Due to the fertiliser used in abundance ( chicken droppings ) flies are a common sight in CH. The locals are quite used to it. If a few dropped into their coffee, they just picked it up and threw it aside and continue drinking. It is only those shiny looking flies (greenish metallic) that they are afraid off! Tourist are queasy and thats understandable.

CH is actually the land of flies and diesel fumes from the landrovers, ha,ha.

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Added on July 22, 2010, 7:09 am

There is another nice trail with river view near Tanah Rata. Look for Century Pines Hotel in front of the Tanah Rata police station. At the side beside a drain or river if you want to call it, walk along it. There's a trail that leads to a public park. Walk across the park and another trail starts, it is well laid out (concrete) and follow the curves as it goes beside the river. After a while there's another right turn and you can choose to either go straight or turn right which leads you to a lookout tower. It is quite rewarding to climb this lookout tower. If you opt to go straight it will lead you to the valley where Jabatan Perhutanan is situated. Here lookout for English gourds that grows wild here and the gourds are free for the picking. In KL they sell for RM1.00 each! The leaves of these gourds are the famed ' loong sou ' or literally Dragon's beard that is fried with sambal belacan in CH.

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Added on July 22, 2010, 7:21 am

Actually those veges that are sold in plastics are sometimes not a native produce. There are no regular sized carrots grown in CH. They are imported fron China! The jagungs are mixed! There are some genuine ones grown in CH where the quality is really nice and those from the flatlands are actually inferior but sold as native CH produce. For good jagung, always go to stall no.12 in Kea Farm. She has her own farm! But it is not always in stock.

Aspharagus are not cultivated in CH but also sold as local produce. The most common vege grown in CH are cabbages, radishes, Sawi, tomatoes, french beans, brocolli. These you can be sure they are from there. Others they are sometimes packed from boxes marked imported from China. ha,ha.

The coloured dried flowers are all spray painted. There is one or two farmers who don't use fertiliser but hard to guide you there. Fertilisers are actually quite expensive and some farmers cannot afford them but they grow the best vege!