Kids smelt durians in Aunty Justine's house last Saturday and ate a few there. Since then they had been asking for durians. So we decided to go for durian hunt today. We know some places in town that have durians but we thought we would like to travel to the kampung to look for it. So we picked Kuala Klawang as none of us have been to that place before. It's a two in one trip...durian and discover a new place in NS.
It's about 35km from Seremban. It seems whenever we want to explore a new place in NS, it has to rain. Rained cats and dogs all the way there after Ampangan. We were quite familiar with the road up till the SAINS station at Pantai (which is no where near a beach...it's surrounded by hills and in the interior).
After that, the names and sights were all new to us. I was on alert to take pictures and keep an eye on the driver. The road was winding (but the road is good...four lanes) and it's uphill; like going to Cameron Highlands but not that high.
This is what we saw along the way.....due to the heavy downpour, rivulets formed along the retainers. It's not surprising to hear of landslide especially after a heavy rain. I can imagine it happening along this road. Later when we returned, there were lots of stones and pebbles washed to the road.
Jeram Toi...heard of it but never visited it. This is a forest reserve with waterfall. I think it's something like Ulu Bendol. Now we know where it is and have seen the entrance.
Finally Kuala Klawang town. Nice little town surrounded by hills. We wanted to look for a kopitiam to have tea but couldn't find any eateries open. Dan was shocked that there is no KFC or McD. No durians either. There is a lady outside of the town with a few durians. Decided not to stop as we saw a big stall near Ampangan...more to choose from. Infact that was the only durian stall we saw. Our conclusion: buying power lesser in villages as they have their own durian to eat. So the durians are sent to towns like Seremban and Ampangan....that's why we see durian stalls everywhere in town. (Finally we bought our durians closer to town).
On our way into KKlawang, we saw a nice waterfall by the roadside with clear water cascading. Told KC we must stop on our way out to take some pictures. Imagine our horror when we saw this.....the waterfall had turned into a frightening gush of angry water. From where the car was parked, I could feel drops of water sprinkling.
The road after the waterfall was flooded.
Slightly closer to Pantai, we saw this huge building. Real big and quite a few storeys with big steps in front. No name ....don't know what it is.
Before turning into the main road home, we stopped by stall we saw earlier for durian. RM8 per kg. With the rainy season, I think the durians are not that good. The seller had to throw out quite a few that he opened to get the ones which we were satisfied with.
Not that bad....quite creamy and bitter. I still think it will taste better if there is not so much rain. We finished all the three durians we bought in no time at all.
It was a nice adventure.....
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