Wesak morning @ Broga

when it comes to Wesak Day, i usually drive my mother to temples for blessings and prayers. it's rather different than the past years, this year i had a very early wake up in the morning, met up my friend at cheras-kajang highway (along the roadside after 90cents toll), and we headed south to the famous broga hill.

just a brief on directions to broga hill:
from kajang go all the way straight to saujana impian, keep driving until you see a junction turning to left with signboard written 'rinching / semenyih'; remain driving on the main straight road you will pass by the university of nottingham, only after some distance you will see a signboard written 'broga' that leads you turning to the left; follow the curvy road and drive all the way into the broga village, you will eventually see the oil palm plantation at your left and a rabbit farm at your right. find a parking, and yes, you may walk into the oil palm plantations and start your hiking at broga hill!

the crowd was huge on this public holiday! we had to park our cars far away from where the entrance is and walked into the plantations. along the hike i made a few stops to catch my breath. it was relaxing and fun because i did not force myself to move faster to reach the peak. finding your pace and moving up as according to your capacity is important because that only makes yourself suffer if you feel exhausted/pass out when you go over your body limit. this time i managed to reach the second peak that breaks my previous record. as you may not know, i felt dizzy last time after the first peak and i had to stop and rest while waiting for the others to continue hiking to other peaks.

half way to the first peak!

sun's up; reaching to the second peak :)

we rested for a while on the peak and enjoyed the breeze before we slowly walked down from the hill. it was challenging to walk down because that was when i felt slight pain at my ankle. blame it on the kgsss that i have put on recently. after that we went for a quick breakfast at a chinese kopitiam nearby, the tauke said it has never been so crowded especially during the weekdays! even the staff were not able to clean up the dishes and leftovers of the previous customers. we grabbed some roti bakar and wantan mee, then there ended our morning hike at broga hill.

this roti bakar was good.

darn, for the first time i got stung by a leech! only discovered this when i was about to take shower. the blood stain had dried and from it i could see the shape of a leech! freaked out.