another wild chicken run
Run-site: Ulu Yam Chicken Farm
Hare: Molly Ong
Co-Hare: Rambo & Kinabalu Day trippers
Scribe: Sandra Tan
Comic: Phillip Feer
GPS & directions:
GPS: N 03 27.30333 , E 101 37.59467
Travel whichever way to Rawang. See choices below. Go through Rawang and head up old Ipoh Road passing Serendah and Antara Gapi and 400 meters after "IPOH 160km" milestone(approx 16km from Rawang) turn left at AMI Moto oil sign.
Then Right and then left. Drive on the pebble road for 1.2 km and park in a orderly manner under oil palm trees. Note that if you pass a Supermarket on you right on the main road you have gone 500 meters too far. Bring Mossie repellant.
Toll: You can use NS highway, exit at Sungai Buaya, drive to Sungai Choh and turn left at T junction towards milestone 160.
No toll : alternative direction via Batu Dam may be faster than old trunk road due to roadworks near Commonwealth Park. Head to Ulu Yam via the Bayu dam road. As you descend and just after the school beside the lake turn left at the Antara Gapi sign. Drive all the way until you hit the old Ipoh road. Turn right towards Ipoh and then look out for Ipoh 160km milestone and follow directions as above.
ON ON - Restoran 218. Serendah GPS N3 21.773 - E101 35.664
Directions : Drive back towards Serendah and go through the town
At traffic lights at BHP petrol station, turn right, drive 950m while bearing left at Y junction, and restaurant 218 is on the right.
Or - if you miss - pass BHP by 300m, turn right, and drive for 550m, restaurant is on the right
Note : Either way, if you reach the traffic light at Sg Choh you have gone too far.