If I have to vote for the best accessible yet isolated nature spot to pass an afternoon in nature, Sungai Sia will definitely get my vote. These days, it is not often easy to find a quiet picnic spot where you can laze away the entire afternoon in perfect quietness sauf for the sound of Nature, have perfectly soft and clean water flowing and river banks as if they had never been touched by man at all. Well, Sungai Sia is all that and the surprising fact is that it is very accessible and near.
The past few weeks have been extremely dry and hot, making it unbearable to sit in the house during the day. By chance, I was driving to Pos Buntu when I remembered a medium-sized river that feeds the Sungai Lipis upstream at Kampung Sia. Well, a quick turn and I rediscovered the river that I used to frequent more than 10 years back and guess what, it is still one of the least polluted, visited and known bastions of nature left...
The past few weeks have been extremely dry and hot, making it unbearable to sit in the house during the day. By chance, I was driving to Pos Buntu when I remembered a medium-sized river that feeds the Sungai Lipis upstream at Kampung Sia. Well, a quick turn and I rediscovered the river that I used to frequent more than 10 years back and guess what, it is still one of the least polluted, visited and known bastions of nature left...
Tree trunk covered in ferns, climbers and moss.
An island of roots among rapids.
Close up of a lycopodium.
Shimmering water...
Inviting space to escape the afternoon heat.
Natural jacuzzi.
Play of light...
A tangle of cobwebs, dead leaves and climbers...
A jungle denizen sunning itself.
Ferns growing on a moist spot.
The Java Fern, Microsorum pteropus growing at the edge of the water.
A hairy wild pepper plant scrambling over moss-covered rocks...
Young shoots and leaves of a riverine tree.
Another even more interesting climber plant. This one has thick leaves with velvety sheen, tightly interwoven.
A winged seed on a mossy patch.
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