After my A Levels, I also went on a Raleigh expedition. It was not just an opportunity to get away from Penang, it was THREE MONTHS AWAY from Malaysia! Anyway, I did 2 months + of fundraising, working at a Japanese restaurant... if you are trying to imagine me all cute in kimono and stuff.....
In my first jungle experience, we were cutting down some of the forest wood, to build a strategic walkway so that students and visitors can learn more about the different species of everything in that jungle. As mini as it is, it probably occupied 40k square feet? It was hard work, imagine the hot sun ...... girls and boys having fun shovelling......
Btw, the mugs do not contain alcohol.After a hard day's work, we usually plunge into the river nearby.... oh and btw we were at the Danum Conservation Centre at Sabah (but I got to see no orang utans, I saw the shadow of the orang utan though...)
A lot of things happened then, love blossomed among few of us.... And we have this nightly ritual to give a train back massage. Some people found the space to bring guitars but you need to make noise when you are living close to wild boars. We eat oats for breakfast and canned food, most of the time.The most exciting part of Phase I was probably....
I didnt hurt myself doing that, and I was not a masochist ... those are LEECH BITES!!! Talk about having 20 on your legs after a 4 hour jungle walk. I got a fever that night (from the shock)....
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Raleigh looks so interesting and
adventurous i wonder if leeches stings like needles, i would have probably faint! pengsan! i hate needles!
You don't actually feel lice, they attach to you and when it's done it will just detach itself. The topic of lice, probably deserves a separate post altogether because you need to know how to kill it or it will have fangs remaining in your skin (my best way is to use salt). UNless the leech is huge or something, you usually don't feel it.
Thats how I got 20 bites in a same day...
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