Sungai Rengit, Pengerang, Johor

Spent approximately 8 hours on the road (return) to get to this little town at the very southern tip of Johor. Met up with some of the locals who needed some simple advise on some issues of government land acquisition.

I must say it is one of the smallest towns that I've been to in Malaysia. Feels more like a village actually. The people were friendly and the food was good. Nuff said.

Here's a picture of a local guy riding his bike the way it should be ridden.

Sungai Galing

 

This used to be the spot where I fished 30 years ago with my childhood friends. Nothing fancy just catfish. It's about 10 minutes from my grandma's house. Now it has been turned into some sort of a mini park. The river was muddy those days and it's still muddy today. 

It's located at the periphery of Kuantan Garden, just next to the glutton square. Good memories.

Bentong

Got my first chance to travel to Bentong today to attend to a matter at the Bentong Magistrate's Court. Traveling from Kuala Lumpur took approximately 1 hour. It was a misty uneventful drive since I left early in the morning.

The court itself was at the far end of town next to the town mosque. But the unique thing about the court was that at its rear, it was all jungle and you can actually hear the early morning howls of the siamang.

That to me was cool.

 The town is small but I liked it. Reminds me of my childhood hometown of Kuantan of the 1970s and 1980s

Here's a short clip of the town center as I drove through it on my way back to Kuala Lumpur. Sorry about the shakes, it's hard to hold still while driving.

Here's some pictures of a clear sunny day taken on the way back. Not so country roads, take me home.

Sunny Day By The Sea

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The Interior of An Old Penang House

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Its that time of the year again ie the durian season has begun. Guess what? I made a fantastic discovery on my way back from Temerloh today, that there were still durians being harvested from durian trees of over a 100 hundred years old. Apparently the saplings from such trees fetch an exhorbitant price if you are lucky enough to be sold one. This I was told by one of the proprietors of the numerous road side stalls at the KL-Karak Highway, near the Bentong junction.

The cost of such a durian is RM12 per kilo, more than double the price of the durian kampung (translation : village durian ie durians of the wild & natural variety).

Of course there are the hybrid durians (durian kacuk or durian kahwin) with fanciful names like Mau San Wong (Musang King) or XO. Hybrid durians have been bred to taste good and to be fleshy for a better bang for the buck but I would highly advise you to avoid them. Shoot me a message if you are keen to know why.

Anyway, what's the verdict on 'hundred year old' durians? F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C. It was like eating sugar and it had the thinnest of seeds giving a lot of flesh per fruit. Would I buy it again? Hell Yeah!!

Short Family Holiday to Krabi, Thailand

 The 8 pictures above were all taken in Railay Beach. Picture postcard perfect beach

 Ao Nang beach

View from my balcony

I took a short break with the family to Krabi. It's our first time there although we've been to the neighbouring island of Phuket several times. The weather held up fine and I was able to snap several hundred pics with the trusted Nokia N8. Hope to go back there again soon since it's virtually in our backyard. Food was cheap and the people friendly. What more can you ask for really.