Broga Hill - Revisited

... ( can anyone confirm that ? )Either way, they are here until been succeed by secondary species.

Viewed from a distance, it is obvious that the hill was cleared, and then left unattended.

It might be part of a rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis ) plantation, then felled , yet the whatever the plan, stalled. Then, come along lallang, dominated the empty land with fast-growing rhizomes. The lallang seeds may had been sleeping in the soil for ages, waiting for the right moment to sprout ; or carried by the wind from far distance land. An opportunist indeed !

And the ecological succession continues…….

浩浩荡荡一行十七人，清晨四时半就已集合，五时许便已到达山脚。

哇噻！原来山脚早已车水马龙！早起的鸟儿惨咯。。。

Broga Hill is dominated primarily by lallang ( Imperata cylindrical ) . This is odd as a grass dominated hill-land is a rare sight in tropical condition. I suspect it is not naturally occurred grassland

人山人海

虽手有电筒，黑漆漆里向山上走，也不是易事。加上人多路窄，导致交通缓慢，到达山顶时已错过日出的第一道曙光。然而朝阳依然那么振奋人心！

After the exhausting hike, we proceed to a nearby restaurant for lunch. The restaurant is actually a simple tables&chairs set by a Tilapia fishery. The Tilapias are for sure as fresh as it can get.

Tilapia is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the Tilapiine tribe of the Cichlidae family, a freshwater fish. It is originated from Africa, but can be found in most tropical countries.

I am not sure which species of the ‘red tilapia’ we feasted , as there are various species of Oreochromis, Sarotherodon, and Tilapia, collectively known as tilapias.

Interesting to know that Tilapia zilii, also known as ‘St. Peter’s fish’ was mentioned in Bible, about the apostle Peter catching a fish that carried a shekel coin in its mouth, though the passage ( Matthew 17 : 24-27 ) does not name the fish．

到Broga，一定要到 石水钓鱼场 饱食一顿非洲鱼大餐。

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