Rambo IV in action - my very first own offroading

Just bought a landy (land rover 109 siri 3, 1978), which i named him "Rambo 4", after the John Rambo's latest movie. WHY??? coz, although in his 60s, he still able and strong enough to perform his Rambo actions. Here are some photos of my Rambo 4:

Rambo 4, a week after i bought it. No modification, only a few stickers to cover the police image and for camouflaging.

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My first off-road at Ulu Rening, Batang Kali, 16-Feb-08
I joint Mr. Barry & the gang.

Waiting Barry & his fren. I was also doubt and worry about Rambo, whether he can perform or not, or can he stand with this heavy/rough activity after so long with Malaysian Police Force doing light and easy job out there.

Rambo is ready & waiting to get into the water.

Yieeee ha! 1st timer. Rambo is getting wet. Handee was happily seating on the hood and blocking my sightings.... anyway, enjoy!

Uphill.. Downhill.. easy track.. rough track.. damn this was very rough, uncontrollable & no clutch required. Rambo was almost out of track, once. I am really need more practice.

1st muddy track, there are 4 of them. This is the easiest one. Rambo was stuck on the 3rd mud. No photo available as everybody was busy to winching up Rambo. So exciting!!

Barry was looking/reccee the best track.

Off loading, Rambo needs a lightweight load before climbing up the slope.

Waiting turn. Rambo & Camel Trophy... Barry took so long to try and build up the track.

Arriving, that was a stiff downhill.

Looking for a clearance before turning.

Clearance of parking bay.

Arrival at the camp site. Can't u see Rambo 4 is seating side-by-side with Camel trophy... and far behind is Barry's bloody leech.

Ravi posed as if the 4-wheelers were his. Hoping that u'll get 1 soon.

Some of the off-roaders.. exhausted and excited.

Paparazi & Ulf

Nice panorama....

"lubuk".. the deepest.

Lovely stream...

Handee keeps pursuing Maxi & Herry to join him.. Don't focus to her only.

Nice view, huh???

Fishing... Omar got 3 fishes - tengas, i thought!

Helping Amuda climbing up the rocks..

It was damn cold... we were shivering rrrrrrr.......

Writer (Parkdude) in front & Handee.

Shreem was so happy....

Parkdude was fortuning our own future.. this beutiful nature, environment & all creatures.

A big log we found before leaving this lovely place.. Amu said, its age would probably 400-500 years.

That's all for time-being.... will be continued.

3rd Camping: Ulu Tamu, Btg Kali

NOTE:
MY APOLOGY FOR THE LATENESS IN PRODUCING
THIS BLOG.. WAS AWAITING PHOTOS FROM
ONE THEM. THANKS GUYS.

31-Aug-07:

Cuti merdeka pasti ramai yang dok melepak depan TV menonton perarakan merdeka atau terus melepak di dataran, tak kurang juga yg balik kampung atau keluar ke shopping kompleks bersama keluarga atau aweks..



Tapi aku merayau ke Ulu Tamu, di Batang Kali. Mengikut critera2 dari internet, tempat nie sungguh menarik dan jarang dilawati. Kali nie berpandukan GPS map yg aku dapati dari internet, aku terus cargas menaiki honda EX5 (pinjam adik sepupu, roadtax vespa aku dah mampus) ke syurga offroad ini.





Nak dijadikan cerita, terjumpa pulak lagi.. satu gerup 4x4 kat sana... dgn tak tau malu, aku minta join dgn dorang. Kali ni, isteri tercinta tak ikut sama, dia nak mengemas rumah dan window shopping di Sogo.

Tanpa banyak cerita, ikutilah kisah pengembaraanku kali ini...

<-- 1st river river to across.

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It's me, just arrived

Lone Ranger.

<-- 4x4 En Hamizi crossing the river.

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2nd river, my bike before crossing.

<-- My bike parked beside the muddy route. Couldn't climb..

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Walked & climbed up

alone. Too shy to get

a lift with 'em.

<-- Stiff route.

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En Hamizi,
before got trapped.

<-- Waiting rescue.

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Rescuing. I lend my

hands as well.

<-- Pulling.....

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Mission accomplished.

<-- Camping site.

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Their tents.

<-- This is mine. Cute, huh...

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Hi tea.. being

prepared.

