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Kuala Selangor Firefly
It was a lengthy drive. Suanie, Hong Kiat, Cely, Lee Yee, Chelva, Lina & hubby Wong and yours truly gallivanted over to the inner realms of Kuala Selangor for fireflies.
It was raining to a great extent prior to our arrival, but we had lady luck on our side. It stopped when we got there. The boat ride ticket cost RM10 per head, maximum 4 to a sampan. It took approximately 30 minutes to complete the tour.
The river, was polluted, and hence it’s been effacing the trees the fireflies thrive in, directly subjugating its population. There were thousands of fireflies. I recall during my younger years that I even get to see fireflies at my home field, albeit a handful. I was awestruck by its beauty. It looked the fireflies were having a rave party. This is what I caught on camera.
LOL. Yup, blank. There were fireflies there, but at the rate of pollution guttling nature, this blank image will be a reality. I don’t think there’ll be any more fireflies left in 5 years.
Just when we got into our cars, the rain poured down like cows and buffaloes. Thank you Lady Luck. 
We then drove towards Kuala Selangor town, to sample its seafood. Nothing too scrumptious, but ludicrously cheap. There were 8 of us, ordering 5 dishes – the bill? RM133. 
After that, we headed back to civilization (took us approx 1 hour 30 minutes), to Changkat Bukit Bintang, to that tavern formerly known as Hemingway. Good retro music. And when the clock struck midnight, I had my first drink, a Paulaner, followed by Leffe Brown, a Stella Artois and Malibu on the rocks. Was home by 4am.
Gunung Senyum Caving Trip
We’re meeting this Wednesday, around 7:30pm at the Section 14 Kopitiam in PJ to discuss the plans for the 2-night camping trip on the 20th April 2007. If you’re interested, please e-mail me by Tuesday. Cheers.
Good luck on your caving trip!
wow! camping i likey!!!
count me in, botak.
Che-Cheh Danke!
Wingz Come join! So far the head count is approx 15. The more the merrier!
tihtahpah See ya at Section 14 on Wednesday! We need to ensure that we have enough tents.
maybe we ought to jot down a list of essentials to bring for the camping….for those who tak pernah camping before.
tihtahpah Gee, you think? Oh thank you oh wise tihtahpah….
The Bottom Photos so nice
Jauhari Cheers!
we need to elect a quartermaster.
this photographer who specialises in malaysian nature photography can testify that is it almost IMPOSSIBLE to take photos of fireflies and i have the craziest of ways on several occasions.
endroo Well, Gerald will be the tribal chief.
philters LOL. It’s certainly difficult, not even with a nightshot enabled SLR?
who’s Gerald?
tihtahpah You’ll soon meet him.
Yo!
I remember you as the guy who filled your lungs with helium during that blogger party.
You speak as though you’re quite aware of the Malaysian tax regime, are you in the industry?
Anyway, what’s with this camping trip… sounds cool…
zewt Yup, guilty as charged. Yes, I am aware of the consequences of the abolishment of the RPGT, though I’m not in the industry, for now. You wanna tag along for camping? Send me an e-mail.
So far, 16 have confirmed.
i guess it’s too late since i have to mail you by tuesdays. wow… 16 fellas for a camping trip… not easy to organise bro.
wow.. too bad i missed it..
you guys enjoy yourselves!
zewt Still not too late. The better the earlier cause we need to plan it carefully. 16′s not big.
CincauHangus Perhaps some other time.
wow.. firefly.. dont see any leh. Anyway I have not been there… also. Kind of sad.. now with bb Sean many place cant go.
sss1979 bb Sean? There were fireflies there, by the thousands, just that our cameras were not of the highest quality.