And yesterday, we made the decision to go to Balung River. She suggested to me and I just... agreed with it. No question ask. I agreed with it thinking that I could use this chance to practice making videos using my new Glidecam. The video was completed recently, here.
Supposedly, we'll be going for breakfast at 7am, and then immediately shoot to Balung River after that. We ended up getting our breakfast sometime around 7.30am and shoot to the river around 7.51am. Welp. A little bit late...? From the area around Kubota Square, the drive took about 40 minutes to reach our destination.
The entrance fee was RM3.50. You'd have to pay at the entrance gate, on your right side.
Fortunate enough! We were literally the first one to arrive there! The place was still empty and there is no human pollution! ... yet. But still! I managed to get some good footage before a few other people started to come by.
Balung river was pretty nice. I can agree that the place was beautiful. I was in awe as we crossed the bridge to get to the other side.There was also a swimming pool there; the entrance fee is RM5 for adult and RM3 (if I'm not mistaken) for children. So you'd have a choice, whether you want to have a soak in the swimming pool or at the river down below. I, myself, prefer the river. Nature all the waaaaaaay!
My friend brought along a change of cloth since she really have a mind to do some swimming. Me? I didn't really think I'm going to swim, so... In the end, I did go in the river, but just to get some footage of the river. I'd went in up to my ankle only, haha. There are restrooms there where you can change your clothes. From outside, the restroom look kind of... ancient. Erm. If you're early, then you didn't have to worry since you'd be able to be the first one to use it... ?
I guess, the place was popular after all. As the sun started to reach even higher, and we were getting even closer to noon, more people started to fill out the place. By then, I already finished taking some videos and my friend already had a little swimming in the river, so all was well.
I noticed there was a barbeque place there. There was also a camping site at the other side. I didn't really stroll to the camping site, which now that I think about it, was a loss. I really need to start minimizing my regrets. Think about your life and try to remember... how many regrets have you collect? The things that you regret because you just didn't TRY. That's what I'm trying yo minimize. I'm rational enough to understand that I can't eliminate it once for all though, haha.
For food, you can bring your own or you can buy some there. It appears that they do sell some food; fried food, canned drinks, ABC, etc. I didn't buy any and I didn't bring any. My friend had thoughtfully brought some food, haha! I'm a parasite. orz
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