Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Port Klang Views #7 - South Port, Port Klang.



These boats sat like a pair of Mandarin Ducks in the open sea affectionately close disregarding the rest of the traffic, floating and bopping on the water.


We took a loop and headed back to South Port wharf. You can see the storm clouds being blown towards the direction we were heading. "Hope it doesn't rain". Out in the water, we can only hope can we? There is no shelter in the open sea or is there?


The tall building in the background is the old building of Federal Flour Mills. It has now been shifted to Pulau Indah. The tall round concrete structures are silos used to store grains. It was sad to see the sorry state of the building after it has been vacated. Some of the side paneling has been torn down (probably stolen) leaving ugly gaps. That end visible to us is the Feed Mill and the Flour Mill is blocked by it and the silo. This is one of the most successful and largest food company in Malaysia and their products goes into most of the food you eat everyday be it roti chanai, noodles, bread, cakes, cookies, biscuits, steam buns, etc. Their two most famous brands are "Blue Key" and "Anchor".


This ship is an ugly rusty bucket.


Contrast it against this grand old dame. There is a beauty in wooden ship that iron ship just cannot match. Though it is unpainted and undecorated, it possessed a natural beauty that is a delight to behold.


The front end of the ship. Not sure if it the cargo was waiting to be loaded on or had just finished been unloaded.


Just a simple ship - so simple that it looked almost like an enlarged toy.


Up on the wharf was this worker in his bicycle tapping away short messages on his handphone. Notice the pillars holding up the wharf. We will go hunting for things beneath it soon.


Further down was a security officer recording some information in his notebook. Maybe he is noting down Kurau's particular as "suspicious sightings".


We looked under the wharf as directed by Kurau, not knowing what to find. And there we have them. Two men on the bank fishing - this would not be permitted area for fishing. Kurau knows all the spots because he had fished in all of them before.


To be continued...


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