:: Camp Eco : Mawai ::
Yesterday, I went to Camp Eco, which is in Mawai, Kota Tonggi, in Johore, Malaysia. It's the campsite that Uncle Tonny's been talking abt for the past few years, and we nvr got to see.

So when Uncle Tonny issue an invite for a drive up to Mawai, and on my off day to boot, i agreeded in a heartbeat. Stanley and Tang made up the remainder of the party, and on Saturday morning, we were off!

A nice drive up, we stopped someplace in JB for breakfast, and swiftly continued on out journey tp Camp Eco (read: Ecology). A bit of grocery shopping in down town Kota Tinggi, and were drove the last 20 mins to the Campsite.

I don't know what I expected of Camp Eco, but what I saw definately wasn't it. Camp Eco didn't have electricity, so naturally, no TVs, no radios, no air-conditioning, nothing. In place were platforms up on stilts, with atap roofs and bamboo pillars. I was told that all the pillars in Camp Eco were done by manual piling. talk abt wow!

we looked arrd the place... really interesting, especially for an urban chick like me... on the drive up, we saw cows, and I was like, ARE THOSE COWS? REAL COWS? MOO MOO COWS?! doh... needless to say, i once agian provided entertainment for those ard me, namely Tonny, Stanley and Tang. I was no different at the campsite... wow this, cool that, amazing everything...

but what i really liked, was the sound of silence... it was so, so quiet, so peaceful. the four of us just sat in the dining area, munching on biscuits and diet coke, and talked abt everything, nothing... it really was a great way to spend the day.

i wld like to spend a night there soon. it's a great place to think. when we were there, there wasn't anything like SARS or war or stress or anything. it was just us, living out a day... no need to think of work, of relationships, of anything... soon.

we departed Camp Eco with reluctant hearts, and after a great dinner of one of the freshest fish i've ever had, we began the (now) long journey back home.

Camp Eco is a great place, and the best thing -- there are NO mosquitoes! serious! in the jungle, where there are monkeys and wildboars running amok, where the elephants and tigers roam freely (Uncle Tonny told me this), there are no mosquitoes. just tranquil serenity.

I'll be back. Soon.

Till then, here's a shout out to Uncle Tonny for taking us there... and to Stanley and Tang for the great company!