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| The Police station at Sg Siput south...l |
Took a drive to Kampar in the early morning recently just
because the ban on inter-district travel was lifted. Been a while since I’ve
taken a drive in the country and get some therapy from nature.
It was pleasant throughout and most enjoyable
especially going thru all those estate roads and then the nearby hills.
Something about hills that makes you like them.
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| A morning drive thru estates ... |
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| and nearby hills |
Saw that Sahom Valley was nearby but avoided that. The
ad played in my mind about crowds and social distancing so the Valley would wait till
another time.Then I came to this village I guess it was an old
tin-mining town. It had a Police Station and diagonally opposite was a Chinese
coffee shop and across it a community hall.
A
blue signboard confirmed it was Kg Sungai Siput (S) selatan.
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| On the main road looking west the Police station, locked gate, coconut trees and a hilly backdrop.... |
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| diagonally opposite ..the Community Hall |
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| ..and a Chinese coffee shop ... |
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| .. looking east another hill and some farms at the foot of the hill |
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| ...part of a quaint village |
The layout of the village confirmed to an old tin
mining town something common during the
last century.
Only thing I couldn’t comprehend was why the gate to the
police station was locked. The half wall and roofed guard house gave the
impression that this place once (possibly) was a guard post during communist
time???
However the picture of the police station with coconut
trees and a hill in the background was tranquil and pleasant. In fact there was
a hill on the east and west of the village.
It was lunch time and a Chinese shop meant there would
be cold beer available. Well my hunch was right on and so I had my cheese
sandwich and cold sustenance.
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| My cheese sandwich and cold sustenance |
Inside the shop was three tables of men. One table was
playing mahjong, another table looked like orang asli having a meal and the third looked like they were enjoying their beer.
A common trait was they were all in the senior citizen
category.
A Telekom van showed up to do maintenance.
The Telecom
person was called Salbi based at Batu Gajah which is quite a distance away.
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| Salbi the Telekom person |
After the cooling lunch it was time to head back but
first take some photos of town.
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| The other end of the main road .. |
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| ..the old and new ... roof tiles and old wood ..interesting contrast |
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| Look east to another hill ... |
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Pix by Kinta Valley Watch
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JAG
ReplyDeleteYou're right, of course, to say that this Sungei Siput was a tin-mining village. It was the location of the fabulous Jehosaphat Mine: a two-hectare treasure leased to the Van Cuylenburg family. The vein of ore that ran through the place was four hundred meters long, at least, and more than a meter wide.