It seemed to have cleared up a bit this morning! Cool. After we had our cereal (normal, eh?), we drove the car to the jetty, and headed off in crocodile infested waters on a rickety old boat to the Beko National Park. The Russian guys next to me had long socks - perhaps a good idea, but man it looked hot. As we docked, they had to take them off anyway as we had to get out into the water.
We went from central office to start our trek to the proboscis monkeys passing some cheeky macaq monkeys and friendly wild boar. Didn’t take us long to go wrong - the first turn we decided to take the high road, and trekked uphill for an hour before we realised we went wrong. We saw these two young guys whose hair was like they just stepped out of a salon - amazing! We turned when we hit the top, and then went back onto our original trail. It was an amazing trail - spooky and some amazing boulders and cliff faces - wonderful scenery. We finally got to the money beach, and only saw macaqs there! What a shame. We ran out of time for our trek back, so we took a boat back to the jetty, had an ice cream treat (grape splice - nicest ever!), then headed back.
Tried to get some snacks for later, but shops were rubbish! Stopped off on the way home, and got some pineapple, bananas and papaya for AUD$3 - so cheap! Wish it was that cheap in Perth!
Got back at around 4.30, and mooched until dinner at 6.30. We then headed out at 7.15 for our frog walk - drove and met Zool at the gate, and he spent the next two hours looking for frogs around the Frog Pond in Kubah National Park - it was wonderful - Harlequins, Cinnamon, White Lip, File 8, Giant River Frogs and finally the tiny mahogany inside pitcher plants - the sounds were incredible! Another amazing experience never done before!
Came back to a birthday cake AND Kak Lapis! Wahoo! It was so special! What a great start to my birthday!
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