Gopeng – Fraser’s Hill Trip , Jun 2009 Part 1/3
Last month I few of us went to Gopeng and Fraser’s Hill.
I wanted to go back to Gopeng to see the Rafflesia since I missed it the last time. The other excuse for making yet another trip to Gopeng/FH is the promise of free durians by the Gopeng resort owner and bungalow care taker at Fraser’s Hill.
I am very pleased with this trip as I finally saw my first Rafflesia, saw more RBB than I have ever seen and had the tastiest, freshest and best durians !
Here goes the photos ..
Kwok Wai Marcus and I at the ‘resort’
To see the Rafflesia we had to hike 600ft up
Along the way we saw a wild Begonia
a plant with bright purple underside
and a few RBB caterpillars
and finally Rafflesia cantleyi !!
Unfortunately one has past its life span and the other one will only open in a day or two :-(
as we moved on we saw many Rafflesia flower buds on a vine !
and finally one that just bloomed ! Yahoo !!
A close-up shot of the flower bud.
On the way back we stop by the the Rajah Brooke’s area. There were even more RBBs than our previous trip !!!
The durians at Gopeng were great. We had kampong durians. We also picked up a few on our night outing and had them for breakfast. 
We also saw a few stick insects:
Stheneboea repudiosa eating the leaf of Asystasia gangetica.
A pair of Abrosoma festinatum doing their business – Sex and Food !
one with a bright blue lateral stripe.
and many frogs and toads
=> Go to Part 2/3 – “Butterflies of Gopeng”
1 comment:
do you think it'd be possible for tough 5 year olds to make it? we usually hike Gasing..but don't know if this is suitable or not. but we plan totry..
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