Taman Negara : Part 3 - Day 1 : Walk Around and Leech Bite

After settling in our room in Nusa Holiday Village, we were off to wander around the area. My sister was more interested in hearing the sound of the birds. And using her binoculars to spy the bird. There are houses situated behind our small chalets, that takes up a bigger area. We walked in that area towards the open space which led to a path outside the resort, which to my dismay, had construction works going on. Soon, I found out that they were building a road to connect to the nearest village. I cannot believe I see a machine in a recreational forest. *sigh*

 

 

We went back to the resort, and decided to see the river closer. Walked across the bridge and on the stones and rocks towards the river. I love the colourful rocks which were porous and some broke easily when I stepped on them. The water has broken the rocks. Which proves that anything that is hard can be broken eventually.

 

Notice the difference in the photos. My sister took my photo using HDR mode, while mine is in Auto mode. Hence, hers can see the shape of the clouds. So, I changed my mode to HDR and got the similar outcome. My sister, as you can see, is holding her binoculars to check out the birds after listening intently to the call of the birds. That is her in her truest element.

 

 

Can you see the moon in the below photo? The moon in the blue sky.

Meal is part of our package too. For dinner, we had 3 dishes each time. It was really filling. We were so hungry and the food was so good.

 

So, the title of my post says leech bite. Right after dinner, we went for a night walk. It is part of our package too. We were introduced to our guide, Pak Hashim. The night walk was the same route as the one we walked through in the afternoon passing the construction site, but further into the jungle. It was about a 1-hour walk. We stopped a lot to observe the movement of insects. We saw a stick insect and tarantula. After the walk, I undressed and found 3 leech bites! 2 leeches were still sucking my blood and my sister took a pair of forceps to pull it out which is actually not advisable because the teeth may still be stuck. But I cannot be sleeping with a leech. The other leech has fallen off but the evidence was clear on my foot. My sister, on the other hand, has none.