Blogs from Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia - page 8

Having arrived safe and sound after 6 hours on a bus from KL, we arrived in the cooler climate of the Cameron Highlands. The Highlands are on a Plateau made up largley of tea plantations and strawberry farms - this was apparent as the days went on as there was strawberry teddy bears, keyrings, earmuffs you name it they loved their strawberrys! We stayed in a town called Tanah Ratare and managed to get upgraded from our hostel to stay in a brand new swanky apartment for a few nights. The Highlands were experiencing the start of the Monsoon Season so its like a rainy day in Belfast. Friday night we just took it easy and had a few beers as we booked to go into the Malaysian Rainforest jungle trekking on the Saturday. This was ... read more

Was für angenehme 21 Grad hat es hier in der Höhe der Cameron Highlands! Es regnet auch viel, aber nach langer Zeit in den Tropen kann man hier mal richtig durchatmen. Die Halsschmerzen, die ich seit 4 Wochen habe von den Klimaanlagen waren am ersten Tag wie weggeblasen. Jede Nacht kann man durchschlafen ohne Schweissperlen auf dem Körper. Herrlich. Und noch viel besser war die Unterkunft im nagelneuen Guesthouse 8 Mentigi in Tanah Rata. Saubere Zimmer und ein gemütliches Bett mit vernünftigem Bad zu einem ordentlichen Preis. Dabei wurde man so herzlich begrüsst, als würde man zur Familie gehören. Ein Dank an Smith, dem Chef! Es ist ein echtes Paradies. Dazu gab es kostenlos WIFI, eine gemütliche Fernsehecke (inklusive Erklärung von Smith zu den Bollywoodserien) und viel Unterhaltung. Am ersten Tag erkundete ich mit einer Tour ... read more

Hi Guys, Penang to Cameron Highlands, Rickety old bus 2pm - 7pm 1500m above sea level, digs booked Father's Guest house! The last hour on the bus constantly climbing so high we were in the clouds. ( I think it's the closest Paddy's going to get to heaven ) The view was spectacular whilst watching the sunset through the window. When it got dark I was starting to get the nerves, it looked so remote and our lack of homework for this destination had that feeling of driving into the unknown!! Eventually we arrived at Tanah Rata, The driver from the guest house was waiting to pick us up from the bus station. Upon arrival to the guest house the driver said " your room is open get settled in first before checking in." The room ... read more

Up in the Highlands, away from the scorching heat, we had perhaps the most girly day-trip ever. We booked it through our hostel and were getting picked up at 8:45am...however, a strange little man from our hostel (who was sat outside our room all night on a little sofa) knocked on our door relentlessly at 7:20am to remind us about it and repeatedly tell us how much we paid...Rob eventually just closed the door on him. So off we set at 8:45 in our little mini bus with 'Nick', our driver and perhaps the coolest dude in Malaysia. Our first stop was a Buddhist Temple set up in the mountains. Our second stop was a rose garden, you could climb all the way up to fantastic views of the mountains and tea plantations. Our third stop ... read more

Premier message de notre long voyage en asie du sud est avec Kate! Nous sommes arrives vendredi 10 septembre a Kuala Lumpur apres 17h de voyage et plus de 10000 km! Notre premier hotel etait plutot basique! Une chambre avec seulement un lit et pas de fenetres! Mais bon le quartier etait tres anime avec pleins de restaurant et une rue entiere avec des salons de massage! KL est une ville absolument bonde mais avec des choses interressantes a voir. Il faut savoir que 3 populations majoritaires se melangent en Malaisie, chinoise, malaise et indienne. Kuala lumpur refelete cette mixite avec ses differents quartiers, comme les quartiers de 'china town' et 'little india'. Depuis que nous sommes ici nous avons tres bien manges ! principalement indien et chinois! Nous avons aussi experimentes le massage des pieds ... read more