1986 West Malaysia

On the East side of the Peninsula, along the old coast road north of Kuantan. (This road is now long gone and remains difficult to find, as new highways have been constructed). It was a beautiful deserted beach, with small villages along the road at places.

In a disused old quarry north of Kuantan, we found plenty of these 75mm long Grasshoppers, shaped to look like a blade of grass. Even the head is pointed and discoloured to look like a dead tip of the grass blade.

In the disused old quarry, we found many of these Pitcher Plants (Nepenthes). There appeared to be a few different types.

Another Pitcher Plant climbing the side of the disused quarry north of Kuantan.

A beautiful day-flying moth found feeding on roadside flowers at the side of the River Pahang inland from Pekan south of Kuantan.

This pretty flowering shrub was common along the roadside in the area of Kuantan.

Inland of Kuantan, much of the Jungle has been cleared and acres of Oil Palms, a big industry here, now grow there. The trees are planted very close together making it impossible for understory plants to grow.

The main cross-peninsular road from Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur produced many beautiful views through wild Jungle. The greenery contrasts beautifully with the reddish sandstone earth at cut-aways.

Heading into the central mountains north of Bentong the conditions were ideal for Rubber Plantations. Here, you can see the bark cut-aways which bleed the tree sap down into the collecting bowls.