I wanted to explore a few other places of interest that are in my guide book of Kuala Lumpur and decide to go the Forestry Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) this morning. It’s only about 10 km from where I live, but feels 100s more – marvellous.
I get there about midday and it's lovely and humid, with an abundance of tropical plants and the noise of cicadas adding to the atmosphere. I take a walk through the forest, starting at the Souvenir shop (where an initial misunderstanding nearly cost me 80RM – the shop keeper thought I wanted a guided tour of the place when really all I’d asked for was a map…) and into the forest, along waterfall paths and eventually back to the car: all in about 3 hours. There was a bit of a surreal moment when walking through the forest and all I could hear above the cicadas was Cliff Richard singing ‘The Young Ones’.
I was lucky actually – as soon as I got back to the car, there was a deafening clap of thunder and the heavens opened. I was a bit scared driving home to be honest, as the main road had now turned into a river and the other drivers not really slowing down, but instead formed a single line of traffic that snaked at high speed along the motorway. I had no other choice but to join in which I figured was probably the safest way of getting home.
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