Blogs from Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia - page 22

Well after another early start and long bus journey we arrived in The Cameron Highlands. Based in the Centre of the Peninsua at an elevation of at least 1500m this is the garden of malaysia and the most extensive hill station...and also the coldest place on earth (well in Malaysia at least) It was freezing here! We've had to put socks, proper shoes (ones that constrict my toes) and up to 3 tops at a time on whilst being here (and its actually only about 20 degrees at lowest, but have become acclimatized to the heat now!) Nonetheless, it's beautiful and a refreshing change and well worth freezing our diddlies off for. The drive was incredibly beautiful - a mix of tea plantations, lush greenery and jungle. All washed down with a healthy dose of rolling ... read more

Photos from Cameron Highlands, tea tea and more tea! Enjoy, love Laura xx... read more

so we've arrived in Malaysia after having spent 3 days in Singapore. i quite liked singapore but i don't think it will be on my top list. ok the city is very clean and well organised but it's also quite strict in the sense that u're not allowed to do anything or u get fined. no smoking, no chewing-gum, so spitting, no crossing the road out the lines or it;s $100 each time. we took a bus on saturday to go to a small city called Melaka and i loved it so much that we ended up staying 3days instead of 1. people are so nice, always talking to you and asking you where u're from. all of them make the effort to speak a bit of yr language and i was so impressed that they ... read more

Getting out - Cameron Islands After my one day of exploring KL I decided that I had probably had enough of the big smoke (literally) and on the adivice of fellow travellers, decided to head to the Cameron Highlands. The bus trip as long and a large proportion of it was travelling through the rainforest which covers something like 85% of Malaysia. It was good to see the level of development decreasing away from the city centres. A couple of thousand meters up the highlands offer a more temperate climate suitable for chilling out, for growing and for drinking tea. The weather up in the Cameron Islands was beautiful. The continuous sunshine kept the place warm and it was dry enough that you didn't really sweat unless undergoing some kind of physical exertion. On arriving at ... read more

Explored by James Cameron and subsequently named after him, the Cameron Highlands are famous for their tea plantations, fruit and vegetables and forests. I stayed in Fathers Guest House which was nice. The facilities and prices are good. (Wifi is intermittently available - weather permitting - from some nice antennas somewhere nearby) After an unpleasant night following a pleasant meal, I decided to make the most of the afternoon and go on a trip to an Orang Asli (Original People) village - the guest house operates tours to a local village, most of the villages that remain in their traditional state shun visitors, but this one due to a member of staff being the chiefs brothers wife welcomes the backpackers on one of the organised tours. The kids gather just prior to the arrival of the ... read more