Tuesday, September 23, 2008

main trail

| if you are planning to take the main jungle trail to pondok tiga, you are advised to follow some one who is familiar with the trail | wait at the wooden bridge opposite the jeep station at foothill of maxwell hill and ask the passers by who will be going to either pondok dua or pondok tiga | bring along a mobile phone for you will be able to make and receive calls all along the trail | a reasonably fit person will need about 45 minutes to traverse the trail | for photos of the main trail to pondok tiga taken on 23 september 2008 with captions, please click here | for photos of the main trail to pondok tiga taken on 13 january 2008 without any caption, please click here | take care |

Monday, September 22, 2008

gibbon

| a black gibbon which was sighted on a tree near pondok tiga on 22 september 2008 | to view a short clip of the gibbon, please click here | to learn more about gibbons, please click here |

pondok tiga

| pondok tiga is a hut located on the road located on the road from taiping to the peak of maxwell hill | maxwell hill is also known as bukit larut | taiping and maxwell hill is located in the state of perak in malaysia | it takes a reasonably fit person about 45 minutes to walk from the jeep station at the foot of bukit larut to pondok tiga | pondok tiga which means hut three or the third hut is so called because it is the third hut on the road from the jeep station to the peak of maxwell hill | for some photos taken of pondok tiga, pondok dua and pondok satu on 22 september 2008, please click here | pondok tiga is a favourite place of mine |