The last two or so weeks of 2009 was surprisingly very hot and dry in Raub and it brought out the desire in me to escape to somewhere cool and green. Since Fraser's Hills is so near to Raub, it was the obvious choice!
Fearing that the year-end festive season might bring in hordes of local tourists, I was apprehensive at first but the trip turned out to be wonderful as there was really a minimal amount of tourists around - perfect for a quiet stroll around on foot.
Fearing that the year-end festive season might bring in hordes of local tourists, I was apprehensive at first but the trip turned out to be wonderful as there was really a minimal amount of tourists around - perfect for a quiet stroll around on foot.
Probably some of the last remaining patches of pitcher plants dangling from a slope. This once plentiful plant is now greatly endangered in the hill station.
A strange but beautiful creeper berry among a pocket of liverworts on the damp forest slope.
A delicate patch of spaghnum moss on a boulder.
A tiny common herb along the slopes flanking the trails...
A wall of orange coloured lichen
A bamboo orchid grown outside of the Temerloh Steak House. Sadly, the once iconic steakhouse is now in a state of ruins and its large ground converted into a hawker bazaar - a very unfortunate and distasteful development to such a beautiful place.
A dusky jungle butterfly posing quietly for the lenses.
Eucalyptus grove at a particular spot just before the Glenn at the end of the golf course. My favourite spot because of the refreshing aroma exuded by the eucalyptus trees...instantly restores tired minds.
A pink creeper of the family Melanostomaceae
Salmon pink flowers of a species of roadside creeper.
Fluffy mauve flowers of a roadside herb.
The Glenn, property of KTM (Keretapi Tanah Melayu)
Another daisy-like roadside creeper
yet another...
Black-eye Susan! What nolstagia: this creeper (probably brought in to the country by the British) was one of the commonest roadside creepers in my childhood days. We children played police and thieves games using the hard pointed seeds of this creeper as the bullet of our 'weapon' made with a rubber band.
A grasshopper sitting prettily on an upturned leaf by the roadside.
A picture of serenity
A shrub with heart-shaped flowering buds.
A common tree in damp shaded areas that flowers profusely along its branches.
Buzzy lizzies flowering under the evening sun, abandonned but flourishing.
The Scott, a tavern bar in ye olden days but now, I'm not so sure what to call it.
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