Rain poured down from heavens above, as I sat under this small cabin at the base of Berembun mountains in Negeri Sembilan, watching the forest in silence. I was happy being serenaded by Stripe-throated bulbuls once the rain stopped. The flowerpeckers and sunbirds were just too fast-moving that afternoon for me to get a good glimpse through my binoculars. A flock of unidentified swifts and swiftlets were circling above the forest canopy throughout the downpour.
I had a quick lunch at the Oriental Foodcourt at Super Seven Supermarket at Semenyih Vista Valley. The Supermarket has a website which can be viewed HERE. The vegetables and seafood look very fresh and I was seriously contemplating a revisit to stock up for Chinese New Year 2024 BEFORE the Dragon approaches. Took me less than 1 hour to reach Pantai District from Semenyih (via LEKAS highway) and I got lost trying to locate the road that headed towards the base of Berembun mountains. A very informative blog written by a hiker from Singapore on her hike up the Berembun (Dew-like) mountains in Negeri Sembilan can be read HERE. She included a story about the wreckage site from World War Two which hikers will come across at the hiking trail up the mountains of Berembun. Apparently there are also identically-named mountains named "Berembun" in the states of Perak and Terengganu. I've not seen products in Malaysia such as chocolates or coffee etc. which depict any of the mountains in Peninsular Malaysia but I stand corrected on this. There's Mount Kinabalu Coffee whose locally grown arabica coffee is described further in their website HERE.
Mount Kinabalu by itself holds the record as the highest mountain in Southeast Asia and Kinabalu Park is a designated World Heritage Site under the management of Sabah Parks which you can read more about HERE.
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Matterhorn mountain from Switzerland aka Swiss Alps region is depicted in many products, one of which is of course in a chocolate bar under the trademarked name of Toblerone. Toblerone Chocolate and personalization of their products as demonstrated by yours truly holding a bar bought by my sister from Down Under when she visited, years ago - my bar still had the Alpine mountain depicted on it hence the Swiss-connection. It is after all one of many popular products owned by Mondelez and the removal of the iconic Swiss mountain from the packaging was covered by the Guardian newspaper of UK which you can read about HERE.
The Matterhorn is said to be one of the most photographed mountains in the world according to the Switzerland Tourism website HERE. It stands at 4478m compared to Mount Kinabalu's 4095m.
My lunch at Sekinchan - Hakka Pan Mee with crunchy anchovies.
The Berembun forest and all its magical glory after the rain.