Monkeys and Fireflies - Kuala Selangor

In 2013 we stayed in Kuala Lumpur and had a few days to spare. So we looked into the day trip our hostel had on offer.
We decided to go on a day trip to Kuala Selangor, the highlight would be the magical fireflies on the river. I mean, who could resist the prospect of magical fireflies?? It is said that this is one of the biggest firefly colonies in the world, we were psyched! :)
But because you can't very well call a 30 min boat ride and a 40min drive to that boat a day trip, the fireflies are combined with a trip to the old Bukit (=Malay for hill) Malawati fort. A chance to brush up on our history, right? So off we went!

On the bottom of the hill, our driver arranged for us to get into a 'train' to be driven to the top of Bukit Malawati. It turns out that Bukit Malawati has a few leftover cannons and foundation stones. From the top of the hill you have a nice view of Selangor coastline over the Strait of Malacca as wel.
But... the most notable thing was the troop of monkeys! Silverleaf monkeys to be exact.

Now those that know me, know I am in no way a fan of monkeys.... I really like my animals... But not ON me!
Unfortunatly, most monkeys that have been in contat with humans, have learned that the best way to get all that lovely human food, it to just go up and take it :(

Curious babe

But having had my initial rant, I soon noticed the cuteness of them, especially the babies! Though the adults have a nice dark silver colour, the infants are bright orange. Gorgeous to see, and boy did a take a lot of photos!

Troop with infant feeding, no colours edited!

Of course there were many tourists on top of the hill to feed the monkeys, so they had an easy life. Luckily they weren't too cheaky, so we stayed for a while and watched the sun set.

Oh and in case you wondererd about the fireflies... the were there, and theyy were pretty impressive. They reminded me a lot of like those led lights you can put in your christmas tree. They blink synchronously. Really impressive if you remember that this blinking is normal animal behaviour.....and slightly surreal. We had a lovely spare day!

We watched the sunset with the monkeys