It all started with a call from an ex-colleague A asking me whether I was interested in a one day trip organized by one of her sisters. The one day trip's itinerary includes visiting some places in Tanjung Sepat in the district of Kuala Langat (Selangor state) and will end with a Lantern Festival in Jenjarom before we return home to Ipoh.
Together with another ex-colleague B, we were part of a group of 15 people travelling in a 17-seater van. I set the alarm to wake me up at 5 am the Tuesday morning because I need to take my own sweet time to get ready. I drove over to pick B and we reached A's house around 6.30 am. The van came to pick us up at 7 am plus.
Breakfast: We stopped for the famous Gopeng "Lai Fun" noodle in Kopisan village. (I accidentally deleted the van and breakfast photos).
Kuala Lumpur: A detour to take an elderly uncle of the Organizer for lunch with us. Waze navigation app was unable to track the address and we got lost. Took us some time to get back on the right track with the help of a taxi driver to reach the relative's house. The following snapshots were taken at the relative's place.
Antique door bell
Antique weighing machine
An old television cabinet converted into a shoe cabinet.
Nearby houses.
Very unique design houses. The 4 gates belonging to 4 houses.
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We had lunch with the elderly uncle at a nearby restoran. He got to spend some quality time catching up with his sister and nieces. After lunch we sent the uncle back to his house and we continued on with our trip,
Our next stop is at this Multi-Rich Dragon Fruit Farm in Sepang, Selangor.
The young green fruit of the Pitaya cacti also known as the "Dragon fruit".
The fruit is fleshy and mildly sweet with low calories.
The fruit has many tiny black crunchy seeds. The seeds have a nutty taste and rich in lipids.
The fruit is wrapped with plastic bag to protect from birds, etc.
Big sized red fruits for sale at the farm.
I bought 3 smaller size fruits for RM 10.
This is the red flesh fruit with tiny black seeds. The red flesh is sweeter and juicier than the white flesh. After consuming the red fruit, the urine will be reddish in colour.
Free tasting of the "dragon fruits".
A short session to promote fruits enzymes and honey.
I saw these "dragon fruit" seeds being dried at the farm.
I am interested to see if the seeds taken from the fruit will grow in my garden.
It is like a tiny mustard seed!
Though it is one of the smallest of seeds,
yet it grows to become one of the largest of plants, with long branches
where birds can build their nests and be sheltered.
(Mark 4:31-32, The Living Bible-TLB)
I hope to see dragonfruit in your garden soon :)
ReplyDeleteI have sowed some seeds, now waiting for signs of grow!
DeleteThat is a pretty door bell. A Dragon fruit plants farm. My family love Dragon fruits but they only take the imported one, namely white flesh. Not this local red flesh as they don't like the red colour. Lol.
ReplyDeleteWhite and red, both I like!
DeleteWhat a fun and informative outing. I love to go explore and have lunch out.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day, Nancy. ♥
It was a good trip. I am glad I went!
DeleteWe occasionally see dragon fruit on the supermarket but not often. Great set of photos. Sounds like a good trip, Diane
ReplyDeleteThank you, Diane!
DeleteWow, this is so special! I have never seen Dragon Fruit growing! The soil looks almost like sand. The stores here sell Dragon Fruit, it is so pretty. Love the green gate and bell!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ginny!
DeleteAn early start but a full day of interesting sights! I have tried dragon fruit with white flesh but would like the red better!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Christine!
DeleteI am attracted by the red dragonfruit, looks fleshy, juicy and sweet yum yum
ReplyDeleteI finished the 3 fruits that I bought and they're sweet and juicy!
DeleteThe old bell particularly catches my eye.
ReplyDeleteIt caught my eye too!
Delete...I've seen Dragon Fruit growing here on Maui.
ReplyDeleteHave you tasted the fruit?
DeleteLooks like a great day trip among friends. I was fascinated by the Dragon Fruit.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great day trip!
DeleteSounds like a good day well spent.
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It was a good trip!
DeleteUsually I buy the red meat dragonfruit, has been a long time I didn't buy white meat dragonfruit. .
ReplyDeleteThe red is more common here.
DeleteA fun morning in spite of getting lost for a bit. Sometimes those navication apps just don't do the trick.
ReplyDeleteMost times the navigation apps are reliable but there were times when we ended up at the wrong place.
DeleteI love to eat red dragon fruit. the houses look like townhouses with two parties sharing a 3 storey house with 1.5 storey each.
ReplyDeleteWe were very curious over the design of the houses.
DeleteThank you, Francisco!
ReplyDeleteWhat awesome photos
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jo-Anne!
DeleteMe encanta la fruta. Estoy pensando en plantar algunas. Besitos.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Teresa!
DeleteI have tried growing the seeds. They sprout, they grow into cute cactus-like plants. After that they develop SO SO SLOWLY. I have lost interest in them haha.
ReplyDeleteI was afraid of that! I will wait and see.
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