Let's see what's through this tunnel!
Well, the train tracks aren't very functional anymore, but the tree roots are cool. @Lucilleyd20bnw says it should look like this: scary!
The hiking here is a bit challenging, and I was happy to not break my ankle (See Barry for perspective).
Here's a pretty little bracken curl.
Here's a pretty hand-sized spider, conveniently located at face height.
There's intense competition as leaves and stems grow through other leaves.
But there's enough sunlight for all.
The jungle also houses old gravestones.
Gravestones, old bottles and pots throughout our jungles. Malayan Brewery hasn't existed since 1990.
We hiked to an old water reservoir/swimming pool from the early 1900s, abandoned since WW2.
Most dead Japanese soldiers from WW2 were buried in the cemeteries. Komoto Ekasa-san, however, who died from overwork at age 47, somehow earned a special forest spot. No one knows why he was special, but he would probably advise us to care for our work/life balance.
Did you say WW2? How about some more bunker tunnels?
This one adds nice elements of enclosed spaces, extreme heat, bugs and bats to the regular perils of war.
Time to look at flowers. Through the dense jungle there's a clearing, with cane reed (
Cheilocostus speciosus), which I like because it sometimes grows strange finger sub-flowers.
