Our self guided tour turned our pretty good as Ben’s cousin sister and husband are quite knowledgeable about herbs as they have a herbal tea shop. They recognized a number of the herbs in the Tropical Spice Garden.

They pointed out to us a fruit from a plant that tasted very sweet as shown below.

He asked to suck the sap from it and after a while take a sip of water.  We were amazed that the water tasted so sweet in our mouth.

Bamboo growth along the way.

We came upon a rest stop where we can help ourselves with some tea.

Natural stream of water for rinsing the cup before and after we drink form it.

The tea was sweetened with a natural sweetener called Misai Kucing or Stevia which is believed to help reduce high blood pressure.

Lily in a pond.

We came upon a house across the water which used to belong to the first Prime Minister of Malaysia.

You can click on the above photo to read about the details of the house.