Christmas 2011

A most memorable Christmas this year, spend at gunung datuk and melacca. The decision to go was made just 2 days ago before. Thanks to dear who made all the arrangements to ensure our transport and accommodation are settled. With the fully booked rooms in melacca city, we could only settle for a hotel in the outskirts.

Christmas was spent on hiking up gunung datuk. A v steep start and 15min into the hike with my backpack, I was breathless and giddy. Thankfully for the energy bars, water and rest, I managed to continue my way up. Upon reaching the top after 2hrs, it felt really great! AWESOME! The feeling was great that my persistence paid off and we did not give up. The wind was so strong on top I was really timid of climbing to greater heights on the ladders. Safety first. After a short break of 30min, we started our descend. We were grossly wrong thinking that the descend would be faster. The steep slopes slowed us down quite a bit. Looking back, I can't belief I scaled those stones and steps.

It is indeed tiring to ascend and descend on the same day. Exercised so hard for a day, my legs ached a lot and seeing stairs seem like seeing stars. Haha, so glad we had proper accommodation for the night. Not the best but definitely comfortable to rest for the night. Too tired to explore the surroundings, we turned in at 8:30pm and slept till 8pm. It is a much needed rest.

The next day was own time own target exploring melacca town.

It was a very meaningful Christmas. Indeed, it is a Christmas filled with love. I never thought just the 2 of us could go alone for a hike, but we did it :) nagvigating our way up ourselves, encouraging each other and made it to the top together. Though we both grumbled a lot, it was a very good exercise. It reminded of our first trek where we encountered a leech on my again and you had to pull it out. Haha no short cut of lighter so you had to exercise your masculine act to pull it off.

All I want for christmas is you :) we did it together! :)