Views from Dusun Nora's observation deck

Continuing from Views from the highest ground in Dusun Nora.

At the end of the article Views from the house of the owner of Dusun Nora is shown an observation deck situated just besides the main house.

Now let's look at the views from the said deck...

Views from the highest ground in Dusun Nora

Continuing from Views from Dusun Nora's 'thinking stone'...

 

Next I wanted to check out the views from the highest ground within the compounds of Dusun Nora.

I walked up till I reached this fence.

Then I started taking pictures from my right to the left...

Logically the vista should be more widely open from the highest ground.

But the present of trees limited the views from up here. For the record this is the 1,600th article in this blogspot. Among my 3 personal blogs (I have another one for NGO activities) this is the first to cross that line. My bilingual blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) currently has 1,598 articles, my Malay blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU has 1,514.

Views from Dusun Nora's 'thinking stone'

Continuing from Views from behind the main house at Dusun Nora.

At one part of the higher ground behind the main house lies this big boulder. The owner calls it her 'thinking stone'. This is because the stone was the only available flat and clear ground when she first bought the surrounding land almost 30 years ago.

For the record the land, about 2,3 acres of it lies on a steep hill slope. It used to be a thick tropical jungle.

It was while sitting on the stone that the owner figured the best way to terrace the slope and made it inhabitable...

Views from behind the main house at Dusun Nora

Continuing from Views from the house of the owner of Dusun Nora.

Behind the house are stairs leading to a higher ground.

This is how the main house, the house of the owner of Dusun Nora looks like from up there.

Savouring the views...

As usual I like to take pictures to my right then turning bit by bit anti-clockwise to the left...

Views from the house of the owner of Dusun Nora

In the article A night visit to Colmar Tropicale  made last night I have mentioned about bringing the wife to a friend's private retreat at Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, Pahang. Today I want to show some interesting views taken the following day.

Sunday morning 27th November 2016. After spending the night at the friend's place it's time to check out the views. This one is taken from the living room of the friend's house. The place itself has a number of chalets and supporting buildings.

Apart from being a private retreat the chalets can be rented out. Among the buildings inside the place which is called Dusun Nora (which means Nora' orchard), the owner's house is situated the highest.

Overlooking the main mountain range of Banjaran Titiwangsa, it offers some superb views...

And all this I could catch from the verandah of the house...

A night visit to Colmar Tropicale

Peace be upon you all. Something from last weekend.

Saturday 26th November 2016 I brought the family to a friend's private retreat the highlands area of Bukit Tinggi in Bentong, Pahang. This is the part of Bukit Tinggi close to Berjaya Hills Resort. Late at night the friend brought us up to the resort.

Berjaya Hills have a number of themed resort area. This one is at Colmar Tropicale.

It was built some 20 years ago to replicate the scenic town of Colmar in France.

Since it was built in tropical Malaysia, this replica of sorts is given the name Colmar Tropicale...

Still, it is situated close to 2,600 feet above sea level.

So the temperature is cool enough to give the impression that one is indeed somewhere in a small scenic town in Europe...