BERPETUALANG KE ACEH: 2024-02-11

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This blogspot is a medium to share my thoughts and adventures apart from promoting my books. Below are the books which have been written or authored and published by myself.

"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Mencari Diri dan Erti".

ISBN 983-42031-0-1, Jun 2006

"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Membela Syiar yang Asal"

ISBN 983-42031-1-x, May 2007

"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Sirih Pulang ke Gagang?"

ISBN 978-983-42031-2-2, November 2007

It is interesting to note that while these books were written in Malay it has gained enough attention to merit being part of the collections of the American Library of Congress and National Library of Australia. Look here and here.

While the first three books were published by my own company, the fourth titled "Rumah Azan" was published in April 2009 by a company called Karnadya with the help of the Malaysian national literary body Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. It features beautiful pictures along with stories behind selected mosques which could be related to the history of Islam and the Malays alongside the formation of the Malaysian nation. Look at the article A collaboration of old collegemates - the book "Rumah Azan".

My fifth book "Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and Malay Sultanates", an English translation and adaptation of the Malay book "Ahlul Bait (Keluarga) Rasulullah SAW dan Kesultanan Melayu" authored by Hj Muzaffar Mohamad and Tun Suzana Othman was published early 2010. Look here... My 5th book is out! Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and the Malay Sultanates... . For more information check out my Malay blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU.

Like my fourth book "Rumah Azan", the sixth book "Kereta Api Menuju Destinasi" is also a coffee-table book which is published by the company Karnadya with the cooperation of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (the main Malay literary body in Malaysia). Coming out January 2011 it features pictures and stories on the adventure travelling by train to all of Peninsular Malaysia along with the interesting places which could be reached this way.

My seventh book "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" in turn is a coffee-table book which is written, editted, designed and has pictures taken by me. Coming out of the factory October 2011, this book which combines family history with history of places such as Singapura, Johor, Batu Pahat, Muar and in fact the history of the island of Java and England has been reviewed with me interviewed live in the program Selamat Pagi Malaysia at RTM1. Look at the article Siaran langsung ulasan buku "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" dan temu ramah di Selamat Pagi Malaysia. Some selected contents have been featured in Sneak peek "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah".

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The "Berpetualang ke Aceh" series of novels could be obtained in e-book form. Enter http://www.e-sentral.com/, click general novel and go to page 4. You can also type the word "Aceh" at the search box. Or click straight Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3.

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Going anticlockwise past agricultural routes to the east of Sungai Buaya

Continuing from Taking a different approach to the summit of a hill east of Sungai Buaya.

Three days later, Wednesday afternoon 14th February 2024, which is also three days ago I took the bike to this newly developed industrial area in the west of Sungai Buaya.

I have walked and trekked around many times here when it was still largely a rubber and palm oil plantation area.

I have also went around by car and bike many times when it has been turned into an industrial area since over half a year ago.

But this is the first time I continued further westwards since then...

On to the agricultural paths or routes.

I have been around to this particular point at least once by foot, once by bicycle...

See this river?

Across lies the path westwards as shown in Checking a path to the west from Sungai Buaya.

Next, guided by satellite picture on Google Map, I took a route which as far as I could remember have never been taken before.

I soon arrived at this juncture leading to three divergent paths.

I decided to take the middle one.

I does lead to a big clearing seen in Google Map. But I could not continue because of a big ditch ahead.

I could continue by foot of course but this time I could not leave the bike behind. Unlike the previous forays in the last few days as shown in Checking a path to the west from Sungai Buaya and Taking a different approach to the summit of a hill east of Sungai Buaya I intend to take the bike all the way going anticlockwise from start to finish. So I headed by to the juncture, this time taking the left turn.

Yes. It led to the big clearing.

Except I could not see how the open path clearly connects to the one ahead.

So I decided to take a walk and check out how this bushes downhill could be negotiated by bike.

Luckily it is negotiable and thus I got to this proper agricultural path/route.

So I was back on track as could be seen laid out via Google Map and headed back eastwards towards Sungai Buaya.

I arrived at this small but very familiar tarred road at 7.30 pm. I was practically out of the woods. For the record this is the 2,477th article in this blogspot.

Taking a different approach to the summit of a hill east of Sungai Buaya

Continuing from Checking a path to the west from Sungai Buaya.

Five days later, Sunday morning around 10 am, 11th February 2024 I took the bike down another path, to the east from Sungai Buaya.

At first, going by what I saw on the satellite pictures in Google Map and Google Earth, I thought I could take the bike all the way closing to the summit of 170-metre high hill. As it turned out there are many parts of the path which is now blocked by growth.