maxwell hill trek log

| 20 november 2008 | 9.54 am | reached start of the off road portion of the trek just beside gate to a bungalow reached by a small steep road branching of main road just before the driving school at taman sentosa | followed existing trail | 10.18 am | end of existing trail, went off the beaten path | 10.57 am | crossed small stream | no more stream crossing after this | up to this point, trek was on up and down kind of terrain | 11.01 am | just after crossing, stopped for a break | rest stop | after this stop, trek goes upwards almost all the way | 11.15 am | resumption of trek | 12.20 pm | rest stop | 12.30 pm | resumption of trek | 1.46 pm | rest stop | 11.54 pm | resumption of trek | 2.20 pm | arrival at abandoned field and hut | can hear construction works at indian temple at this point | difficulty in finding way forward | 2.28 pm | resumed trek after finding way up | 2.33 pm | arrived at abandoned bungalow | view of indian temple and uncovered roof of the unfinished hotel/hostel being constructed near the temple | 2.38 pm | resumed trek | after the bungalow the team divided into 2 | first group took direct route by going upwards cutting through undergrowth | second group followed a horizontal trail leading from the abandoned bungalow | 2.42 pm | first group arrived at jeep station | second group arrived at a small pine forest | soon after pine forest, second group have to cut through dense undergrowth | trail also vanished soon after pine forest | 3.00 pm | second group reached pine forest next to road | 3.07 pm | second group arrived at jeep station |