Lichen @ Gentings

Ean examining an orange flower.

I need to upload Botany 101 into my brain (think Matrix).

I need a guide book on the flowers, trees and weeds of Malaysia.

I need a botanist with me.

JY has an obsession with flowers since she started making gum paste flowers.

She would look at its petals, pistils, stamen, comment on its colour, petal formation and the fact that it looks like a gum paste flower...

When your child looks at a flower. What do you say?

Ean prodding moss growing on the road.

My boys caught on on my sudden moss attack and Fai excitedly pointed at the moss on the road and said "Look mummy, Moss! Moss! Moss!"

No need to go to Mossy Forest to look at moss.

Look at the variety of moss and lichen on this tree trunk.

Ean taking a closer look at lichen.

Looks like a flat cabbage to me and a flat fuschia to JY.

I didn't know there was such a thing as lichenology. Interesting.

Lichen is sensitive to air pollution. By the amount of lichen growing, air quality here must be great.
This lichen site is easy to understand. I will definitely do a project on lichen with the kids on my next visit.

Day 3 Camerons 21 Aug 2010

My photos are in a bit of a mix up again.

So for Day 3 I am gonna start with a gem of a stall in Tringkap. We parked along the main road and I happened to spot a stall hidden from view. We needed to use the loo badly, so this shop was chosen. The wantan was stuffed with lots of succelent morsels of prawn and minced meat and the wantan skin was translucent and my dad gave its kopi two thumbs up.


From then on, no other coffee was good enough, coffee from other shops paled in comparison. So if you are in need of a good Kopi Kaw, head for Tringkap



I didn't expect the kids to have such a good time at Time Tunnel Museum. They role-played and became cooks, kopi tiam patrons, waiters...they spent at least 30 minutes on this section. Fai took lots of pictures such as the one on the left before leaving because he wants the same thing at home.



They don't make pedal cars like they used to. I love the green Vespa. The attention to detail is amazing.

A few years back, Kent and I were reminiscing about Kalkitos. And what do you know, there was a display case on it. Aaaaah! Memories!

We left for Mossy Forest at about 8.30am. This is the condition of the road leading up to the forest and Gunung Brinchang.

Steps leading into the Mossy Forest. There were no signboards. So the moment you come to a clearing with this wooden steps - You have arrived!

The kids were beside themselves with excitement as we made our way up the stairs. It was freezing cold, my fingers were getting numb from the chilly air.

and the view was magnificent. Undulating mountains, mossy trees, pitcher plants....just lovely.