Today I woke up feeling a bit soar - 1. From yesterday's bike ride and steep hike and 2. From the huge dinner that stretched my belly to new limits.

There was a morning market on this morning so I walked into town and picked up some egg plant, mushrooms, onions, carrots, capsicums, leafy greens, eggs and freshly shredded coconut.

I then set off for a small hike which turned into a big hike. I walked to Parit Waterfall which didn't take to long but had some trouble finding the Parit watchtower and after an hour or so I was lost and had walked too far. Unfortunately I didn't have the correct foot ware but continued on anyway. I met some hikers who were coming from the direction I was headed and they informed me of it being a nice 1 hour walk but quite challenging. Why not I thought and went for it - it was difficult and my legs jellied up but After a few hours of trekking through some deep jungle and hitting the highest point of Cameron Highlands I emerged back in civilization. I made my way back to the house and was quite happy with my 4 hour hike / getting lost!
I met a spiritual healer in the jungle that invited me to attend his healing ceremony tonight - very interesting German guy by the name of Wolfgang and he is also a world traveller and works location independent on his online Healing website. Unfortunately I couldn't make it tonight because I had planned to cook for my host Surayya but tomorrow night there is another event happening at the temple so maybe I will make that!

Unfortunately Surayya was pre-occupied tonight and so after two hours cooking and pouring my heart and soul into my first attempt at Malay cooking I didn't get much of a reaction. Ohwell I felt good that I had been able to give something back in return for the accomodation and the amazing meal we had the other night.