HSBC Tree Top View from Venus Drive June 29 2014 Sunday

Venus Drive to TTW

Elevation plot of the TTW walk from Venus Drive. After the bridge crossing there is a long flight of stairs to the highest point and then descending all the way. ( the pavement road leading to the TTW entrance is the peak left of the shaded one)

   View from the top

He picked up a jar of peanut butter with the top lid smashed 

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TDairy farm loop -> HQ

Dairy Farm Loop Routine staring CarPark B  - added coverage to include the steep pavement onto HQ and back to Car Park B. 

To extend the coverage i took in the main road to HQ and back from HQ main road back to the right hand branch of the Dairy Farm loop.  The pavement steep incline is seen on the way down at 4-5.5 km and up 6.3 -7km

The wide 'V' shape on the right represent the walk down the steep pavement and walk up on my return trip.

Surprise to find the chng tng leaf and fruit here. The parent tree is unconfirmed

Gluta wallichi

I look up and spotted the flowers at x50 zoom end

Screw pine with a spiky fruit

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What look like a liana vine can give rise to fruits from FIG ? Thanks to Joseph L this is  Kadsura scandens. Not far from the main road away in direction towards HQ and a short distance before the summit path. 

** Merombong tree as back drop with the vine winding up. 35 steps to the Summit path

Two punctured holes at each fruit - petiole? Kadsura scandens

Over head i notice the web and the owner

Woodpecker 

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Caterpillars 

Fallen stink-horn or delicacies ?

The cylindrical concrete structure in Dairy Farm loop

Adding Rock Path to our Dairy Farm Loop routine

It was a hot
hot blue sky today

Last Sat heavy rain in the morning
Jun 21 2014 

11:00am ( a bit late this week)

We did our normal climb the stairs path- Dairy Farm Loop(mid top of the map below). Took the left branch - Seraya loop - proceed to Jungle Fall Path to Summit.  iI addition we took in the Summit path and (missed out going down the Catchment Path) went off main road into the Rock path which brought us back up and returned via the Tiup Tiup Path and back through the Right hand Dairy Farm loop.

Grafitti ( names carving)  on this 'war of the world' machine.  Dillenia Grandifolia showing the stilt roots

'L' shaped foot here

 Rock Path :Here you need to be on 4s to climb over 

Sterile terap-like species fruit

Rattan's fruits

Foot rest and hand-rail built into this fallen trunk to allow you to climb over this obstacle safely.

Iridescent blue underneath showing as the wings were wave slightly 

The long thin stick insect ( 2/3 the above width) in mid centre in the image above. It flew away...when disturbed

 Nature's best long distance air-borne dispersal parachute design with a longish seed as payload. Pulai seed?

A  marginal little slip.  Notice just after the Dairy Farm Hut t out but this hardly deter anyone from continue using the trail.

Thought the leaf was cute with leathery shine 

Dillenia Grandiflora ( simpoh)  - shoot the sign to ID the tree with walking-like stilts.

Wonder who picked the soft central  of wild of these rambai fruits close to the ground.  Monkey with nimble fingers seems to be the only one fitted. See how the fruit was peel at the centre.

Dammed up but only small stream trickling through

Seraya trunk

Near summit - scores of young fruit at zoom lens end

Drongo - perhaps missing part of the Racket tail

Some one layout the fallen fruits

THe only path you need to go on fours to get up. Easy ascent 

Tiup tiup path seems deserted and the hut is covered with dead leaves and look at the sign boad below...

Rusty sign board  but the Tiup tiup path - green route is clearly marked  in this map.