Cherating, Pahang

My masterpiece: The Funky Lizard

I went to Cherating, Pahang recently to attend a 4 day course. It was a refreshing change compared to my daily 8-5 job. The course consists of motivational and team building element and it had some pretty interesting outdoor activities which I enjoyed very much. Firefly watching, mangrove river tour and batik painting were the main outdoor activities. The batik that I painted were drawn earlier by using a technique called canting where a wooden handheld tool with a tiny metal cup containing melted wax attached to tiny spout were used to draw an outline of an image on a white cloth. The drawing can then be painted using watercolor-like paint without worrying the color spilling over to the other sections of the drawing.

The mangrove tour was fun too as I can see the mangrove forest up close. I encountered monitor lizards and snakes relaxing at some of the branches. Luckily I didn't came across any Predators moving on top of trees with their active camouflage :) Anyways, the mangrove trees are important part of coastal areas as they protect it from erosion as the mangrove roots are very efficient at absorbing wave energy.

The fireflies living at the mangrove areas flew to us as the tourguide mimic their light transmission pattern using only a flashlight in the darkness of night. I managed to get some of them to land on my palms and watched it flickering.