Gunung Datuk - What's the real height of Gunung Datuk ?
15 May 2010 - Gunung Datuk (655m / 870m) is located in Negri Sembilan which is about 3-4hrs drive from Singapore. We started our journey the night before at 11pm and we arrived at the park at 4am. As it was still dark then, we had to sleep in the van to wait for the sunrise. I am not a person who can sleep easily in coaches or buses when travelling longer distances. Sleeping in the van was impossible. Calvin was snoring to my left, Mathias was making weird noises to my right and the driver was also snoring. Calvin didn't have a good sleep either, when he snored too loud (which was quite often), i will elbow him and quickly look away hehe. We started the trek at 7am when it became bright enough. We were immediately confronted with a steep and rocky ascend when we got into the trail. There were also lots of roots and the soil was soggy and muddy in certain areas, probably due to the rain from the night before. I must ...