And a while later, Dr Kamarudin "Pak Din" Mat Salleh, eminent botanist, Rafflesia guru, and his merry band of graduate students arrive. Time for Sabariah to catch up with old mate Pak Din. You see, they went to the same school. :-)
[L-R, clockwise: Pak Din, Donna (hidden), Azhar, Aina, Mat Ros, Choon Pei, Sabariah]
Tummies filled for the day's jungle outing, we are soon eagerly on our way, exiting E8 and getting onto national Route 8, which snakes its way all the way to the northern-most part of peninsular Malaysia.
We are going to a village called Ulu Dong, some 32km from the town of Raub, which we are passing by now. Raub is about 100km north of Kuala Lumpur, across the main Titiwangsa mountain range.
