Also, there's a linkage town called Tampin near the border with Malacca, locals nickname as Mahmei, means "horse's tail" in Cantonese.

The town did not flourish until the arrival of Chinese settlers moving inland in search of tin ore.

However, malaria proved to a constant scourge, and the emigrants discovered that the area had not been adequately prepared for their arrival.

The Syonan-to government could not extend to Bahau the same assistance given to Endau because the former became the Negeri Sembilan authorities' responsibility.

The project at Bahau came to an end when the Allied Southeast Asia Command dropped supplies of food and medicine.

FT 10 links Bahau to Bandar Seri Jempol, the district capital, and Temerloh, Pahang in the north and Gemas in the south.

Bahau is accessible by train, being one of the major stations on the East Coast Jungle Railway, which stretches from Gemas in the south to Tumpat in the north.

Mahsan, Jelai and Rompin, in the town's outskirts, are a comfortable short distance drive from Bahau.

Car workshops, mechanics, spare parts and accessories shops dominate the business in town because of the flourishing timber trade around the area.

There is also cendol, a dessert made from shaved ice and its namesake strings of green, stringy jelly, dressed in rich coconut milk (Malay: santan) and gula melaka molasses.

The nearby town of Mahsan offers exotic food like wild boar, squirrels, lizards and bats.