I am on a financial diet this quarter
(it’s a long story and I shall spare you) and as I still had my travel itch, I
decided to go on a day trip to Kuala Selangor and Sekinchan (my first time
there evah!). So on 11 October 2014, ZS and I drove to Kuala Selangor. We had
to drive the mess that is Sungai Buluh en route and although we left
considerably early, the traffic had built up by the time we reached Sungai
Buluh.
We arrived at Kuala Selangor at 10 and
headed for Bukit Malawati. After finding a parking spot at the nearby block of
shops, we climbed up the hill. Oh, you can take the train up but we decided to
walk instead. It wasn’t at all a strenuous climb and I was glad we did it as we
found interesting geology along the way. I sighted some cannons and climbed up
and gingerly made my way along the slope. The lighthouse and the Historical
Museum of Kuala Selangor District were just around the corner.
We went into the museum and spent some
time there before checking out the cannons outside the museum grounds which
were pointing to the sea in the hazy distance. After that, we walked along the
path to Malawati Fort. There were quite a few people posing with and feeding
the monkeys before the fort. The monkeys were mild and not at all vicious as
those at Bako National Park. Strangely enough, the fort was deserted. We spent
about 20 minutes there before making our way down.
We then drove on to Sekinchan and
turned into a randomly chosen road. We drove along and among the paddy fields
until we reached Masjid As-Solihin where we performed prayers. We then drove on
before turning into another road. The green paddy fields gave a serene calm
comforting peaceful feeling to me.
We left Sekinchan and drove back to
Kuala Selangor stopping en route to buy some fish sausages. We also had some
cendol durian at a restaurant near to the restaurant selling the fish sausages.
Then we continued on and stopped at a restaurant at Jalan Kuala Selangor (just
before Jalan Rawang) for some prawn noodles. Let me just say that if you
happened to pass by, do yourself a favour: just drive on and give it a miss. It
was so disappointing and not at all worth the price.
We took LATAR back to Kuala Lumpur. I
must say it was an enjoyable trip, horrible tasteless prawn noodles
notwithstanding, and can envisage a return trip. Oh, I skipped the fireflies
sighting as I wasn’t keen on being bitten by evil mosquitoes. But who knows,
maybe next time I’ll give it a try.
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