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Enjoy nature respectfully and responsibly!





Having been brought up in the city and living in the city since I was born, the sight of nature has always been fascinating and interesting to me. Nature for a guy like me so used to the city would probably as close as the sight between heaven and earth. Over the holiday weekend, I found it a perfect time to do some hiking in the outskirts of the city, where land is still very untouched and safe from any development. New to hiking, I followed a seasoned hiker friend to check out some of what nature has to offer for a city-slicker like myself.

It was a hike up Gunung Tuk Wan. It was about a 3-hour hike up and down. In fact it continues after you reach the peak Broga Hill. The pictures above were taken at the peak of Broga Hill. A couple of quick shots, admiring the beauty of the scenery before we continued to head on to the peak of Gunung Tuk Wan. It was tiring but very interesting - breathing in fresh air, seeing lushes amount of greens around me, the sound of insects creaking, birds with wingspan so big that you could hear the wind in their flaps. It's an amazing treat to my senses.

Take a look for yourself, the beauty nature had allowed me to enjoy when I reached the peak of Gunung Tuk Wan:


It may not be beauty at its finest, but it sure is miles better than what the city has to offer me. Compared to the hazy air I get stuffed with and all the pollution in the city, this was as close as heaven could get for me.

The best part of it all, is being able to hike up there and enjoy all of this with a friend who shares the enjoyment of it. Surrounded by the beauty of nature plus sharing the beauty with another appreciative person, heaven just got better for me!

Despited enjoying everything mother nature had, one thing saddened me when I was hiking. The beauty of nature is slowly deteriorating with the increasing number of visitors up Broga Hill. At the peak of Broga Hill, as you look out into the horizon, you will see a wonderful scenery but onces you look around you, you will immediately see the epitome of human irresponsibility. I saw rubbish thrown all over the peak, plastic bags, remnants of unfinished food and beverages - garbage left there without any consideration of what sort of damage it could do to nature.

I felt sad for mother nature and a deep rage inside me seeing how much disrespect is given to nature. It was the distinct human trait of taking but not giving anything back. Mother nature gave us her beauty to enjoy and admire, yet we take it for granted and destroy her beauty by unnecessarily leaving garbage around the peak of Broga.

We have to understand that before you and I know it, someday nature may not be around anymore for us to enjoy with the burgeoning population growth globally and the more industrialised we become. We have to start loving and respecting nature. If not now, when?

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