We decided to spend one extra day in the Cameron Highlands and I'm really glad we did. We woke up early in the morning to trek into the jungle in search of the elusive Raffleisa. Well it's not too elusive since there 52 know sites near the Highlands where they grow, but since they only stay in bloom for 5 to 7 days it is still pretty cool to see one in person.
The trek was a relatively easy 2 hours through the jungle to get to the flower site, with a couple of stream crossings and a number of critters along the way. The payoff was great. A three day old Raffleisa that was over 80cm across. It really was quite a site. It seriously looked like something out of Super Mario Brothers.
The cherry on top of the day was shooting blow pipe (the non-poisoned darts of course) after a quick demonstration. Naturally I got a bulls eye, well close enough.
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