FRIM Adventurous Trip

IT was a very impromptu brought up topic by a Path

member, David for inviting us to the first adventurous

trip visit at Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)

departed after heavy breakfast at a local kopitiam served

with vegetarian cuisine located at Damansara Utama

UPON reaching the main entrance of FRIM the guard

collected RM6 for the parking (RM4 included for the

driver and the car, and RM2 for each passengers)

PARKED the car right opposite the car park of the

Information Centre of FRIM, and got our tickets for

Canopy Walk (RM5) then our journey kick starts!

Will allow the pictures do the talking:

Map & Guide of Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)

Photo Credit: David Tan

Started the journey with Rover Track (as shown in the picture)

The journey of Rover Track consists of mainly uphill track in

order to reach the destination - The Canopy Walk

There are signs for name of trees and plants all the way of

the uphill journey of the Rover Track, and here we found

this sign showing "HAZARDOUS TREE"

Rover Track which has no

difference from a jungle track

I love this photo as the path with branches

all over reminded me just alike the pebbles'

path leading us until we reach a silhouette

the uphill and downhill of Rover Track consists of

passers by like tourist or even the regular ones who

work out inside FRIM every morning - So Healthy!

Look at how steep it is when it comes to go downhill

Visitors are lucky if they felt tired, they could walk

back down the same route to the starting point

as we walked up deeper into the forest of FRIM,

all we could feel is this cozy feel that we were

surrounded by cooling trees and only a little

amount of sun on the rocks and big dried leaves

honestly, the track looked alike if you

were to travel to Taman Negara before

after 45 minutes to an hour of Rover Track's journey,

we finally reached our half destination - the entrance

to the Canopy Walkway, which will be 500m above

sea level to reach the entrance of the Canopy Walkway

Canopy Walkway is located at Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve

at 500 meter at sea level, which was constructed in 1992 for

the purpose of scientific study of flora and fauna. the whole

walkway system spans for 150 meter which is  suspended

between trees at approximately 30 meter above ground level

Opening time:

9:30am till 2:30pm (1:30pm last registration)

closed on Mondays and Fridays

Ticket Charges:

-   RM10 (Non-Malaysian adult)

-   RM5 (Malaysian adult)

-   RM3 (Student 13 years and above, student ID needed)

-   RM1 (Children 12 years and below)

Map of the Canopy Walkway Trails

there were 2 separate roads to enter 

and exit while you're on the Rover Track 

but not for the Canopy Walkway which is 

only one way through (no turning back)

we reached our destination to encounter the 

Canopy Walkway which was constructed with the 

assistance of the Germans. The main rule of 

walking on the Canopy Walkway is to make sure you 

are 2 woods' length behind the person in front of you, 

and same goes to the person behind us

entrance ticket to enter the Canopy Walkway,

make sure you keep this ticket for memory as nobody 

provides a certificate if you successfully walk until exit

Personally, I don't feel afraid at all for walking pass 

towards the whole Canopy Walk as the precautions 

done by FRIM is well supported with nets

Here we go... Let's start!

Photo Credit: David Tan

Not forgetting a smile while being 

on the Canopy Walkway! (:

Peek-a-Boo! This is the first half route's rest area 

within a 20 minutes walk on the Canopy Walkway. 

The rest area is just a small compound structured just 

alike how people started building the base of tree house

Photo Credit: David Tan

a picture captured by a German lady who was on 

the Canopy Walkway with a local guide. On the 

rest area we could see partly the view of city

Photo Credit: David Tan

Here we go again, after a short break

on the rest area. Kicking start the

journey right after the German lady

left the rest area. as you can see

we started 2 woods away from them

(following the rules and regulations)

Can't imagine how you will feel when 

encountering the Canopy Walkway

this is a photo of David to tell you

how relaxed you should be

at last! we found the waterfall after a

long walk across the Canopy Walkway

Photo Credit: David Tan

*woots woots* it's time for feet soaking

inside the cooling waterfall water

after a short 20 minutes soak of our feet in the 

cooling waterfall's water we continue our 

journey by following along the only water

pipe until we could see the exit, but the

 path that we had chosen wasn't easy as it was

totally a jungle without proper path to walk

Photo Credit: David Tan

WoW! What a huge rock, if you could see the 

picture clearly the long tube behind is the water 

pipe which acted as a navigation that lead us from 

the top of the mountainous area till the bottom of the 

exit where houses were build on the ground level 

Photo Credit: David Tan

when we almost reached the exit of the pathway, 

we took a few minutes enjoying the scenery of 

little kids enjoying themselves with the lower 

area's waterfall's water - cooling and refreshing

These were the little kids that I mentioned about

Photo Credit: David Tan

By looking at this picture, you will know how 

refreshing, relaxed and cooling the waterfall is

Bahahaha! David's favourite pose

with the old big tree trunk

Photo Credit: David Tan

OMG! Spiderwoman in action :P

finally, a smooth stone path to walk along

until we reach the exit of the whole FRIM

forest. somehow the whole journey was

long but we never give up and never fails

giving each other the encouragement to

finish off this whole journey

i purposely emphasized this picture within the post as 

you could see the black little dots were black ants even 

if there's a hammer or even if there are workers trying to 

build or mend the support of the pathway, but what we 

could learn from the attitude of black ants is the never give 

up attitude of food hunting in order to survive themselves

it is the same philosophy of no matter whether we

are encountering FRIM or even the ups and downs

in our life, we should learn from our attitude of

how we applied along the journey inside FRIM

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing,

but in rising up every time we fail..."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

~ Never Give Up - Determination - Move On ~