Day 5 – Permai Jungle Trail

We are very late for breakfast but still decide to take the jungle trail (blue-red, ~90mins).
The trail (it’s about here) leads up the west side of the Santubong, maybe 1/3 up with a little bit of rock climbing, but nothing technical.

But before we set off, here is a picture of the red ants near our hut, next to a flip-flop:

There is no end to the variety of mushrooms:

A nice fat centipede (the resort manager said these were more dangerous than the snakes) and a trail of ants, similar to the one Jane stepped into one evening.

We only cross one (dry) stream with a rope bridge:

When we reached the waterfall almost at the top of the walk we spotted a frog! It’s about our normal size, but with nicer colouring.

And finally a lizard on a tree just about to relieve the world of a mosquito:

I am certain we missed 90% of the animals as they are very good at hiding.

We do the walk in 2.5 hours and only encounter other people at the end. There are many threatening words on the signs when you enter the forests about watching your step, no fault for injury and death, etc.

And as we walk back Alex spots another snake. Same type as before but much smaller. we have since worked out that it is a Striped Bronzeback snake which is mildly poisonous:

Alex repeats the feat the next day when he steps on an even smaller version of this popular snake.

At lunch we meet an Italian couple who came over from Kuching on a rented motorbike and have a flat tyre. One of the men running the resort cafe is very helpful and gets them in contact with a place to fix the tyre.

From the cafe we spot this beautiful green lizard with blue stripes: