Mount Mike

Today was the first day of Hari Raya~Wishing all muslim friend enjoy their Raya celebration~

And its been a long time ago for me to update my blog, here i come with my New update with the mount Mike~ :)

I m very happy coz have the chance to know this mountain and go till the top of it..Actually, this mountain is not very high,  the distance to get till the top is approximately 2000+ meters. We took around 1 hour to reach the top. On the top of the mountain, there is a Indian temple.  This is the first time for me to enter an indian temple and pay respect to the "dewa-dewi" inside the temple. Before go into the temple, must remember to wash hand, foot and face and most importantly, without wearing the shoes.My friend brought 2 coconuts to give to the temple and i saw quite a lot of people bring Milk( Dairly brand) to the temple. 

At there, we met a uncle who live at the foot of the hill. He is the owner of the Mike camp site and he told us the history of this mountain. He told us that this mountain originally was a highlands  used for tea plantation during Raja Brooke era. At that time, the Raja Brooke hired a lot of labors from India and they live at here. The Indian temple was build at that time too. However, the plantation of tea was not succeed. Hence, the highland and the temple were abandoned.  And during  1960 year, the site was recovered by people ( if i was not mistaken :P). Not forget to mention, there was a Raja Brooke Bungalow build there. However, the bungalow left only toilet bowl at the site ( i did not go to there see the bungalow site, and i heard this from the uncle, next time have chance may go there visit..).  3 years ago, The old Indian temple was renovated and replaced by a new temple.  I can feel the "sayang" feeling from uncle when he talked about the renovation of the temple because he feel that  historical significant is less after the temple was renovated. However, for me, the historical value still there although the temple is new now. :) 

For me, today's mountain hiking was a memorable experience and visiting the Indian temple was a big "bonus" for me as i was never expect that i will visiting such a historical place. 

I Like Mountain hiking the most and i enjoyed the time when i can hug the nature so close. Grateful for this..:)

On the way up to the mountain

Trails along the way up

The Entrance of the temple

The uncle who told us the history with his dog. Uncle used to go up the top of the mountain twice or more per week.

The Doggy. :P

The signboard shows the way to Rajah Brooke Bungalow and to the temple.