Meeting The 'Locals'
...... I got lost! Right after I was fully charged with positive energy, I retraced my steps back, in the cave, seeing the limestone formations from another angle gave me more surprises! The return trip isalways faster, very soon I was at the entrance I firstcame in. There, I saw a staircase leading up to a viewing point. Thinking to have another perspective of Gua Kelam and Kaki Bukit, I went up without hesitation. It’s easy to hike up with steps, but when I was at the viewing deck, the view was almost blocked by trees, thus I decided to challenge climbing up further. The next part up had no steps, and had sharp rocks, thus I had to be careful. But I made it up in the end, and was rewarded a full view of the Nakawan Range! I managed to get a nice view of Kaki Bukit and its surrounding! I completely didn’t realise how quiet the place became, suddenly I felt weird and thus decided to descend. While going down, I couldn’t find the staircase,I kept going down the same path, I wasn’t lost but going around in circles. There was no cellular service here so I couldn’t use Google Maps, I started to panic. I felt a cold wind blowing, not paying attention to the ground, I stumbled on something and fell, injuring my leg. Bleeding, I used a few pieces of dried leaves to cover the wound. Worried, I knew I had tocalm down. Once the bleeding stopped, I was determined to get out of the place. Suddenly I heard voices, how relieved! I then found the staircase. Very soon, I saw a group of university students being led by the staff of the Gua Kelam park. The staff was surprised seeing me walking down from the staircase! He said it’s very dangerous up there. I then explained I didn’t see any signboards saying it was dangerous. He told me once a group of professional hikers got lost on the nearby hill, and when they found a way down, they were at the Thai side of the border. ...... Gua Kelam is spooky Then our topic changed to Gua Kelam. Grandpa told me that Gua Kelam is very ‘dirty’, he meant in a haunted way. He told me he always saw ‘beings’, especially at the basketball court, he even saw them playing basketball, and sometimes when he wanted some fresh air at night after not being able to sleep, he can see them walking in front of his house. Grandpa: “Well, actually they are not bad, when you are used to them, you won’t be afraid anymore. Most important thing is they never disturbed me, likewise I’ll never disturb them.” FuFu: “Agree! We must respect each other, even we are living in different planes.” Grandpa: “Exactly! I If you ever meet them, don’t be afraid, you must tell them you are a tourist, coming here to visit and have no bad intentions. As long as you don’t disturb them, they won’t disturb you too. When grandpa’s friend came, I said goodbye andwalked to a kopitiam for lunch and waited for my bus to the next destination. ...... -- Get the book now. --
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