Wednesday, November 14, 2007
I am back to continue my second day of my trip to kota tinggi!
So we stayed over at my uncle's house. We woke up at 9 in the morning, washed up and went for breakfast. From there on, we went out for the whole day! First destination was desaru fruit farm, located approximately 39km from kota tinggi. It was a 100 hectares-wide farm planted with many species of tropical fruits, with the main product being honey oranges. The place is supposedly quite famous with several celebrities having been there. There were photos of mediacorp artistes on the walls of the place. There was even a variety show hosted by adrian pang and michelle chia which introduced the place. So we went for the farm tour with a tour guide on board a van. First stop was the areas planting breadfruit and dragonfruit. After this it was followed by areas planting several other fruits like jackfruit, durian, soursop, rambutan, lime, chilli, longan, passion fruit, jambu, mango, betel nut. There was sort of a resting hut which grew spices like curry leaves, assam leaves and a big pond of koi. The kids had fun feeding the koi, placing their fingers below the water and let the fish suck the fish food from their fingers. Once food dropped in some place of the pond, the koi would all swarm towards the place, with water splashing everywhere. So after that, we proceeded towards the animal farm! Along the way, we saw some bee boxes, housing the bees which the farm use for pollination. So back to the farm. The farm reared goats, two monkeys, many chickens, ducks, turkeys, two ostriches, turtles, rabbits (nudges) and even snakes. The tour guide even took out the rabbits for us to pat. It was quite funny to see the rabbits hopping about on the table. They were not really hopping but more like pushing their legs backward to move forward. We took turns to stroke the fur of the rabbits. It was so smooth and nice to touch, even their ears too. That concluded our tour and we took the van back to the starting place. We listened to the guy introduce about their bees and products of bees like honey. He was saying that pure honey would never expire and those with expiry dates were all not pure ones. So after his introduction and persuasion to buy some of the honey products, we were given boxes of fruits as part of the tour package. The fruits were quite nice, considering I hadn't eaten some of the fruits before. Well, so after consuming the fruits, we bought some fruits and left for the next destination. As for the next destination, that would be another post I guess. It's getting pretty late, time to get to sleep for work tomorrow. So stay tuned for my third part tomorrow then =)
Map to show where the place is
I found a new emoticon today (^(oO)^) Hehe. Cute right?
hellmos signing off then...Labels: kota tinggi, second day
My mind's unweaving/ 10:40 pm
