| Adventure around the corner 25-9-2009 |
My Perdana View condo has a beautiful view of the Bukit Lanjan hill from the balcony. The hill is under development by Mustapha Kamal's MK Land. He is living himself in a palatial bungalow on the top of the hill, while the Temuan Orang Asli, originally living there, have been relocated to a new village.
A road leads up the hill from my condo to a new phase in the project, named Rafflesia (sic!). It is officially closed to the public, but I have seen people coming out after jogging.
So Henry and I decide to explore the hill.
The first part makes you feel sad, so much destruction. The road ends at the Paradesa Tropica condo, to the left there is a desert landscape, but to the right a trail leads into the jungle.
And soon we see a shelter with young orang asli boys. And we smell durian. How can that be, in this time of the year?
YES, there are durians, quite many. We continue our hike, pass several huts, Henry is a good citizen, emptying many cans and buckets, full with water and larvae. Then we come to an Orang Asli house with a friendly family.
And they have durians! Of course we must try them. They open two for us, not bad, kampung durian.
We go on, find a few unripe durians, the trail peters out, we manage to scramble up to the fence around the towers. A parang would have come in handy...:-)
Nice views of KL. From the towers a tar road goes down to Mr MK's empire. We cause a lot of commotion, but manage to pass the official gate without being arrested...haha. Soon we find a trail back into the jungle and down to the Damansara Perdana road.
What a nice and unexpected adventure. must go back to find out more about those durians! Thanks, Henry! |
 View from my balcony
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 The two telcom towers
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 The new Temuan village
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 The Paradesa Tropica condo
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 Development....
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 A few Orang Asli. This was their land
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 But there is still jungle
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 Guarding the durians
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 Making tea
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 Almost an Orang Asli
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 And a pseudo one
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 Breeding places for mosquitos
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 Old rubber plantation
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 An intrepid explorer
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 Durians !!!
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 Drinking water
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 An Orang Asli house
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 Friendly people
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 Live is not so bad
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 Pretty girl
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 Opening a durian
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 Not easy
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 Nice kampung durian
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 Yummie!
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 Only one man present
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 One for the album
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 We found one ourselves
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 Brute force
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 But not ripe...:-(
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 Tree orchids
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 We reach the towers
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 The tallest one
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 View of KL
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 Twin towers and Telecom tower
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 The second tower
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 Part of Mustapha's empire
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 We got out without problems
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 Back to the jungle
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 So many durians!
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 Perdana View, from the jungle
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 A well-deserved rest
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 Our trip, with old GE image!
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 The Rafflesia development, new GE image
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wrote on Sep 25, 2009:
oush..ugly !
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Liz wrote on Sep 25, 2009:
This is the village below your condo??? |
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Kwai Loh wrote on Sep 26, 2009:
The GE image is from 14-2-2008. The present situation will probably be worse now |
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Kwai Loh wrote on Sep 26, 2009:
Yes, it is. Some of the Temuan owners rent their new bungalow out and go back to the jungle. |
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wrote on Sep 26, 2009:
no, i won't say pseudo. remember, the dutch were here long before most of the umnoputeras. /stephen |
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lightlingmk2 wrote on Sep 26, 2009:
So are the Chinese in Kelantan - 900 year ago ? |
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wrote on Sep 26, 2009:
Doesn't Henry get bitten by mosquitoes? |
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Kwai Loh wrote on Sep 26, 2009:
A REAL man doesn't care...:-) |
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wrote on Sep 28, 2009:
I hate development....... |
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