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Around 5.00pm William and Ann started to prepare for the BBQ. Remy was assisting on and off. I was busy surveying the area, tried to figure out what I could do, after all been quite a while didn\u2019t do any camping. I think credit should be given to William for preparing and marinating those BBQ stuffs from home and as our cook. Once he started to grill those lamb, smell damn good. We had lamb, chicken and sausages. So dinner was great, everyone enjoying it especially the lamb.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>our campsite… just beside where we parked our cars.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>our campsite.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>late evening as the sun set.<\/p><\/div>\n
As it grew darker and night fell, time to light up the campsite. I think William had most of the gadgets. He even took a spare car battery for the lighting up purposes. He brought along a double camp chair, cool box, storage net, foldable outdoor table, BBQ portable grill stove etc\u2026<\/p>\n
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The campsite where we were camping was good, with the stream just nearby. The downside of it was the toilet. There was one nearby our site but in very poor condition; no light and taps not working. We got to drive out (around 10 minutes or so) for a better toilet. We spend the night chit-chatting catching up on old stories and was drizzling slightly as well. As usual we had coffee and tea, some tidbits as well.\u00a0 I can\u2019t remember how long we were chit-chatting but when we hit the sack, it was almost 1.00am or 2.00am. I was with William sleeping in the working area on our camp beds, Ann in the 2men tent and Remy had the luxury of having the 4men tent all by himself. It was too cold for me in the working area and around 4.00am I went into the 2men tent with Ann.<\/p>\n
Again I can\u2019t remember what time I woke up in the morning, but early around 7 something, still the last as William, Remy and Ann were already up and running around. They were starting to prepare breakfast when I woke up. \u00a0This was when I tried out my new Kovac stove and the old blue canister stove we used to during our younger days expeditions. I boiled some coffee and made instant noodles (maggi).\u00a0 Those maggi instant noodles again tasted much better in the outdoors than at home, but then it didn\u2019t interest the rest (William, Ann and Remy) as the breakfast prepared by William was much much better \u2013 scrambled eggs, sausages, toast bread, baked beans, fried onions and some left over stuffs from the previous evening BBQ.<\/p>\n my coffee and ‘maggi’ mee.<\/p><\/div>\n hhmmm… best! still nobody interested.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remy helping out with the breakfast.<\/p><\/div>\n our breakfast sausages & fried onions.<\/p><\/div>\n Ann…<\/p><\/div>\n Again, the food was great, thanks William! That morning Vivien dropped by with her son. After breakfast, we hang around a little while enjoying a \u2018puff\u2019 then I decided to cut off and removed the ground sheet (the tent floor) of my old 4men tent. I noticed some parts of it begin to rot beyond repair and tried to save those other parts that can be use separately like the poles and the floor. The floor I thought could be used as a ground sheet. The roof and the wall which was rotting can be thrown away. Honestly they are still with me till now, quite heavy hearted to throw away as this was my very first and only tent that served me well in all my outdoor expeditions. I bought it for SGD80.00 in the late 80s without a flysheet. I got a flysheet later. Yes, it never failed me, standing tall rain or shine in all my outings. I do not know what brand it is but it was a good tent.<\/p>\n our 2 men tent.<\/p><\/div>\n my old faithful before cutting out the floor…<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n after cutting the floor…<\/p><\/div>\n Remy…<\/p><\/div>\n bye bye old faithful, you were great! Thank You.<\/p><\/div>\n The sky looked a bit gloomy and we decided to call it a day before it started to rain again. Vivien\u2019s son was enjoying himself soaking in the stream. We unpitched our tents, hanged around for a while before driving out at around 11.00am. Besides the poor condition toilet nearby our campsite, I think Congkak is a nice place for camping, even \u00a0family camping. It\u2019s also a great place for beginners to get a taste of what camping is like as one does not need to trek, just park your car and the campsite is there. Definitely I will come again, for a 1 night camp to get out of the city or to test out my other camping stuffs. I think it would be more enjoyable during the dry seasons. Till then\u2026\u00a0 \u2026\/tham.<\/p>\n (some other photos below, we took around our campsite)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>