Aussie@Heart: F.R.I.M

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Anyways so today we thought we would do some white person site seeing in an Asian Country - experience Malaysia you could say.

Mum says: Lets go to FRIM and you guys can do the canopy walk, but I won't do it because I'm scared of heights

- Well wasn't she the lucky ONE

My Dad, Me, My Brother and Little Sister started our journey up the stairs which lead to the canopy walk. With a ridiculous slope and almost metre high stairs (maybe a slight hyperbole) (and i think that is an oxymoron) the four of us started clambering our way up. Not after long my little sister began complaining, "I can't go any further" "I can't do it, its too hard, I can't take another step" crying her eyes out. What a drama queen, my dad brother and I were sweating like pigs (but wait, do pigs sweat?) rephrase we were sweating like men, sumo wrestlers in a steam room maybe. Anyways she is the littlest of us all, not a lot to carry up and she is the one breaking down - pfft I say. Anyways. I get behind her, hold her hands, basically push her to the top.

We reach the hut thingo where you climb up even more ridiculous stairs to the canopy walk. We were there, what a triumph and then my little sister throws up. And no she cannot do it in all the vegetation everywhere she has to do it in the hut thingo. Typical. Anyways. So we get up to the canopy walk and we are told some rules:
1. Don't sway the bridge

2. Keep 2 wood planks in between u and the next person

A bit worrying mayb?

So I am the last one to step out. Ready to take photos. But dammit I'm not going to take photos I'm holding on to the rope. And I look ahead. We are walking on a ladder with planks on it which is resting on a tree branch with ropes going every which way - OMG OMG OMG OMG and we are in Malaysia where in our brand new house things break within a few months - and I'm walking on this thing OMG OMG OMG.

So we do make it to the end, otherwise I would be possessing my laptop but nvm.

Then down another lot of treacherously steep steps. We get to the bottom and OH and pretty waterfall. Somehow we don't see the turn let trail so we go right. - THE WRONG BLOODY WAY.

We end up walking for 30 minutes thinking why is this taking so long to gt back to mum. So we call her and ask her about the map, because ofcourse she has it. Anyways so turns out we shud ave gone left at the waterfall!!!! OMG. Anyways turns out there is a big circle so we can keep going on the track and finally get back to mum. It only took another 30 mins tho. What made it worse was that my lil sis complained the whole time, I need to go to the toilet. Argh.

But one thing on that long walk that creeped me out was we heard 2 guns shots - i felt as though i was in a horror movie - cos the was no1 else on the track, just us, lost in the rainforest, no water, no food, nothing to protect us, vulnerable.

(Now who is the drama queen)

Anyways so I wouldn't recommend FRIM to anyone except for a few people:

1. A stupid boy I know who I shall not name because well no1 is reli interested in that

2. Sian - the horrible englishwoman who told us FRIM was lovely, well yeh she didnt do the bloody canopy walk. (she isnt really horrible but a friend of my mother)

3. A girl who in 4th grade stole all my friends away from me

HAHAHAHA

Oh 1 more

4. IB