Blogs from Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia - page 19

Caught a coach up to the Cameron highlands, and thank god a break from the heat, you guys may complain about the weather back home but i would have given anything to roll about in a foot of snow. Anyway, the place is covered entirely in tea bushes as far as the eye can see. We found his extremely English pub complete with a red phonebox outside and i had the first decent cup of tea for a about a fortnight. That night we went to this little chinese restaurant and had a steamboat, which is basically this big pot on a gas fire in the middle of your table which contains two types of soup, but wait that's not all, you also get everytype of meat, vegitable and fish which you can chuck in there ... read more

Sorry it's been such a long time since we updated, we sure have been around. Kuala Lumpur We spent a couple of days in KL, enjoying the scenery and such. We saw the Petronas twin towers. They are the tallest twin towers in the world, and also has the highest skybridge in the world! Our guesthouse was called "Le Village", located in Chinatown, smelled strongly of incense and was very cozy. The only downside to this were the bedbugs and cockroaches at night... We spent a few hours each day just walking around the city seeing the sights. We loved the architecture and modern style of the city. It was a really neat place to see. It was a huge change from Thailand. We decided to journey to the Batu Caves so we took a city ... read more

And on to the Cameron Highlands... Named after the English Gentleman who mapped the hills in this area and opened the door to a flood of other British folk to come and build their dwellings here. Consequently, a lot of mock tudor, thatched roofed and stone built houses still stand in the green pastures of this cool, temperate climate. On this occasion the Brits were right, as the cool climes still attract many a Malaysian holiday maker or city worker, trying to escape the heat and noise of KL, at the weekend. Before jumping straight into the Cameron Highlands we had to stop at the fascinating temples of Perak and Sam Poh, built inside huge limestone caverns just outside of Ipoh. These huge Karst caves filled with massive Buddha idols are simply breathtaking, as is the ... read more

At the KL bus station we grabbed traditional Malay breakfast which is basically spring rolls, sweet pancakes, sweet cakes, rice in banana leaves etc - all which is very lovely and tasty! The bus is very basic and we experienced the rudeness again with everyone pushing infront of everyone, even the little old nun was pushed out the way! tut tut! The journey took 4ish hours on very windy roads which started to make me a bit nauseas but proudly I stayed strong! At the bus station in Cameron Highlands there were lots of touts waiting for us and as we were hungry and tired we went with the man who seemed the nicest and had the best sounding leaflet called Daniels lodge. Its very basic but has interent and organises tours and very good location ... read more

Well we went on a tour with the best guide ever. He knew so much and told us everything. We went to the highest point in Cameron Highlands and had some amazing views. Then went on a Mossy forest walk. Yep it was mossy! Its so cool here though its great, especially after the hunidity of the national park. Saw some Pitcher plants which are the ones which catch flies. Then saw the tea plantations then to the factory and saw how they get from leaves to tea bags. Then had the best cup of tea EVER. Its calloed Boh tea and they only supply SE Asia. Not sure if it is because i havent had a cup of tea for 4 weeks since at home or that it was the best tea ever but i ... read more