Foray into Base Camp
I spent my first night at base camp! And lived to tell the tale! Haha!
Seriously, overnighting at Ria's house on monday night was a really cool experience. Her house is great. Miles in from the main road (at least it felt like miles, walking up the slope to the indignant yelps of the neighbours' dogs), really quiet and peaceful (a big improvement from my place next to the MRT tracks!).
The vines and plants hanging around the edges of the house give the place a really nice natural feel. At least, I'd imagined it to be quite green, because I only was there while the sky was pitch black - arrived well into the night and whisked off in the wee hours of the morning. With all that green stuff around, I really had to wonder why the snail got into the mail, and not for the first time too, from Ria's reaction. :)
Spent my night with one of the cats curled comfortably at the foot of the bed. I like cats, and Manis was a nice cat, so that was a pretty good experience, all things considered. Ria did offer me a tip that may come in handy for people who may not enjoy feline incursions as much as I did. Apparently her cats really dislike the sound of rustling plastic bags so all you have to do is rustle to evict them.
The only thing that was bad was the mosquitoes!!! They were everywhere. The mosquito coil I carried around with me like a talisman did little to deter them, lousy thing. Or perhaps the mosquitoes were just too determined.. Still have the splotches, a few days on. Hopefully the next time I'm there there will be a new victim to sacrifice! Muahahaha!
Seriously, overnighting at Ria's house on monday night was a really cool experience. Her house is great. Miles in from the main road (at least it felt like miles, walking up the slope to the indignant yelps of the neighbours' dogs), really quiet and peaceful (a big improvement from my place next to the MRT tracks!).
The vines and plants hanging around the edges of the house give the place a really nice natural feel. At least, I'd imagined it to be quite green, because I only was there while the sky was pitch black - arrived well into the night and whisked off in the wee hours of the morning. With all that green stuff around, I really had to wonder why the snail got into the mail, and not for the first time too, from Ria's reaction. :)
Spent my night with one of the cats curled comfortably at the foot of the bed. I like cats, and Manis was a nice cat, so that was a pretty good experience, all things considered. Ria did offer me a tip that may come in handy for people who may not enjoy feline incursions as much as I did. Apparently her cats really dislike the sound of rustling plastic bags so all you have to do is rustle to evict them.
The only thing that was bad was the mosquitoes!!! They were everywhere. The mosquito coil I carried around with me like a talisman did little to deter them, lousy thing. Or perhaps the mosquitoes were just too determined.. Still have the splotches, a few days on. Hopefully the next time I'm there there will be a new victim to sacrifice! Muahahaha!
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Yah, I forgot to mention that Base Camp is guarded by Commando Mossies.
The good thing is they seem to only bite new comers. Oh...I guess that's NOT a good thing for new comers. Well, you can only be a virgin once :-)
I guess like with Stonefishes, we all build up immunity to the many venomous and annoying creatures that we encounter on our many travels.
Mmmm...the Mossies really like to try out new comer. I was on their menu too when I spent the first night at Ria's house.
If this hypothesis is true, guess the next victim would be Jo-tsze???
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