds. Still no rain. Then sleep.

Initial publication: 18 april 2016
Last update: 07 mei 2016
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