<-- Helping.. Fire camp

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Going down to the

beautiful stream.

<-- Walking down.. Quite slippery.

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How nice...

<-- En Jamil, fishing. Mr Daniel, disturbing.

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Ah Seng,
so patient.

<-- Mr James..

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Aku pun cuba nasib,

sekali, pakai bubu daaaa..

<-- Ah Seng got a Tengas.

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Some fishes..

<-- Enjoying.

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Starving like hell..

<-- Nyam.. nyam.. nyam..

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En Hamizi,

masak apa tu..

<-- Got candid.

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Chit chatting

<-- I wished to have one.

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Got candid while

sleeping.

<-- Close up on me.

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Going home,

before crossing.

<-- Motor got 'kaput'. Air masuk ekzos... kena tunggu 1/2 jam..

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Berehat di Sg Batu Dam.

I went home earlier, couldn't wait for them.
I was really enjoy this time.. No words can describe
my feelings and enjoyments. I plan to have another
trip to Ulu Rening after Raya. Eagerly to own a 4x4...

2nd Camping: Sg Sendat with families

28-Jul-07:

I rang the bell in my office, announcing the excitement of our trip to Sg Sendat. Then, we organized a family trip with some of my colleagues. We departed from Giant Batu Caves at about 1500hrs and arrived there at about 1.5 hours later. We stayed over night with our family members.

Our kids were so excited and enjoyed.... even some didn't want to get home - over excited. Since i was the organizer, i didn't have enough time to snap photos and some of us were to busy to look after our kids.. Photos available here were taken with handphones, i apologize for the low quality of the photos.

Anyway, here we were...

<--- Arrival of the VIPs. No red carpet prepared, but park their cars on the side.

--->
Our camping site,
'ruang tamu & makan'.

<--- Beberapa khemah

--->

Sedang mengemas barang

dapur, jam 5 ptg.

<---

Aku le nie..

nak prepare makan malam.

--->

Sekali kena buat jamban

daaa....

Tapak karaoke...

Kaum bapa sedang mendendangkan lagu

<--- Sekali nyanyi lagu2 piring hitam dan langam, takpe... layaaaaannnn

--->

Langkawi Inter'l Dialog

<--- Pasangan sejoli baru tiba... jam 1045 mlm. Sesat....

--->

Pagi esok harinya,
Sedang tunggu breakfast..

<--- Apa lah punya lambat.. Perut lapar, tak sabar nak mandi sungai nieeeee.....

--->

Tahan sejuk betul

dia worang nie...

brrrrrrr...

<--- Macam sekawan memerang di musim mengawan..

--->
Tengah bersiap nak balik

We were really enjoy despite have to look after our kids (i don't have any, YET). This camping was a success and we plan to organize another trip to Jeram Toi or Lata Kinjang this December.

1st camping at Sg Sendat

20-May-06:
My wife & i decided to have a fresh air out off the busy city life. Without knowing where to heading to.. we just 'danced with the rhythm' along the busy old road en route to Genting Highland via Sg Batu Dam. Until we reached a T junction to Ulu Yam and Sg Sendat..

Then we wondered. What's the heck is Sg Sendat??? Without any hesitation, we moved forward and forward and forward till there's no more tarmac.. a muddy ballasted route awaiting us ahead. Waited for a while, a BMW 7 series crawling from no where off the muddy ballasted road.

If the BMW was able to play around, why didn't us? We proceed further...... guess what did we discover?

A wonderful waterfall & cozy stream... named Sg Sendat.



We creep a bit further.. found a group of 4x4, just arrived. Suddenly i loss my mind and behavior... i walked to them and asked if we could join them.
Surprisingly, they welcomed us warmly.

The episode of off road and camping phenomenal started growing in our heart.

<--- They just arrived as we so.

--->
Unloading.

<--- Relaxing. Unloading & camping site, done.

--->
My wife was helping
in preparing the fire camp

<--- Mr. I forgot his name, The Organizer.

--->
Preparing for dinner.

<--- Sardine for breakfast.

--->
The water was soo
freezing.

--->
Mr David, communications
director of the event

<--- It was damn deep enough. I was trying to get off it.

<--- Next day, packing up after a nite staying.

Leaving the camp site.

Note: My apology, not many photos available.
I just use my handphone with limited storage.