I checked out from the chalet and cycled towards the border, its moderate uphill slope from the chalet to the border check point and as I was heading towards Pengkalan Hulu. I stopped for breakfast at the stall not far after the checkpoint. Tuan Fadil (Farhoud's father) and a few of his friends from Pengkalan Hulu cycling group were there to treat me for breakfast. BTW, Tuan Fadil is the OCPD of Pengkalan Hulu.
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| Tuan Fadhil |
After breakfast and thanking Tuan Fadhil, I continued towards Pengkalan Hulu road until the junction to Baling. I took Baling road through Gunung Inas. It was nice views, mountain and tropical jungles all along the way. I was cruising on a long downhill freeride until almost reaching Baling town.
Back to Pengkalan Hulu town, it is formerly known as Kroh probably Thai word as the distance is only 7 km away to the border. The town that is located on the highland discovered by H.N Ridley (British Botanist and Chief of Garden) about 100 years ago. He came to Kroh in searched of land for rubber estate on caravan of elephants from Kuala Kangsar, however he found tin deposit in open outcrop in Kelian Intan and it was a cash cow.They built the town as what we see today. By the way, HN Ridley is the guy who has contributed tremendously to Malaysian modern economic. He helps to transform Malaysian from consuming to producing nation. He brought the first Hevea (biji getah) seeds to Malaysia from Botanical garden in Singapore and planted it on Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar. He promoted British investors to invest in rubber estates in Malaysia, thats how names like Sime Darby, Guthrie and Harrissons & Crossfields appeared in Malaysian economic sorority. He also developed the modern day tapping technique.Thanks to the British who introduced education, administration, technical & engineering and law & order to the Malays or else the the Malays would probably just a food gathering people and good in making baby only.
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