... Teenagers have their own likings where they wanna go and most of the time it doesnt matter to them if they dont have to go visiting places...but this mom pulled them away from their skateboards and the internet .... 
... hahaha being devil i guess. So....Banting here we come 
Banting town is located in Selangor Darul Ehsan with location at 2.8' North and 101.6' East. This town is being administered by Kuala Langat Town Council <<<
Places of interest in Banting are the historical sites : royal mausoleum, Makam Sultan Abdul Samad Jugra (doesnt this sound familiar....Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad) , an abandoned palace Istana Alaeddin, (the palace where the late Sultan of Selangor was born), Masjid Alaeddin and Morib Beach.
Our first stop was the beach - Morib, formerly a popular beach. It is a a quiet seaside tourist attraction which is historically noted for being one of the first landing points on the west coast for the British and Indian Army liberation forces during World War II in September 1945, marking the end of the Japanese Army's
occupation of Malaya. Its been 15 years since I last visited this place. There were walls built along the beaches ... looks ok and its still a place for families to have their evening or weekend outings.
From Morib, we drove further north about 10 km to Jugra - a historical town and former royal town in the state of Selangor. Jugra was the royal capital of Selangor when the then ruling monarch, Sultan Abdul Samad built Istana Jugra (Jugra Palace) and moved there in 1875. The
Sultan continued to live at Jugra until he died in 1898, and the new Sultan, Sultan Alauddin
Sulaiman Shah (5th Sultan) also known as Sultan Sulaiman was proclaimed there. This was the last important occasion in Jugra. The 7th Sultan, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah was born in this palace in 1926. It was after the independence that the administration office was moved to Kuala Lumpur and the palace abandoned...what a shame ... such a beautiful palace where it got the touch of islamic architecture from India and Middle East. There were also Chinese influence on its craft too where carpenters from China were called in building this palace.
About 300 meters from this palace is the Alaeddin Mosque which was erected at the same time as the Alaeddin Palace. The design was said to be from Deli kingdom in Medan, Northern Sumatra.
Departing Jugra, we headed for Kampung Kancung Darat - a renowned village for its traditional food industry ... kerepek pisang, ubi, keledek dan keladi. That's Malay name for crackers made from banana, tapioca and yam. This is the village where the Sidek brothers were born - our Malaysia badminton heroes. We didnt visit them but we visited 2 sisters, Mak Cik Esriah and Mak Cik Siti Rupiam who happened to be the Sidek's neighbour <<< 
We were acquainted during our hajj and they have become like my 2nd mother. One thing about Malaysian hospitality...they will feed you whilst you are in their home and you cannot resist, its very,very, very wrong to resist ... 
... First we had lunch at Mak Cik Esriah and then tea at Mak Cik Siti, just next door ... hahahahaha.... and whoa ... what a full belly we had ..... Before we leave for home, our car boot was filled with sugar canes, young coconuts, rambutans and langsat !!!
On the way home, we stopped at Banting Recreational Park where the boys had their eyes on the skatepark...oh well...
