This is the rafflesia flower before blossom

The land of tea plantations and strawberry farms

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August 9th 2008
After leaving Penang I took a couple of local buses to Tanah Rata the gateway to Cameron Highlands. As I predicted it has taken me a couple of days to learn how to say thank you in Malay, as I keep saying in Thai. During the bus ride you mostly see dense jungle, and mountains at both sides of the road, and also some fruit farms. It was a beautiful scenery and couldn't wait to get to the mountains ... read more

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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more