11. Lost in Liwagu trail, Kinabalu Park.
I blame the misleading sign and my own adventurous heart for getting me lost in the Kinabalu park for almost 2 hours. But thankfully I end up with an interesting story to tell you. It was when I blazed down Liwagu trail, the longest trail within Kinabalu Park measuring up to 5.6 km. While I can smell the end of the trail just a kilometer away, I went down a trail that lead to the Liwagu river. I was misled into this when I encounter a confusing sign. The lost trail was not easy to blaze through, thick jungle vegetation and poor marker signifies that this trail had not been used for long. Thinking that there must be a way out down the road, I continue on, when the right choice was to turn back. Then the trail got harder and harder to blaze through, there was this fast running water and slippery rocks I need to overcome, and there was this gorge only connected by two very slippery thick steel pipe was only the few ridiculous obstacles I need to brace through. The Liwagu river was the main water source for the people of the mountains. My thought was if I followed the main supply pipe line, and follow the flow of the river, I believe I could get out of the jungle soon. This thought was slowly disappearing as I moved further inside the jungle and further away from the river. But my determination to get myself out of this situation push me harder overcoming those knee deep mud and uphill climb.
Must I say, that was awfully lots of cracks and burst on those aged supply pipe! They never failed to keep me wet all the time. When I reached the top of the hill, and miraculously there was phone reception!
