Top Gear Treasure Hunt

It was the first time that we are going for our “new configuration”, as DQ and I switch roles with her being the driver and me being the lookout together with Farid. My wifey remains as the navigator, as let's face it - she's the best multitasker among us. The starting point was at APD, Subang Jaya and it was a long hunt, 9.5 hours for us to reach Awana Kijal.

The most time consuming sector was the Bentong stretch where there were too many cars and lorries to count; I had a few close encounters with some lorries as I was looking for answers. No fault on their side or mine, I did stand out of the way from traffic, but the lorries just needed to “eat” into that space to avoid other vehicles strewn all along the road. And in that sector, we just lost track of time – big mistake. And to add injury to insult, we managed to overlook the answers to the questions…Billy the goat came to mind and being bad means literally bad…

Overall, though I would say that it was a good hunt, I managed to crack one of the “masters” questions virtually on my own, although this is after much prodding from my team mates: why? why? why? is always the correct question to ask when you’re cracking a question in a treasure hunt, and having a very inquisitive person as a team member (and wife) helps as well. I was a bit disappointed not to have cracked another similar question that requires the same technique, so it was a mixed feeling overall in retrospect. Must brush up more on that.

In the end, we ended up in 12th placing, the same position we did last year, albeit this year with no masters team around. Yes, there are a few master hunters in this hunt just “hiding” within the regulars, but still I thought we can do better.

Now on to the next hunt!

p/s: hope to post some pictures of our hunt later on...