We found the alternatives routes to go down the hill, all began from discovering of this garden on the hill.  There are chairs and special tables for people to rest.  The potted plants are very beautiful.  It is a Chinese style garden.

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There is a Chinese chess printed on one of the tables.  Chess players can play the “Xiang Qi” and at the same time look at the beautiful scenery to make his mind clearer to think about his next steps.

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Futher to the other end of this garden, that’s our starting route to go down the Kledang Hill.  There are 3 different types of stair cases, and 1 red soil desert to go through before we get out of this hill.

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Different types of stair cases.

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This is the place where the stair case meet with the tar road at the meteorology station, but it is not the end of the stair case path.  Some more stair cases to walk down, and this section of the stair case starts on the left side of the meteorology station.

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Before reaching the meteorology station, there is a sign board that tell us that the stair cases path is called “Dare You Track”.  In Malay it’s called “Jejak Cabaran”.

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Someone left part of his shoes in the middle of the sandy stair case.  I guess the “Dare You Track” must be very challenging for him.

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This stair case section is the longest compared to the previous two.  It is sandy, and we started to notice that the colour of the soil was different now, it’s in reddish orange colour.

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After we finished the stair case, the red soil desert was welcoming us.

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With the green plants around it looks more like an oasis.

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There is also a rocky part in this desert.

Next, this lizard or may be a camelion make me feel that I was in the Jurassic Parks.  There are more than one, SiewPeng and her sister found 2, and I found another one.  They were afraid of us and ran away.  I only managed to take the picture of one of them.

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Let’s see more photos on the red desert / oasis.

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Rocks and the green plants are everywhere.

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I believe this is a human made red desert, but the layering of the road is cause by the wind and rain and it creates a beautiful natural shape.

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Finally we saw a big drain.  It was dry and we can walk inside.