To begin with, we walked through a trail to head over to the mud place. We were going to the place to plant mangrove saplings. My hands were already aching from lugging around those heavy boots we were supposed to wear in the mud. Plus it was scorching! I thought I'd be in ashes before reaching the mud. Inside my head, one big thing was going on, " I'm already suffering carrying the boots before going into the mud. How will I feel after the mud!!" When we finally arrived we had to take of our shoes and put on the boots. Then we had to wear these gloves. Slowly I took small strides into the mud.
Let me tell you, it wasn't fun. I TRIPPED about a a few steps into the mud because I had stepped into the mud and couldn't pull my leg out. So obviously, I tugged and fell. You would probably wonder why mud would hurt but it did. And you want to know why, the larger mangroves roots stuck out of the mud so you always landed painfully on one of the roots. Oh, and one more pointer, I fell down right, and saw the first crab. So I didn't want to get pinched so I got up pulled, fell, pulled, fell and so on until Raissa helped me up.
So you'd think I was so happy and could finally move again. Sadly, not that much luck. Few strides and I was down again after trying to pull Raissa's foot out out of the mud. Well, I pulled her down with me as well though! :) After Raissa got unstuck she just got out. But I didn't notice till I needed help again and she wouldn't come back into the mud. So I dug my hand into the mud to try and pull it out but, it didn't really do much. To plant the saplings, you had to cross these logs. So I did and got stuck. The usual. But this time I pulled and fell on top of a sapling!! Way to go right! It broke in half. Hey, it wasn't on purpose. So anyway, I used a stick and somehow managed to get up.
But then Cheyenne got stuck on the other side o the logs. So, I went to help her (yawn) and I got stuck. So that's when the screaming from the beginning of this comes in. Mr. Sheflin was quite cross at the guys who kept getting stuck and started screaming. ( He said they screamed like girls! :) I gave up helping Cheyenne and got unstuck my self and crossed back over. The guy there was helping us plant the saplings. So since I was stuck AGAIN I just got someone to pass me a sapling. The guy dug a hole and put it in while I just covered it with mud. I tried to do the tying but my hands were to slippery.
The guy helped me get unstuck. So I was on my way. NOT! I got stuck on the other side of the logs again. Once again I got help from the guy after lots of struggling on my own! I literally ran out of the mud. And I actually got out! I'm serious. I threw my gloves on the ground and took of my boots to put on my slippers. After getting a little away, I realized how much fun I had in it! Really, it was almost like a once in a lifetime amazing opportunity! Oh and the walk back was worst than my nightmare because my boots kept slipping out of my hands so I had to put my hands into the boots and that was SO NOT FUN!!
| Mangrove Plantation! |
| Pasir Mukhti mud! We did this but didn't play in this mud!! It was so gooey! |
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