Lovely Days

Oh how lovely day! The prefect ambient of romantic air with the shrouderly smog. Little friends! Let's outgoing for gay play.

Just spent the last four days driving around Johor. I can definitely report that the haze does not discriminate. It stretches from the central valley all the way to the southern straights. Admittedly, it's less thick down in the south. But I didn't quite appreciate driving around in such conditions, my little attempt at writing a pencil case saying as above notwithstanding.

Here's how it looked on the way down, Monday:

Putrjaya, API ~170


Seremban, API ~170


Malacca, API ~100


Johor Bahru, API ~70

Well, to take a break from the monotony of the haze, I decided to change the hazardous driving conditions around a bit the next day. OK, so I didn't decide it, it just happened.

And what happened was a sudden downpour. Actually it was more of a sidepour, the way the wind was gusting. Yes, the whole braches-falling-and-roof-tiles-flying works.

Oh, please! It's just a.. a drizzle!

Well good thing the drizzle didn't last too long because I had to go venture off the well-tarred road and onto hard dirt.

Just red earth and stones and oil palms. Lots and lots of oil palms.


The dirt road went on for miles and miles and miles...


26 kilometers, to be exact. ONE WAY.

Incidentally, I was already halfway to a national park by the time I hit my destination.

Anyway, fun as it was driving and breathing in all that haze, I'm glad to be back. It's still hazy but at least I don't have to spend entire days driving through it. They say it will clear up soon. They'd better be right. For once.