Forest Research Institute of Malaysia - FRIM

Why is it that every time I visit FRIM, the canopy walkway is closed? FRIM is the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia and is situated north of Kuala Lumpur in Selangor.

I've managed to do the canoy walk once. But since then, the walkway has been closed, either for maintenance, bad weather or because it is closed on Mondays and Fridays. I'm beginning to wonder if it is ever opened!

But I did have some luck this visit, in June 2010, as the museum was open and I had never been inside before (yes, it was closed on my last visit!).

Petrified wood from Java

Bridge covered in plastic

Giant bamboo from Myanmar

nice roots

The trail we chose to do, the Keruing Trail, was partly closed for maintenance, so we could only go so far.

Recognise this? Nat Geog filmed here!

On the return

After our short walk, we had a drive around the area.
No walking, no cars, so how?

We had a look at the Malay Tea House, which is new to me. The garden -

jackfruit

Love the roof, it's like a hat

autumn colours in June

Heliconia

Misai kuching

Malay tea?

walkway

Hibiscus

And further on, near a picnic recreation area, there was a group of pig talied macaques, or beruk. I don't remember seeing these in the wild before, but just one week later I saw a solitary male on the road from Bukit Fraser to KKB.

© Liz Price
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