The Climb of Mount Ophir

The Summit of Mt Ophir

Four friends, all alike in dignity, in fair Melaka where we lay our scene…

Ok I shall cut that crap. My best friends and I had just conquered a mountain and it wasn’t even in our checklist for this year! Lol! Arif’s colleague randomly suggested mountain climbing and the rest of us were invited by Arif. It was an unplanned, unorganized but surprisingly it turned out quite well. :)

EARLY breakfast

The four of us took a four hour train ride on Friday evening to a place called Segamat in Johore, Malaysia, got to our resort, did the necessary preparations for the climb and tried to get an early night’s rest. We woke up to have an early breakfast as we hoped to climb up and descend from the mountain before sunset.

The Dudes

Well the first half of the climb was chicken feet until we reached KFC…Unforgettable moments for the day. I climbed almost a vertical cliff, drank mountain water when I ran out of mineral water, got cramps which caused me to slow down the pace of everybody, saved a friend while I was resting,Safety first felt like there was somebody following me when I was at the back of the team and most important of all…A priceless moment when I reached the summit with my best friends and got a birthday present from Arif behind a spectacular view. :)

Best of FriendsBirthday Present on the Top!

It was definitely a great experience and I definitely need to train myself to catch up with the army boys. Hehehe. Thanks guys for watching my back and adding flavour to my 25th birthday. :D

Euro Trip Preparation

Ok this is coming almost a month late but I am still blogging about this because I am getting very hyped up everytime I think about my euro backpackers trip. Lol!

Eurail Passes

Bought the Euro rail passes a day before valentine’s day last month for the whole gang. :D Now we only have accommodation, food and leisure to care about in Europe. It cost us S$678/- for the 15 days (2nd class – Youth) global pass but with this we will probably not take any budget flights throughout our trip. Yeah! We’ll see more of Europe though it will be a lot of time spent on traveling.

Eurail Passes

I also finally got an Antler backpack for the trip. A gift from my elder brother. :D Retail priced at $270/- but we got it close to half the price. The bag feels strong and looks sleek to me. The best part is it has a detachable pouch which turns itself to a small bag. This bag will be used by me for more backpack trips in the future I hope. Don’t want it to become a decoration in my store room after the Euro trip..

Antler BackPack

Can’t wait to visit Amsterdam!

By walk,

Dean Yusoff