Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Broga Hill Social Hiking

The best part about hiking is standing on the peak, overlooking the world which sits under your feet. The images of Kota Kinabalu still vividly lives in my memories as it was one experience I never forget. Figure that our clubs have never organized a hiking trip, we decided to organize one with the Lions Club of KL North and Leo Club of SMK Jinjang. You could say it was a huge family outing as there were huge turnouts from all 3 clubs (Bravo! 29 people at last count if I'm not mistaken!).

We left our meeting points at about 7am and by the time we had breakfast at Semenyih, it was almost 9. The Sun started to shine we started our hike and unsurprisingly, there were many early hikers descending the hill already after enjoying the sunrise. Well, that shouldn't spoil our fun and we started our journey.
The lonely tree - View from the first peak

Leo Hooi Jett and Leo Junee catching their breath

Lion Nicholas taking a midday nap under the shade of the rock

For the some of us, it wasn't our first time but it was totally different hiking in a day. The last time we did it, we started as early as 4am and it was literally pitch black. Now with proper lighting we could at least enjoy the scenery. Obviously the view wasn't as good as KK but at certain parts it does has its moment.

By 10.30am we reached the 4th and final peak, actually we were the last to arrive and the alpha Leos were already enjoying themselves hah. We snapped a group photo and after that began our journey back down.
At the final peak with grins coming out already
Check out the mom who brought his child to hike! Impressive!

Our guests of the day - Maggie and Josephine! =D


The alpha Leos from the Leo Club of SMK Jinjang

For lunch we went to a nearby restaurant for its grilled fish. Apparently Semenyih is famous for that particular dish, however we found it to be so-so. Perhaps we got the wrong place as we remember Leo Joshua mentioning that the famous place is barely accessible by car. The one we went was right next to the main road. Kena conned. =.="""
The so-so grilled fish

Nevertheless, we had great fun and lots of laughter. It was the perfect opportunity to get out with the Lions and Leos. The hike itself was simple, but it is the laughter and joy along the way that is priceless.

Our final social activity of the fiscal year. Let's hope there will be more to come in the next. Special thanks to the Lions Club of KL North who helped with fetching the Leos, as well as Leo Club of SMK Jinjang who turned out in numbers and with great passion. I hope you guys enjoyed as much as we did.

Roar!

Xien