Gunung Bunga Buah

Gunung Bunga Buah, Genting Highlands

(1430 m/ 4690 ft)

 22 nd November 2015

original plan was to climb mount nuang with friends n kids..... but had to change to mount Bunga Buah due to unable to obtain permit from Bentong forestry..... so, decided to at least climb a mountain.... n the nearest was Bunga buah.... arrived @intersection which was @Genting Sempah mcd..... zul was alreadi waiting @Janda Baik.... had tea with shamsuri.... then drove to Goh Tong Jaya.....

  

09:00
 

got info from fellow hiker the other day that.... entrance @goh tong sports center was closed.... so cannot go in via that gate.... tried another route through old ah kow's shop but alreadi gated too.... then, an old Chinese aunti told us about another entrance besides restaurant @end shop lot..... forgot the restaurant name.... her! her!.... after politeli asked an uncle there (it  is a private land, need the owner approval...thanks to an anonymous reader who remind me this.... ) we moved in n found new made route.....

 

after few minutes walking.... lost trek sight.... shamsuri began to 'bulldozed' our way up.... made new trail seems the best choice.... but need to be cautious though as many bamboos as well as thorns... it was quite veri sweati job.... about an hour, found 'tissue' marking left by earli hikers...... follow the marking to a veri steep climb.......until.... finali, reached an old gravel road...... peeehhhhh!!!!

pic: tissue mark



11:39
 

after short resting.... follow the old road til... forest trail to peak... not muddi like the last time.... the kids starting to complaining about lunch.... so, told them that we will have a picnic @somewhere called rock garden... lunching while viewing sceneri..... that excuse could onli manage to quiet them for no more than 5 minutes.... n the script came up again automaticali  her! her! 

12:32

reached rock garden.... the kids were veri excited.... so, had lunch..... sandwiches, biscuits... but need to be careful on this ridge especiali kids....

pic: 3 princesses (huda, ghah & huna) @rock garden

 

 

pic: genting highlands view from rock garden

13:46

reached false peak.... kl view was quite bright.... once, we thought this was the peak until realized that there was no signboard... her! her!

pic: kuala lumpur view from false peak with princesses

13:50 
 

took onli 5 minutes walk from the false peak to reach peak bunga buah..... could not linger longer @peak since this was the longest climb.... not planning to walk @nite.... her! her! after some refreshment, we began downhill......

pic: princess on peak (huna, ghah n huda)

 pic: the couples plus kids

15:14

on the way down.... set quite fast pace.... actuali,.... kids walked much faster than us.... stop for short breath onli @rock garden...

 pic: lepaxing a while during downhill

 

15:14

reached last water point..... continued going down....


16:30

arrived @old paved road


17:44

had quick rest before tracking back the new made trail....


18:30

reached car....
 
 

Recce Trip

 10 th November 2015 (Deepavali)

pic: signboard @gbb peak

 



went a recce trip to this mountain.... actuali, there will be santai hiking in few weeks time.... most old gang members from CBL, Broga & Angsi will join the mission.... her! her! types of trail/ road to bunga buah mountain includes:

1. tar road

2. gravel broken tar road

3. muddi trail

4. forest trail (roots & wet sandi)

 

07:00
 

parked car @Goh Tong sport center.... bought packed nasi krabu @umbrella stall in front of thana mini market.... did warm up n stretching.... 40 minutes later, started hiking via tar road besides strawberi farm.... passing the alreadi released cross-gate.... after a while, spotted stray dogs.... mat rudy chased them away as quickli as they started barking... no sooner then, we started calling him specialist dog chaser.... her! her! after quite sometime, tar road ends.... we began walking on gravel road.... poor selected shoes will results in foot-ache......

 

09:00
 

after walking about 4.8 km on tar and gravel road... arrived @red muddi trail... started climbing... made a slip n 'touch down" few times like nangka busuk.... the onli song came to mind was "u r not alone" by michael jackson... her! her! har! har! after 20-30 minutes "two n four wheeling", came to standard root and sandi forest trail... this kind of trail goes straight to the summit....

pic: trail

 

09:40
 

about 40 minutes later, reached @last water point.... need to walk steep downhill 100 m to get water @stream ........ went down to take pictures for this blog...... quite plenti of water after raining last night..... took a rest for 15 minutes catching breath after climbing back to the trail.... yup! stomach beginning to poignant soundli....

pic: marking to water point

 

 

pic: stream

 

pic: stream

 

pic: mat rudy @rock garden

10:15
 

hiking on the sandi roots trail quite sloppi...... arrived @rock garden... thinking out loud myself... that how this came to its name.... mat rudy answered blatantli... see all rocks here forming gardenlike.... her! her!.... this rock garden has nice mountains sceneri spot to snap pictures.... took short break.... made few pose including climbing bonsai (watch out fellas!!).... mat rudy pose with jalur gemilang that somebodi put there months earlier....

 

11:00

from rock garden, about 45 minutes hike to peak.... even me n mat rudy fooled @one false peak..... her! her! thinking about hungrines.... we preapared ourself for lunch.... just about to eat, we noticed that there was no marking around.... no signboards, labeled plate whatsoever.... decided to continue n after 10 minutes stroll, we arrived @metal trig point called 'bay route' which marked gunung Bunga Buah summit with dangling signboards....

pic: jue, mai, mat rudy n other hikers

hanging @summit for about an hour.... then retraced back to starting point.... my strava said, it was total 19 km two ways hike......