The forest that never sleeps.

I am stoked. Extremely stoked actually because the rainforest dream is back and alive :) After months of "nays" and "let's sees", we finally made flight bookings today and it's as good as locking the dates down. I remember at the initial stage of toying with the idea of our return to Kuching this year, i made it a habit to check up on random flight promotions as a "just-in-case" measures of all the domestic airlines. I guessed i had always harboured that desire to return eventhough it's currently one of the busiest times of the year and you don't have the luxury yet to think about taking a holiday and all.

So for almost 7 months religiously, i did that. Amazing how being slightly compulsive can be a blessing. And today, i managed to score relatively cheap tickets to Kuching via MAS especially considering it's quite last minute. I have been lucky to stumbled onto this ongoing promotion for MAS when i was logging in to activate my Enrich card membership which had just arrived a couple of days ago. Btw, just to point out that AirAsia has been getting ridiculously expensive. They started including fuel surcharge recently & their baggage prices is just expensive. My MAS tickets were not only cheaper but it included 20 kg's of baggage, refreshment and i get to earn Enrich points. So always check all airlines and compare prices.

With that done, i am a little at ease. A friend of mine Kay and i have actually been talking about this trip since the beginning of this year. It would be her first time and i have been telling her all about it. In fact she has been the one keeping the "jungle boogie" (as what we call it) alive for me. She will be going with a large group of friends with some of them based in Kuching itself. Can't wait to hangout with her and some familiar faces that will (or hopefully) be going including Reza and his family, Aaron and friends, Simon and his Lithuanian friend. Also, i am excited and hope very much that Priscilla and Geoff will be come back to M'sia and we can all meet up in the festival as promised. I miss them much. Now if only i can convinced some of my other friends to contract the festival fever and come along. I can imagine twice the fun and memories.

Mmm memories. I had so much of them there. I still can feel myself standing in the middle of the forest, with all these exotic sounds permeating through the beautiful jungle. The beautiful revellers, the warm sun during the day and chilly nights, the wonderful kaleidoscope of different world music and the spirit of the festival is something you just take along with you and never forget.

For now i am one step closer, i have only the lodging and misc to worry about. But it's all good. I still can't believe i am planning for Kuching. If you had asked me just a few weeks ago whether i was going, i would have hesitated with my answer and yet i would be standing there telling you how amazeballs the whole thing is. Yes, i have been shamelessly promoting the festival to everyone i know. RWMF organisers would be so proud. You would too if you felt as if you left your heart there when it was all over :)

And the countdown begins - 1 month 14 days more to go.

For more information about the Rainforest World Music Festival 2011, click here.