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<\/a><\/p>\nMost of the regular walkers limit themselves to these tar roads. That is the first, slightly boring, road face<\/span> of Bukit Kiara<\/p>\n Related to this road face of KIara is the maintenance face<\/span>. A landslide occurs, trees fall down during a storm, a drain has to be repaired.<\/p>\n Much more interesting is the maze of trails, created and maintained by TRAKS<\/a> . They are doing a wonderful job. During weekends it can be busy with mountain bikers, but on weekdays you will hardly meet a living soul. Here is the trail face<\/span><\/p>\n Then there is the river face<\/span> of Bukit Kiara. A river? Yes, the Sg Penchala has its source here. Along this budding stream runs one of the most attractive trails.<\/p>\n Then there are the birds, the flowers, the fungi. An occasional snake, squirrel,\u00a0 tortoise. No deer or wild boar, so no leeches! The nature face<\/span><\/p>\n Is it therefore the garden of Eden? No, there are less pleasant faces. During the last year the authorities haven constructed a fence around the part of Bukit Kiara that has been designated to become a park. Ugly, expensive and useless. After protests of many people, the construction has been stopped, a discussion is now going on about the removal of this fence.\u00a0 Personally I am not optimistic if that will happen. Here is the fence face<\/span><\/p>\n And unfortunately there is also pollution. Where not in Malaysia…:-( The (illegal) rubber tappers leave behind, plastics, empty cans, etc. So there is a rubbish face too<\/span> All the pictures were taken during a 1.5 hour walk, a few days ago. You can follow the walk with a slideshow of the pictures on EveryTrail<\/a> .<\/p>\n Here is one more face, personally I think it is a negative one. I had noticed in the center of the tar loop big sheets of plastic, and I was wondering what it might be, so during my walk I went down the slope and discovered a BMX playground! Must have been constructed recently and I understand that TRAKS is not involved.So here is the\u00a0BMX face<\/span>. At least the covering sheets should be given a camouflage colour! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bukit Kiara has many faces. Here I show a few. First of all, for those readers not familiar with Bukit Kiara, it is one of the remaining green lungs of Kuala Lumpur, enclosed by residential areas. In the past it … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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