Trekking for 3 dys 2 nights

First day we trekked 8k from the starting point which was about 1.5hr boat ride up the river from the villageto 'a big cave' where we slept for the night. This is where we had our first aquintance with leeches, which we hated at first but learnt to pretty much ignore by te end. The trek was hot but we didnt see alot. The cavewas huge and full of bats with bat poo all over the ground. We ate a curry there courtesy of our guide and sat around a camp fire at night talking to these american guys who were also sleepng in there that same night . A good chuchle was had by all before turning in. . We slept on a mat in a sleeping bag for the second night in n arow. Surrounded by the elements, you are supposed to take malaria tavblets wehen trekking in this jungle but e didnt. Although apparantly sleeping in ther cave you are safe from mozzis as the bats eat tem. I made a large school boy error by only taking one white t-shirt on a 3 day jungle trek, it got so muddy it was unbelievable, covered in bat crap, mud, got burnt from being over the fire, it is literally just a rag now. The second day we found the river and were shown a place we could tarzan style swing into the water, an opportunity we grabbed with both hands (and leeches by the feet!), t'wos great fun!

The next day we walked another 8k to the river thebn got aboat to the Orang Asli village whree we stayed the night. The Orang Asli are a kind of indigenous tribe who have lived in the jungle all their lives and have to move their village every few months. It was cool sleeping on the sand by the river under the stars with just a sleeping bvag and a mat, we are getting used to this. The shoes i hired for the trek were 2 sizes too small for me, and your feet swell up in the jungle but they were the largest they had, so i got massive blisters, blisters the SAS would be proud of! so much so i vowed never to wear shoes ever again! That night we made a camp fire, sat around and drank tea with our guide and tribal elder or 'the boss'. The Orang Asli weren't as 'indigenous' as we thought as they all wore western clothes, bought food from the local village, and were generally more of a tourist attraction than anything else. Although the next day we learnt how to make fire and fire a blowpipe which they would use to kill monkeys etc in trees etc.