MAHA 2014 @ MAEPSerdang

MAHA @ MAEPS is the Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture & Agrotourism Show at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang. I do not know the year this annual show started but it was only recently that I went there for the first time. I went with A, who was a volunteer some years ago - when she also got to meet our hero Dr. M then (as she always reminds me).

The showgrounds are spread over a huge area so visitors usually will take the free trams and buses to get to wherever their interest lie. There are the Main Exhibition Hall, Vegetable & Herb Showground, Fisheries Showground, Floriculture Showground, State Pavilions, Paddy Showground, Pineapple Showground, Livestock Showground, Machineries Showground, etc. Actually if you want to cover them all, you need to go over a few days.

We went on only one day and parked at the Laman Tiba 2 (Arrival Complex 2). We only managed to cover the Livestock Showground before taking the free bus to the Main Exhibition Hall.

The Livestock Showground exhibited an array of animals (plus a mechanical bull which provided a lot of laughs!). There were the work animals, livestock bred for food and 'fun' animals for pets (including pygmy goats, Playboy bunny rabbits, cats, guinea pigs, etc.). Two rather 'famous' cats we were charmed to meet are Ah Yen (aka Garfield, shown below with his handler/owner Ruzita of  A'sta Katz Hotel-Spa-Grooming, Cheras) and Che Mat (shown above with A and his handler/owner Khairul, Ruzita's husband). The only dog we saw (and touched) was a model search and rescue Alsatian.

At the Main Exhibition Hall area there are a number of venues of which the Dewan A Agensi Kerajaan (Hall A Government Agencies) was where we spent some time. We bought books from MARDI* and checked out the numerous exhibits of fruits and flowers. Some fruits are not familiar but they are well-labeled so I took many photos of both these and the beautiful orchids on display, which I will put up later in another blog post.

We also went to another (International) Exhibition Hall where among others, there were two booths set up by the Governments of Fiji and Ecuador. The Fiji booth was closed then but we spent quite a bit of time at the Ecuador booth. We discovered some interesting facts about Ecuador here and a blog post is definitely forthcoming.

*MARDI is the Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development Institute.
26 November 2014