Maxwell Hill

Maxwell Hill or Bukit Larut is located in Taiping. It is above 1200m about sea level. The hill is one of the earliest hill resort in Malaysia and it was developed in 1888 by the Perak Gabenor of English, Mr Maxwell. The 13km tar road for jeep lead to the summit was built in 1948. The transport to the summit is only by jeep and the fare is quite reasonable that is only RM6 for two ways. The narrow and winding road is only allowed a jeep to pass through by a time so one of the jeep either from the summit or bottom must wait at the km6 because it is the only place allow two jeeps.

There are about 10 bungalows from government and private sector on the summit for rent. The tourists can get the information about the bungalow from the ticket office at the bottom. There are also a cafe, a watch tower and a hanging bridge found on the summit. If you are a nature lover than Maxwell Hill is an interesting place for you otherwise you will find it quite boring.

Th e History Of Maxwell Hill

Small Fountain in front of the office

Waiting for the oncoming jeeps

The sleepy driver

Waterfall at km7

Cafe

Watch tower

Flora on summit

Signboard found on summit

The jeep to summit

Flower on summit

Hanging bridge or mini canopy

View from the watch tower

Welcome signboard at the entrance

Pink hibiscus

Belum Rainforest Forest

Belum is actually a Malay word. The meaning is 'still not'. It is actually a very big forest before 1974 but now it has been turned into a man make lake. The purpose of the lake is to generate hidroelectric. It is located in north region of Perak State and is quite near to the town of Grik or about 100km from Jeli town in Kelantan.

After the water emerged the forest, many of the mountain here turn into beautiful islands. There are still many natives stay in the forest here or better called it island now. Many of them still live in the ways same like their ancestor but some of them already have many modern equipments in their house. Anyway their house still made in bamboo and atap. What I learnt form them is they want to keep their culturul.

The natives here still go into the forest to collect fruit or hunt for animal. Only few of them work outside the town. Their live is really simple. Sleep, wake up and do nothing the whole day for the woman. If you prefer this type of life please come and join them. Just pay some money to them then you are always welcome.

elephant shit

To prove found the Rafflesia

The Rafflesia is about one foot in diamter

The bud of Rafflesia

A river found in the forest

leech

Boat ride to the village of the nations

Arriving

Beautiful scenery

Beautiful island

Get ready for the boat ride

Boarding

Another island

The bridge to the mainland

Traditional Market in Cambodia

During our visit to Seam Reap and Phnom Penh we have visited two traditional market there. There is not much different from ours in Malaysia. But, there's two interesting things I found there. There are many goldsmith in Seam Reap market. The jewellery just display in the showcase and I can't find any security guard there. Besides, I also found many money changer in the market too. The service is for the local only because the money exchange is just US dollar and Cambodia Real. All the money is kept in the transparent showcase and everyone can see all the money. Another prove show that Cambodia is a peace country.
The interesting I found in Phnom Penh traditional market is there are many many hair saloon and beauty centre found in the market. The centre maybe next to a butcher stall or food stall.




























The police in the market






















Bubur Cha-Cha in Cambodia






















economy rice












































goldsmitch





















Not sure is beef or pork




































































Ice cream seller






















Kuih Baulu in Cambodia






















fishmonger

The most famous bread in Cambodia

very smelly fish

salted fish

School in Seam Reap

During my visit to Cambodia, I have visited a primary school near the hotel that we stayed. The condition of school is really bad. There is no electricity supply so the students have to study in the dark during rainy day. There is no proper canteen too. We only found a few ugly stalls and a few benches there. If it is raining, then there is no place for the students to eat. There is no grass or any tar road in the school so it is very dusty. Many of them also don't have proper school shoes. They just wear slippers. For those who wear slippers, they must take off the shoes before going into the classroom. The most interesting thing is one of the teacher brought his baby along when teaching.







The ugly stall (canteen)























The food found in the canteen






















assembly











































The table and bench of the canteen






















Ice cream seller





















The road condition during the school dismissed





















The food in canteen





















The school building




















The students on duty





















The condition of the class






















See the students' leg (slipper)













































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