From this trip, seeing the development in Bentong,
Rest House was indeed an important feature for this town.
There was an old Rest house along
the main road in Ketari. Rumors had it that the place was haunted. The
building torn down and was renovated
into a community center. The state government then
allocated this site. A better location befitting the stature of a Rest
house. Right on top of a small hill. Gave the building this
state-of-the-art design.
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This
chosen site is in the vicinity of the district police
headquarters.
In
fact just in front of the headquarters. A separate road on the
right of the complex,
continuing uphill. This was a private road
that service the Rest House area.
Here you see the frontage of the Rest house |
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At the time
of our visit. Vincent & me, the place was relatively new. There was an
introductory price of RM50 for a air-con room. At that rate and taking
into consideration the class of set-up, it was a
give-away.
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Sitting
in the patio in the front of teh building. It was a panoramic
view. That of the rolling hills.
The distant hilltop {covered by clouds}
Though you may not make it out, take it from me. The top right
hand corner at the horizon is Genting Highlands.
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clear day, the complex can be seen. |
The Main Range shielded off a lot of pollutants
emitted in the Klang valley. Air here on the eastern slope was fresh.
With good clean atmosphere and unpolluted air, you can be assured of a beautiful
sunset view when the weather at the horizon permits.
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I just fell in love with this place.
The Rest house, the patio and
even this drive way looked irresistible. |
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I had this
shot made of the car, outside the porch but still
in the driveway.
From within the area of the rest house, every angle
that you looked out to - was the scene of a
jungle!
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Walking out
of the building into the car park and into the front lawn. The
compound of the rest house was a vantage actually very close and right
behind the Bentong
town.
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With
a closer look , one can easily identify the
houses and shops of the town.
Then
far away, patches on
the slopes denote the activities that were going
on among the hills opposite.
This hill is so
strategic that it is high enough to provide conducive planting
environment. Yet very
close enough to the homes of farmers in many settlements. All of
which were part of the suburbs. |
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Here is the scene of the
interior of the building. The main hall and the
stairways leading to the rooms also projected an air of luxury
In our causal discussions with the caretakers,
we learned that
this place was frequented by dignitaries.
Very often those
organized get together and held political discussions.
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Food
and breakfast was available from a small
restaurant that catered to the needs of the
staying guest.
Here, we were enjoying our cuppa
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Now that we
had found such wonderful places, it's only fair that we should devote
some efforts to come up with reasons. Just ways that we can tap
such wonderful facilities available to us. For those of you who had just
read this,
who are like us. Some times not having nothing firm in mind, it is
definitely a good place to sit and enjoy your coffee!
Which, incidentally tasted very good on that day!- Who knows we could
be charmed!
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