Eco Nature Travel

Having worked in Shah Alam for about two years, I didn’t realize there’s an agriculture park until one of my friends invited me for a morning walk in the park. Probably I am not aggressive or appreciative on things around myself or the Government has not done enough in promoting this park….hehehe

Anyway, this park certainly worth a visit if you want to escape from the hustling and bustling city life. The entrance fees cost only Rm 2 (USD 0.50) per entry. It is not far from Kuala Lumpur, probably an hour drive from KL without traffic congestion. It is a rainforest park which you may find some of the plantation in Malaysia. It has a paddy field plantation, a fishing village and a tar road walk through the rainforest to the resthouse where you can see all the tropical trees along the way. However, the route is rather quiet but there is always people wondering the place to ensure the safety. As Malaysia is a hot and wet country, it has a lot of mosquitoes along the way especially after the rainy seasons. You can find mosquitoes welcoming you while trekking to the peak of the rest house. It is advisable that you wear long pants and long sleeves shirt to avoid donating blood to these “Blood Suckers”. Some of these mosquitoes could be Aedes Mosquitoes which could kill you! So, please get yourself prepare with appropriate outfit and never wear black shirt or pants as it attracts these “Blood Suckers” or make sure you have enough insect repellants to spray yourself along the way. Anyway, it takes only about 1hour trek for return trip up to the resthouse.

On top of the rest house, you may find the beauty of the rainforest jungle with the housing development around Shah Alam area. Sadly speaking, has anyone realized that the sky around us is not as blue as before? I remember the sky that I used to look up during my childhood is blue and clear. The sky in Italy and Spain or some other European countries is bluish and clear. I can’t forget the blue sky in the Vatican city, the sky seems to be coloured by the skyblue pencil colour and it just make the whole environment feel nice with the sunshine. What has happened to our blue sky? Is that due to pollution in the asian countries or the weather or the location????

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Do you know how old is the limestone hills in Ipoh? I think even the Malaysian didn’t realise that Malaysia has some of the biggest and longest caves in the world. Some of these caves are archaeological sites, Some of it are beautiful with stalagmites and stalactites. If you ask me what is so special about Ipoh? Well, if you catch a Malaysian, there will give you many answers like…the food like “Dim Sum”, “Bean Sprout Chicken Noodles” and pomelos. Some may even tell you that Ipoh girls are pretty….Don’t you think so? Well, there’s something that many locals have neglected…

Ipoh is also known as the Hill City. You can see many limestone hills after two hours drive along the North South highway from KL. You will then see many limestone hills and that is the landmark of Ipoh city. Ipoh does not famous for its food or girls but its natural surrounding of the city. i.e: limestone hills. You will be able to see a number of Chinese temples when you proceed to Ipoh town from the Simpang Pulai exit.

I born and grown up in Ipoh. I have visited all these places since young but never appreciate or wonder why and how all these temple was there? I just know that it was there even before I was born….

There are three or four temples built in the limestone hills…that tell us how early the ancient Chinese culture in the city. I am not sure the actual age of these caves but  these limestone hills were formed at least hundred years ago.

Don’t you think that the people in Ipoh should be proud of the formation of these limestone hills? Hope they treasure it for these natural heritage that they have and preserve it for the future generation.

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One of my friends were shock cause this is more of a schoolchildren field trips or outings. Actually all my friends and I have been to the butterfly farm since we were school children, either by followed the school field trips or our parents. Thus, we don’t really expect much excitement from it. Anyhow, doing the same things at different time with different people, it does give you different kind of thoughts and feels….hheheehe..Don’t you think so? However, to our surprise, all of us had a nice time visiting the butterfly farm as all our memories have actually faded on how the butterfly farm look like…Infact…you will find some other creatures insides besides the butterflies, scorpians, snakes, turtles and many other insects you will find in the city life..

Do you know if you have apply any body powder or floral fragrance on your body, the butterfly will come to you, flying around you and of course there will not harm you. Isn’t it nice you can get close to the butterflies?

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Tropical Fruit Farms in Penang

Penang has always been famous for its hawkers food, its sandy beach and temples. Being a local who live one and half hour from Penang island, I used to visit there ever since I was a schoolgirl. We like to go Penang for the beach, food and shopping malls which my friends and I used to go there for the same purposes.

During my recent trip Penang again, my friend and I were wondering what else we can do besides the food and beaches here. We then decided to pick up a leaftlet which is provided free from the Hotel lobby to check out the places that they are promoting Penang.

We then discovered that there are many places around Batu Feringgi where we can explore such as the Spice Garden, National Park, the Tropical fruit farm, batik crafting center and butterfly farm. Due to time constraints, we decided to go to the Tropical fruit farm. It took us about 25minutes to reach the tropical fruit farm as it is quite a distance from Batu Feringgi. When you reach there, we still need to pay an entrance fees of RM25 (about "8" USD) per person to enter the fruit farm by a van. It seems that the fruit farm is at a higher hills where private cars are not allowed or unable to drive up??….The entrance fees includes an unlimited fresh fruit juice as much as you want. Oh gosh, we thought that it is rather expensive and we then returned with disappointment and I suggested visit the Butterfly Farm while on our way back.

Has Anyone seen Sky Fruit before?

Anyway, have you ever since the sky fruit which grow up facing the sky instead of hanging down…I guess it is being called skyfruit due to its nature.  This is the picture of a skyfruit.

It is believed to be a healthy fruit which could cure many diseases too. The fruit on the right is the “Cempedak".

Have you try sky fruit before?

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