During the break for Deepavali celebration (I had a week of semester break), I drove up to Fraser's Hills on Monday 25th October 2011. As I figured it would be quiet, which it was, it would have been a good moment to observe birds. Helas, it would not be! Maybe the sudden cold spell kept the birds in their cosy niches...it was anyhow a pleasant morning, very misty and the temperature probably hovered around 18-20 degrees. As Fraser's Hills is only 33 kilometers away from Raub, I decided to drive home and took my wife up the hills for a refreshing afternoon...well, it turned out that it was even colder in the afternoon because a gust of cold air mixed with mist got my wife instantly unwell (it was probably around 14 degrees in the late afternoon). Luckily, one hot mushroom soup and warm water cured her from the shock and we stayed on for another hour or two before it got a bit too dark to drive down the winding roads from Fraser's Hills to Raub through thick jungle and threatening skies...
misty pines near the playground...
another view
a mountain fishtail palm in the mist
Gossamers in the mist...childhood fantasies
an orange-coloured Medinella spp. in the shades at Jeriau
Firecracker plant along the path to Jeriau waterfalls
Refreshing green on a patch of moss
black berries of a ginger plant
large trumpet flowers of a huge shrub with pleasant perfume wafting in the air
view from the abandonned golf course at Jeriau
an unusually coloured bamboo orchid
the 'normal' variant
a Nepenthes, or Monkey cup growing among bushes of grass, ferns and bamboo orchids
another attractive Medinella in the shades
a tiny orchid on a fallen branch
a pink bloom near the golf course
the most iconic image of Fraser's Hills
Rolling hills and plains with a swath of brooding dark sky above...Panoramic view of the Klau Valley from the east facade of Fraser's Hills. Patches of cultivated farmland are clearly visible, with the roofs of Tras Village in the foreground...
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