The south-east rural road to Kulim

By right the article Going through Sungai Petani should be the last supporting article for today. But while chosing pictures for the new series about a travel to the north at my main blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU then I realised I should have made an article on the route taken to Kulim. Chronological-wise this article should be positioned after Sungai Kerian, the natural border between Perak and Kedah. But hey, better late than never right?

The trip down or rather, up the route deserved to be made into an article because it is very scenic.

I might not have taken its full essence with my underpowered but convenient middle-range digital camera but hope this is enough to relive the feeling I've got while driving through...

This was a time after leaving the river Sungai Kerian. I found myself taking a route I've never been on before and was surprised to see how well the hills and mountains took its place in the background.

You see, except for certain parts I've always known the state of Kedah as largely flat and lacking scenic roads weaving in and out hilly jungles.

Instead I found myself totally mistaken.

For the first time in Kedah I felt like driving through old rural roads in Pahang which often pass through such scenic jungle and hills.

I was more surprised as this road is heading towards Kulim.

You see the town of Kulim is rather highly industrialised as if it is an extension of the bustling development of Pulau Pinang. All this while I've failed to realise that Kulim is also the name of a district and it does have a large amount of scenic jungle at certain parts.



It was then only did I remembered what some friends have told. That to the east or south-east of Kulim lies such jungle what more it is close to the Peninsular's main mountain range, Banjaran Titiwangsa.




The jungle only gives way as one got close enough to the sub-urbs of Kulim...

Palm trees and such began to dominate and this soon gave way to open lands signifying development in progress away from the quiet scene of the jungles...