Went in with Jan and Yen for an old fellows walk in the woods in Malaysia in the approaches to the foothills of the main dividing range.
We soon entered extensive bamboo forests. This bamboo is easily 20metres tall
You may have eaten little bamboo shoots in Chinese restaurants but this is one on steroids.
Came across this snake skin tree. It is reminiscent of some python markings say the locals
Then we entered a glade which the indigenous people have made so that they can collect durians.
They had made a seasonal shelter which they occupy during the fruit collection season. These durian trees are tall and the heavy spiky fruit is a lethal missile as it plummets to ground. They make a loud whumph on impact. Every year people are hospitalized with injuries like cracked skulls or carted off to the mortuary
Perhaps that is why they made this little altar. Like Asterixs Gauls they are fearful of the sky falling on their head. I have no idea about their beliefs or why this little ladder (which is totally non functional as only a spirit could mount it) was made.
I think this is where they keep the durians they collect and place their rattan packs on the shelf below to fill them up and support the load as they put the straps on.
However the fruit on the shelf is a wild rambutan known as a pulasan which unlike the bright red domesticated version has an edible nut that tastes like almond and walnut
Here is a photo taken later
The walls and floors of their shelter are made with split bamboo, smooth side facing in and rough out
For some reason I didnt take a photo of the smooth side.
Photo of an interesting leaf
Crossed over the stream and returned to the waterfall we started at.
I climbed to the top and found two more drops
There were many Large butterflies velvet black and iridescent green the Rajah Brooke Birdwing, but they were impossible to photograph. I tried to tempt them with a sweaty backpack but no luck. This is the best I managed
It was a green world up stream
with little patches of brown like this fungi. Its texture is like thick glossy paper
This creeper reminds me of something you might see in a science fiction film
After swimming in the falls we headed back home to a good local meal and cold beer
We soon entered extensive bamboo forests. This bamboo is easily 20metres tall
You may have eaten little bamboo shoots in Chinese restaurants but this is one on steroids.
Came across this snake skin tree. It is reminiscent of some python markings say the locals
Then we entered a glade which the indigenous people have made so that they can collect durians.
They had made a seasonal shelter which they occupy during the fruit collection season. These durian trees are tall and the heavy spiky fruit is a lethal missile as it plummets to ground. They make a loud whumph on impact. Every year people are hospitalized with injuries like cracked skulls or carted off to the mortuary
Perhaps that is why they made this little altar. Like Asterixs Gauls they are fearful of the sky falling on their head. I have no idea about their beliefs or why this little ladder (which is totally non functional as only a spirit could mount it) was made.
I think this is where they keep the durians they collect and place their rattan packs on the shelf below to fill them up and support the load as they put the straps on.
However the fruit on the shelf is a wild rambutan known as a pulasan which unlike the bright red domesticated version has an edible nut that tastes like almond and walnut
Here is a photo taken later
The walls and floors of their shelter are made with split bamboo, smooth side facing in and rough out
For some reason I didnt take a photo of the smooth side.
Photo of an interesting leaf
Crossed over the stream and returned to the waterfall we started at.
I climbed to the top and found two more drops
There were many Large butterflies velvet black and iridescent green the Rajah Brooke Birdwing, but they were impossible to photograph. I tried to tempt them with a sweaty backpack but no luck. This is the best I managed
It was a green world up stream
with little patches of brown like this fungi. Its texture is like thick glossy paper
This creeper reminds me of something you might see in a science fiction film
After swimming in the falls we headed back home to a good local meal and cold beer
