Writing Bandel Four

  The trail is clear with waterpipe along the way Once we crossed the bridge, the trail to Lata Hammer is quite straight forward. Going in, keep the river on your right and you will eventually come to the turn off (right). We ventured a bit more further up but after a while, the trail gets a bit too dense and we weren't really there to bushwhack. Its just a 2 days 1 night trip, so taking it easy is what we really wanted. 

  On the trail with Paul I recently went camping with Paul of Junglecrafty and JC. JC and myself have known Paul for many years. Probably a good 8 to 9 years old is our friendship. Somehow we got along well, and I dare to say we became good friends. Paul had a popular website ( no longer online) and Youtube channel . Quite a well known chap in the 'bushcraft' community. My old website Sepuhcrafts was still up and active as well during this time. 

Part of the welding kit 3 years ago when we first moved into our current house, I decided to try my hands on new tools and skills. One of them was to get into welding projects. I was totally new to this but its one of those things that I always wanted to do. I bought a gasless MIG kit (some call it fluxcore welding) and all the bits and pieces. The total came to less than RM600 if I remember correctly.

  There are so many new car camping spots now. One car camping site we do enjoy going to is Tok Bak in Tanjung Malim. Tanjung Malim isn't too far from KL and there are some pretty good food in the town as well. More than that, Tok Bak campsite has a good river and reasonable toilet for use. We recently went there car camping, here are some photos o share. 

  A jungle fire simply a must Many years ago, I started following this thing called 'bushcraft'. Having watched too many episodes of Ray Mear's bushcraft series, I would sometimes try to start a fire in the jungle usin a bow drill! Like many things, I eventually grew out of it. Bushcraft became repetitive. Its usually revolves around the main same topics....shelter, fire and knives. These 'topics' are the basics of any jungle trip. Just a matter of how hard you want it to be.

  Exploring a new wild camping spot with JC It was the Deepavali weekend and we decided to explore this new area for a quick 2D1N wild camping just outside of Kuala Lumpur. It was just me and JC. M can't make it last minute due to family commitments. I have been on many camping trips with JC and safe to say we are comfortable with each other's company. When exploring new place, best to keep the members to those that you are familiar with. 

  A decommissioned Mystery Nice frame from Australian army I picked up this decommissioned Mystery Ranch (MR) nice some years back on ebay Australia. I believe it is from the Australian army. It is in really bad shape. There were straps missing, buckles busted and the entire pack has obviously been used a LOT. While waiting for the parangs from Sarawak Old Man to arrive, I thought's I would spend some time sewing up a load carrier for this pack (MR calls it the load sling).