Novelty Socks

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Kuala Tahan, Malaysia by TravelPod blogger Laura1 titled “Dodging leeches” Laura1′s travel blog entry: “Taman Negara is the main national park on peninsular Malaysia. As such, it is visited by many tourists, foreign and Malaysian alike. I was told that there were a number of day hikes you could do on your own and therefore expected it to be similarly mapped, signed, and easily accessed as the Cameron Highlands. Unfortunately this was not the case. Instead the guest houses and tourist office in Taman Negara does their best to get you to sign up for overpriced tours. The major attraction in the easily reachable part of Taman Negara is the canopy walkway – the longest suspension bridge in the world. It was a bit scary at first, but after the first couple of sections I relaxed a bit and was able to really enjoy walking through the forest far above the ground and near the treetops. I shouldn’t have been nearly as nervous as I was about it since this walkway was much safer and more stable than many other bridges I’ve crossed on various hikes throughout my travels. After the canopy walkway, I decided to continue on the basic path up to the nearby peak Bukit Teresek. On that walk I met a French couple, two Austrian girls, a South-African girl, and a Brazilian guy. We all linked up and hiked together in front of the massive tour group on our tails. Not only did we reach the peak before the tour group, but we decided to head down …