10 cara bagaimana mengenal pasti KAKI GUNUNG

10 cara bagaimana mengenal pasti KAKI GUNUNG di hentian R&R
10 ways on how to spot a GUNUNG KAKI at R&R stops

mereka kerap dijumpai di kawasan tersebut pada musim cuti perayaan ataupun public holiday yang menjadikan weekend lebih panjang dari biasa. arah utara, selatan, timur, barat, bertebaran je nak naik gunung atau masuk mana mana hutan. ini adalah sebagai gambaran kasar sahaja memandangkan komuniti gunung telah berkembang pesat maka lebih banyak kepelbagaian yang wujud.

1. pakai buff. tujuannya untuk melindungi ubun ubun. mungkin kerana mereka selalu dilanda cuaca sejuk maka ubun ubun mereka sensitif dan perlu sentiasa dilindungi bagi mengelak kehilangan haba.

2. pakai selipar. sebab selain kasut pendakian, pendaki gunung juga perlu membawa satu selipar lain untuk kegunaan campsite. kebanyakannya kelihatan seperti selipar toilet. jenama seperti teva, asadi, atau fipper. ringan. so no leather shoes, high heels, sport shoes.. takde. dekat kl je pakai macamtu. eh siapa kata kaki gunung tak tahu dress up? kita always dress to occassion ok.

3. pakai seluar trekking. quick dry material with patches. orang lain tak pakai seluar macam tu. bertampal dekat lutut, bontot.. pattern macam tu.

4. pakai pouchbag. macam handbag la tapi pouchbag. tak tak bukan macam penjual dvd barang baik lima ringgit je bang tu. pouchbag lain.

5. pakai headlamp. tapi biasanya strapped dekat leher bukan dekat head. ada je lampu jalan lampu kedai lampu toilet terang benderang tapi pakai headlamp just in case kena trekking dalam gelap. oh..

6. pakai tshirt ada date. tshirt free or tshirt event. trip mana date bila. tak mustahil satu tshirt dipakai ramai orang dan buat biasa je. tak awkward pun. kalau takde date ialah brand outdoor. atau material cotton atau dryfit.

7. pakai drybag. fungsi sama macam 4. pouchbag. just in case kena cross sungai. ohh...

8. pakai ziplock bag. purse, phone, power bank, electronics pack dalam ziplock bag. duit pun ada dalam tu. boleh jadi disimpan dalam pouchbag mahupun drybag. boleh perhatikan orang tu nak bayar je tiba tiba keluarkan ziplock bag haha. pun just in case hujan ataupun kena cross sungai.. ohhhh..

9. sleep deprived. muka tak cukup tidur. lebih ketara muka penat waktu balik trip. tapi ceria. dan mengantuk.

10. tengok kaki. perhatikan kuku kaki. apakah ada tanda tanda hidup segan mati tak mahu dan kelihatan hitam dan mempunyai bentuk tidak seperti kuku kaki? itulah petanda yang baik. positif pendaki gunung.

sekian saja. selamat mendaki selamat pulang.

March - June travelog

so i went back to KL in March from Yogyakarta.

march is very much of a love hate thing for me. cos as (once) a working class adult, its the month of income tax filing. it can be the case of make or break with tax planning. strategize well, u can max the return, otherwise, minimal to no. worse still, have to pay more.
i was very careful in the previous year so i can harvest the benefit this year hehe. kudos myself!

other than that, i moved out fr rented room. 3 month of no job, no salary and travelling yet having to fork out big chunks out of my piggybank aint the smartest thing to do. so i dont hv a place on my own now. selling most of my stuff too. accumulated quite a bit after about 2 yrs spent in the same place - record high since my i started working life!

and by end of March, packed my bag again, this time to Seoul. after 2 weeks, i took off from Busan to Hanoi.

Upon arrival in Hanoi, i kinda missed the greens so i waste no time venture further up north, one province at a time. exploring around for a week, volunteered in a Homestay for a week and an english centre for 6 weeks. spent last few days experiencing Ramadan in Hanoi, again. also, had one-day trip to Bangkok in April

returned home in almost the same state i left but this time around with another due diligence waiting right at the door. the main reason is to celebrate ramadan and aidilfitri at home with family and friends but its mostly just touching the base before the next leg.

i am still making rounds of meeting everyone - something of nomadic skill i learnt doing and loving- in this short time so hit me up if u r free and up for a coffee or two! me, obviously i got loads of free time more than i could handle here haha!