Banding revisited.

Went back to Banding last week. Sort of anniversary.



We didn't get to Belum. Only to hang around a group of chalets in Banding.


Ill prepared & poor location so no fish. We spend time by makan, mandi in the lake & watch the sun set.

Durian dah gugur weh!

Fifteen years ago, we were delighted when one of the tree bore us magnificient fruits.
For almost fifteen when we get back to LK, we can only hope someday the trees will bear fruit.

And this year, despite of army of hungry monkeys, our trees did bear fruits! There are 4 of them!
And the fruit are so marvellous......

And for those who didn't make it, I upload gambar buah durian kita.... he..he

My Lipat Kajang+the playground of my time..

What do you see in the pic?

A swamp where swamp monster lurks? Swimming in the murky water & grabbed your feet when you get into the water.

I see a place where most of my happiest childhood memories belongs to.
This is where we play mudballs when there was plenty of mud around.
Learn to swim, beside Sg Pahang.
Having hell of a time, catching fishes during dry season.

Our dad is working far away in Temerloh. He went off early in the morning & came back late in the afternoon. So we have plenty of time to ourselves.

High tech in Siamese boat.

These 2 things really impressed me. No matter how developed is Malaysia, actually there are some areas in Thai that reallybring in the result.

Especially fishery & agro.

These 3 light bulbs when light up in proper sequence, you have the squid motionless for you to haul in. They would just swim in the red light forever.






This is another creation that I love.
Live bait well.
Normally what Malaysian boat did, was to run the water from the pump, to keep the baitfish alive.
The Thais just punch some holes & they have maintenance free live bait well.

Sir Gallahad

Somebody managed to convince me that Cobia in waters off Songkla are for the taking. He even scolded me for questioning him to bring 3 coleman for the trip.
"Why 3 coleman?" I asked.
"Separoh cobia dah penoh 1 coleman" was the answer.
How can we weren't impressed.

Where to put 3 coleman?

Well, we should give everybody the benefit of the doubt, don't we.
No choice but to call Sir Gallahad for active duty.

Since we acquire him couple of years ago, we didn't get the full picture on his health. He did overheat a couple of time & tore a large hole in my pocket but the idea of pushing for the limit seemed attractive.

We are travelling with a bunch of hardcore nuts whom very seldom put down by the worst of situation.

So I take the chance & load Sir Gallahad. Fresh engine Oil & tankful of water, that's all.
The ride is comfy enough though you can't do more than 100km/h.
We get to Alor Setar in record time.... 9 hours!
Somehow Sir Gallahad impressed me. No problem really. I thought he would do some antics & leave us stranded by the roadside somewhere. But no.

Really nice chap, Sir Gallahad.