One Day With Nature
My trip to Kuala Selangor was a fantastic one. I never thought that I could actually enjoy it but I did. To be free from the hustle and bustle of the city, it was such a serene and tranquil feeling…something that I have lost for quite some time. The bus left at about 1:30pm and after more than 2 hours, we reached our first destination, the Kuala Selangor Nature Park. We were greeted by a group of “friendly” monkeys, eyeing on us for any handbags or stuffs that they can snatch and make them their own. Well, not so fast monkeys…we were warned earlier of your "warm welcome" so we were quite prepared for that. Besides the Nature Park, we also visited the historical site, Bukit Malawati and later to watch millions of fireflies flashing their lights at Kampung Bukit Belimbing.
Here are some of the shots taken during my visit there.
My friends and their children were crossing the shallow river using the shaky rope bridge. It’s kind of fun and thrilling!! The Rope Crossing reminds me of my school where I was first posted after graduated as a teacher 17 years ago. We had something like this too in that village and the students use the same kind of bridge to cross the river to go to school.
Shall we continue our journey?
The trail to the watch tower.
The watch tower. There are three watch towers here that provide excellent views of the area. Accordng to the park ranger, this is the best spot to watch the birds and the best time is early in the morning and in the evening.
That's me at the mangrove walkway. The walkway takes us right into the mangrove forest. The walk also leads us to the mud flats and gives us a glimpse of the Straits of Malacca.
The park area is approximately 800 acres and shelters a wide variety of habitats. It includes secondary forest forming from degenerating mangrove forest, the estuary of the Selangor River, mangrove forest, mudflats and a man-made 25-acre brackish lake water system. These diverse habitats make the park an amazing place for animals to feed, roost and breed. The park is a sanctuary for many mammals and birds including migratory shore birds.
The Historical complex of Bukit Malawati. Here, we only took a train ride to go round the complex because we were too tired after the long walk at the Nature Park.
My kids and I, at the entrance to the jetty for a boat ride to watch the fireflies. Too bad we are not allowed to take any photos of the fireflies. Boating upstream to watch thousands of fireflies sparkling in the thick mangrove along both sides of the river banks was a wonderful experience for all of us. The flickering lights from the fireflies resembling rows of brightly lit Christmas trees. It was simply awesome!! You have to be there to believe it.
It was a tiring day. But my kids and I have enjoyed the trip. I, personally, felt so close to nature. I could smell the sweet aroma of the forest, I could hear the sound of the nature and I witnessed the most beautiful night with millions of bright stars in the clear sky and some "falling stars" on the trees. Simply peaceful and full of tranquility. How I wish I could capture this beautiful moment and place it in my time capsule where it shall live forever or simply freeze the time so in that way, the peacefulness I feel inside will remain for always.
Here are some of the shots taken during my visit there.
My friends and their children were crossing the shallow river using the shaky rope bridge. It’s kind of fun and thrilling!! The Rope Crossing reminds me of my school where I was first posted after graduated as a teacher 17 years ago. We had something like this too in that village and the students use the same kind of bridge to cross the river to go to school.
Shall we continue our journey?
The trail to the watch tower.
The watch tower. There are three watch towers here that provide excellent views of the area. Accordng to the park ranger, this is the best spot to watch the birds and the best time is early in the morning and in the evening.
That's me at the mangrove walkway. The walkway takes us right into the mangrove forest. The walk also leads us to the mud flats and gives us a glimpse of the Straits of Malacca.
The park area is approximately 800 acres and shelters a wide variety of habitats. It includes secondary forest forming from degenerating mangrove forest, the estuary of the Selangor River, mangrove forest, mudflats and a man-made 25-acre brackish lake water system. These diverse habitats make the park an amazing place for animals to feed, roost and breed. The park is a sanctuary for many mammals and birds including migratory shore birds.
The Historical complex of Bukit Malawati. Here, we only took a train ride to go round the complex because we were too tired after the long walk at the Nature Park.
My kids and I, at the entrance to the jetty for a boat ride to watch the fireflies. Too bad we are not allowed to take any photos of the fireflies. Boating upstream to watch thousands of fireflies sparkling in the thick mangrove along both sides of the river banks was a wonderful experience for all of us. The flickering lights from the fireflies resembling rows of brightly lit Christmas trees. It was simply awesome!! You have to be there to believe it.
It was a tiring day. But my kids and I have enjoyed the trip. I, personally, felt so close to nature. I could smell the sweet aroma of the forest, I could hear the sound of the nature and I witnessed the most beautiful night with millions of bright stars in the clear sky and some "falling stars" on the trees. Simply peaceful and full of tranquility. How I wish I could capture this beautiful moment and place it in my time capsule where it shall live forever or simply freeze the time so in that way, the peacefulness I feel inside will remain for always.
