By the way, we went to Mawai from Nov 2 - 4 for the outdoor camp by Happy Friends Club for all the volunteers. It was great great fun! We played games in the disused pond, went trekking and reached the summit of Gunung Panti, went for a night river cruise to see fireflies, star-gazing and saw so many shooting stars, had a fun campfire, slept in a loghouse that had a roof but no walls....we did so much! It was SO fun!

Darling was the first handicap to reach the summit of Gunung Panti! I am so proud of him. Gunung Panti was actually relatively more difficult to climb than those mountains that I trekked in in Nepal. It was uphill most of the time and at one point, we had to scale a cliff that was 90 degrees to the sea level! In other words, while climbing up that rocky cliff, the next person after you would be directly below you. And we had to use the same path to climb down the mountain. It was exciting, dangerous but very fun too. Imagine the difficulty level for him! He can't really feel with his right "foot" so how is he supposed to know if his "foot" was already resting properly on the rocks before he descends down any further? We could not have done it without the help of our friends. Not to mention having a lack of water supply as we really depleted our water on the way up. We had to settle for brownish water that came from the steam near the summit. The water was certified ok for direct drinking.

The camp commandant took photos of our trip and posted them up in the website. They are here and here.