TravelBug@Montfort Day 2 in Perak (The First Wave)

Our Montfortian Giants experienced the tough living conditions of the indigenous Orang Asli people of Perak when our 34 Giants and five teachers undertook a four-hour land expedition deep into an Orang Asli settlement situated about 50km from Ipoh town on Wednesday.
Bouyed by the exhilirating experience of overcoming the caves and rapids on the first day, our Giants woke up bright and early for their jungle trek raring to go.
Our Giants traversed a rugged mountaineous terrain for two hours before we finally reached the Orang Asli jungle settlement. Once there, our Giants picked up practical Orang Asli jungle survival skills like trapping a mousedeer and wild boar using bamboo sticks. Our Giants learned also how to use a blow-pipe to maim wild animals like monkeys. We also experienced a refreshing dip into a fast-flowing 25 metre water fall.
Today's experience was wonderful because we had a chance to sample the day-to-day life of an Orang Asli when we visited a small Orang Asli hamlet. We saw how the Orang Asli led simple yet meaningful lives.
In the afternoon, we visited the oldest tin-mining town in Southeast Asia, Papan. Papan is a small vibrant village of people who work as shopkeepers, farmers, professionals, labourers, builders, contractors, welders and a few tin-miners.We visited Sybil's Clinic where we learnt about a heroic nurse, Sybil Kathigasu, who during the Japanese Occupation risked her life to assist the anti-Japanese resistance fighters. It was a really moving experience to learn about how she single-handedly took on the wrath of the Japanese.
A message from our Gentlemen in Perak as summed up by Kingston Tan (2E3): "We had a safe expedition today because of the thoughts and prayers of everyone back home in Montfort. We missed our teachers and classmates so much, but we learnt a lot from the Orang Asli people today." We are also glad to announce that as of the second day in Perak, the teachers are pleased to inform all participants' parents that there was NO CASUALTY and all boys are safe and sound.
Our 34 Montfortian gentlemen and teachers, who are the first wave of TravelBug@Montfort participants, will be leaving Perak for Singapore on Thursday morning and are expected to be back in Singapore by Thursday evening.
A second wave of 30 students and six teachers headed for Perak will be departing at 11pm on Thursday.
Many Thanks to Tour Organisers Transinex and NOMAD Adventures (Malaysia) for a smooth and safe 1st Frame.
Look out for their reports to be filed on Friday and Saturday nights, which will have a more "human interest element"