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Gunung Irau - Mossy Forest

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Gunung Irau, the 9 th highest mountain in Peninsula Malaysia. It is situated in Brinchang town of Cameron Highlands. We have planned the Irau hike for almost half a year since everyone is busy with work after out of college. The hiking was planned on date 15 th June 2013. A group of 6 departed from Kuala Lumpur at 1am and reached the Brinchang town at 6am. After some light breakfast in a Malay restaurant, we headed to the entrance of Gunung Irau. The driving experience in Cameroon Highlands was different and way challenging than I had in previous hike indeed. Welcome !!! We started the hike at 7am. Everyone was soon fall in love with the place. Nothing beats the strong breeze and cool air in a morning. The trail was fairly easy at first, everyone was so excited of snapping photos around.  We entered the mossy forest at last. Everything in the forest is wet, muddy, and slippery. All of us had to be extra cautious checking on muddy traps and slippery grass ro...