Earlier last week, Lauren (my roommate) and I spent the day at a beautiful dry rainforest in Lamingting National Park. We drove the hour and half in the country side through little suburbs like boyland (which I believe is an incorrect name as there were little to men to be seen). We surprised ourselves by not really getting lost on the way there; it was only difficult to find the correct roads once in a while. Thankfully we were able to use Dave's car as White Magic (the girls car) probably wouldn't have made it up the mountain on the last leg of the trip. I would wager that road up the mountain would give the "tail of the dragon" strip a run for it's money.
I lost count of the number of hairpin turns I had to make. We finally made it to the rainforest retreat and decided to take one of the hiking trails to Moran Falls. Even though I have been here for over four months, I am still astounded by the Fauna and flora that can be seen. The trees and plants are amazing and unlike anything back home. 
Vines are everything and can be as big as trees and the mountainous landscape is breathtaking. We hiked the 2.5kms to the falls which had an 80m drop, took some pictures, has some lunch, and the mosied on back to the car. Within the hike, Lauren and I made sure to get some good use of the vines, swinging on them like Tarzan and climbing and hanging on them like gymnasts. Thankfully, along the trip, we didn't run into or see anything remotely poisoness or life threatening.
luv Jenn
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