WaterMon Weekend
8 colleagues-cum-friends set out on an adventure to Gopeng, Perak.
We stayed at Adeline’s Lodge, a village with quaint aboriginal-designed huts. 
The hut functions as a dorm. The ladies slept in the main room, while the men slept in the hall way.
Our schedule was tight. Upon arrival, we were served with delicious lunch cooked specifically for our team. The food is fresh and tasty. Once our other friends arrived, we changed clothes and set out to go white water rafting.
Being my first white water rafting experience, I made sure I listened and made mental notes to the safety briefing. When we departed, it already began to rain. That could only mean that the river currents would be stronger.
We went up and down the river, our raft getting caught in between rocks more often than others, and when we were supposed to stop for a short ’swimming break’, our guide named King, pushed me into the river intentionally (or else I would never jump hehe). With the lifejacket and helmet fully fastened, the current brought me along for a nice ride. I had so much fun until…I saw a large rock looming ahead of me. How was I to maneuvre myself or break? There are no breaks or steering wheels! Obviously, I hit the rock.
The next swimming stop, Wati and I casually jumped in, but to our amazement, the current was quite strong (or we are quite light!) that it dragged us away. We were moving so fast that we were separated from the group, so much so that our guide King had to throw the yellow rope bag. We quickly remembered the safety briefing, and held on tight to the yellow rope and King pulled us back to safety.
All together now…’Aww..’
As we went along the river (it was a 2.50 hour trip), we had a few big rapids to conquer. On one of the big ones, Wati accidentally fell into the river…and she was quickly pulled out by King. Then, at the next rapid, I fell out of the raft and into the river. Again, King pulled me out effortlessly. 
We realized we were the day’s damsels in distress and King was officially our HERO 
Other groups didn’t have any ‘man overboard’ but ours.
When we returned to our camp site, we discovered that there was no water for the whole day. Cold and starving, there was only 1 place where there was running water. Thankfully, the bathing place was covered to shield prying eyes. In order to save time, Wati, Swan and I decided to bathe together…eventhough neither of us brought sarong for bathing purposes. It was quite hilarious as one of us went topless, the other bottomless, and one had her swimsuit on. All 3 of us had to close our eyes while bathing..drastic times call for draastic measures :p
Day 2
The next day we went water abseiling. This means we had to slide down from a 50 meter waterfall using ropes. Hmm…
I was 3rd to go down after Wan Jye and Wati. As I was moving down the waterfall, I slipped and swung from left to the middle part of the waterfall. I was supposed to stand up on my own, but the water was so strong it kept pulling me down/back. I was literally drinking the water as it hit my face and suffocating from lack of air. Then, the guide ‘Apek’ (his actual nickname ok), extended his hand. He almost lost his balance too but he was supported by 2 ropes; one tied to a strong tree branch while the other was tied to Swan. I had to surrender my left hand, then my right hand before he pulled me up. It was like a scene in the movies where the police tries to rescue someone from falling off the building. Either the person survives or dies.
After that ordeal, I decided to complete the abseiling and went down. Alhamdulillah, no drama there
Having tried water abseiling gives you such an adrenaline rush. Wati, Swan and I decided to have another go at it- AGAIN. Apparently, we were the only ones who repeated as the rest were too tired.
The second time down I did better, but towards the end the water was still quite forcefull, and managed to make me lose balance, causing me to swing (AGAIN) from left to right before settling back in the middle. Kinda looked liked Tarzan in training..hehehe.
It was the 2nd experience which made me feel really cold and hungry. According to Swan and Wati, it was then that I began to shake and turn blue. Ok, so I skipped breakfast ‘cos I was still full from yesterday’s dinner. It won’t happen again, pwomise
When we got back there still wasn’t any water so Wati, Swan and I repeated our 3-some activity. This time we were prepared and wore bikinis to avoid unwanted nudity/porn.
To sum it up, it was a great weekend I will always remember. Of course, I had the neck, shoulder and backpain as souvenirs.
Here are some pictures:
If you haven’t tried, you should! And check out Adeline’s website, I highly recommend it! It’s loads of fun, no regrets
Asma wan signing off
