Treetop Walk - 2nd Attempt

In my previous entry, I talked about our "failed" attempt to make it to the HSBC Treetop walk because we parked at the wrong carpark.

Well, now that we found the nearer carpark to the walk, we made our 2nd attempt yesterday. If you're interested to go, the carpark is at Venus Drive.

The truth is, it was quite a mistake to be so ambitious. The distance from the carpark to the Treetop was more about 3.2km. And then the way back from the treetop to the Ranger's station was another 1km plus. So in total, we hiked, with the two kids for 4km.

Now, 80% of the time, we're carrying Zhi. And 30% of the time, Ning was being carried. It didn't helped when the tracks were pretty wet and muddy from the morning rain. We had thought since the weather was cooling, it'll be good to go hiking. But we forgot about the wetness of the ground.

To make this trip even memorable, right after our kids saw the huge lizard (see picture), Zhi got so scared that he refused to come down and walk anymore. So that explains part of the 80% carrying part. The other part that makes up the 80% came from the slippery ground and also he fell after running the first 50m of the hiking trail. Being a 'woman trapped in a man's body', Zhi complained of 'pain pain' and wanted us to carry him. The successful 20% came when I was so tired and angry at his refusal to walk, I literary pulled and scolded him to be brave and no lizards nor caterpillars are going to bite him.

As for Ning, the 30% of carrying happened right after she stepped on a huge caterpillar on the ground. And in the process, a 'cccrraaaccckkk' sound was heard. She was too traumatized and cried big time. That was when we had to carry her. Please do not mentioned 'caterpillars' to her for the time being. She'll start crying and felt horrid for killing the little worm.

The thing is, hiking can be fun. And being close to nature can be rather refreshing and enjoyable. Part of the hike reminded me very much of Kamikochi in Matsumoto, which we went to the Japan Alps two years ago. But it can be a pain if the kids are too young and had not much energy for a 4km walk.

On our way home, WF asked Ning if she had fun. Our little girl replied," Its not fun at all. We never play at all. We only walk and walk. I don't want to come here anymore." I think she summed it up pretty well.

Here are some photos we took:

We also made some discovery during this hike: That Zhi is afraid of heights!!! He was crying most of the time during our treetop walk. And kept mumbling 'scary... scary'... Sigh... I think our boy is more 'girlish' than our girl.

Anyway, the view is rather nice. It reminds us of the Capilano Suspension Bridge & Park in Vancouver (when we visited there in 2004).

Talking about the places we had went, we'll be leaving for Switzerland on Saturday and returning two weeks later. Between now and Saturday, I'll try to upload more entries and then when we come back on the 18th, I'll share more of our trip.