http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Pahang en-us Sun, 26 May 2013 02:07:57 +0000 Sun, 26 May 2013 02:07:57 +0000 Arrived into tropical Kuala Lumpur staying in the centre of the bustling Chinatown district lined with streetstalls and markets and dining on seafood at an excellent Malaysian restaurant. Early the next morning took a coach up to the Cameron Highlands driving along steep roads lined with a huge panoply of election posters the majority depicting the blue scales of the incumbent Barisan Nasiona http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Taman-Negara-National-Park/blog-787756.html Today after another breakfast of Nasi Lemak and Maher feeling a little under the weather maybe a cold from the drop in temperatures from KL to Cameron Highland we were picked up at 08.45 for our 12 day tour. We first visited the butterfly farm where there were some of the most beautiful and biggest species of butterfly I have ever seen along with an array of other animals from leaf frog to sco http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Cameron-Highlands/blog-785681.html The next part of our journey was meant to be a quick stopover in Kuala Lumpur then a flight back to the Philippines to enjoy a further 3 weeks there. Sadly while we were in KL we received news that Sophies grandfather had passed away at the great age of 98 so plans were quickly adjusted in order to fly home for the funeral. This would mean that we would have to forego our time in the Philippine http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Tioman-Island/blog-783401.html We set out on an afternoon tour of the Cameron Highlands costing 50RM each. We started at the Mossy Forest on Gunung Brinchang. We walked through the mosscovered trees and mossformed walkways looking at cuplike pitcher plants and caking our shoes in mud. None of us slipped over thank goodness although there were a few nearmisses the guide gave us leaves which are used in Tiger Balm told http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Cameron-Highlands/Brinchang/blog-779808.html We laid in late then bummed around until our bus picked us up at 230pm. We had the luxury of being the only four passengers on the minibus all the way to the Cameron Highlands.We arrived at Bringchang39s Hotel Rainbow around 9pm and after resting for a bit Sophie and I headed out for food. We went to KFC and were disgusted at how rudely we were treated by the staff. They originally told us http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Cameron-Highlands/Brinchang/blog-779242.html Budik mi zazvonil o 600 ale pocul somze vonku zas prsitak som vstal az o 700. Frisko nasi lemak a sup ho 4km dole kopcom na cajove plantaze. Dorazil som tam za 45minbo som robil par fotiek po ceste. Plantaze boli nadherne. Dalo sa ist aj medzi cajove kriky ale siel som len jedno poschodiebo bolo blato a moc smyklavo. Ako som bol dole dorazil bus s turistami nastastioe spravili len par zaber http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Tanah-Rata/blog-778054.html Zobudenie klasicky o 815ak by sa mi nechcelo ist na zachod spim dalej. Ponozky mokrenohavice vlhke.Vybral som sa na vrchol Gunung Jasantrek c.10.Cestou som si dal oblubene nasi lemak a doplnil vodu z vodomatu. Ako som si vykracoval po hlavnej a kukal na gps zrazu na mna niekto krici.Starsi amik co ide trasu ako ja.Chodi sem kazdorocnetoto je uz jeho 5 navsteva.Skysne tu na 2 tyzdne a trekuje http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Tanah-Rata/blog-778042.html Jasneze rano som mal vsetky veci vlhke.Nastastie svietilo slnko.Na ranajky som sa zastavil tak ako vcera v stanku pri hlavnej ceste.Len cul som si dal rzu a vajicko natvrdo.Zaujimaveze po zjedeny uz predavali aj klasicke.Este mi doniesli aj kavu ale tu som si neobjedla tak som ju tam nechal a zaplatil len za jedlo. Asi boli popletenybo hned za mnu si objednaval jedlo jeden zapadniar.Pri plateny http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Tanah-Rata/blog-778038.html O 800 som sa vybral na svoj prvy trek. Kupil cokoladukeksi a vodu. Do vaku som si nacapoval vodu z vodomatu.Tato nebola taka chlorovatak si ju budem capovat i nadalej.Na ranajky som si dal vajcoryzu s orieskami. Pobral som sa smer nemocnicak robinsovnomu vodopaduodital uz siel trek c.9. Najskor to bola v pohode vydlazdena cesta za vodopadom uz klasicka prirodna cesta. Vodopad bol fajn. Cest http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Tanah-Rata/blog-778023.html Nechcelo sa mi vstavat o 600 a tak som potiahol do 800co bola chyba. Na ranajky som si dal 2 placky a siel na bus c.101.Ten dosol za minutu.Nastupil som zadnymi dveramivodic nechcel peniaze.Som sa tesilze usetrim.Hned na dalsej zastavke bus zastalpauza 17 minut.Ostatny ludia isli na 102ale ten nesiel k jetty.Tak som pockal.Nastupil klasicky predkom a zaplatil 4r.Bus bol plny.Vystupil som as http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Tanah-Rata/blog-777858.html After a good start to Malaysia we left bustling Georgetown for the calmness of the Cameron Highlands around 5 hours away inland. When we got to the bus station at 7am we were pleased to see Thea and Jeremi the Canadian brother sister there who we had dinner with the night before and it turned out we would all be on the same bus this is how we gained travel buddies and friends for the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Cameron-Highlands/blog-777636.html After leaving the jungle we headed for the East Coast of Malaysia to Cherating. Cherating is a beautiful quiet fishing village most notable for serving up fantastic Seafood and attracting surfers during monsoon season. As I had done something to my knee and . . . OOOhhh . . . had a . . bit . . of a bad . . .shoulder honest I decided to miss out on doing loop da loops on a surf board and head http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Tioman-Island/blog-775725.html ooh oooh Ahh ahhhh . . .Er . . . I mean we39ve landed in the jungle of Taman Negra National Park Taman Negra National Park covers 3 areas of Malaysia Pahang Kelantan and Terengganu. The rainforest has been recorded to be 130 million years old and is the oldest tropical rainforest on the planet as it was not affected by an ice age and has no volcano activity nearby. We are staying in a w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Taman-Negara-National-Park/blog-773824.html I crossed the country to the East coast and ferried to the island of Pulau Tiomin.Some footage of it is claimed to have been filmed here for South Pacific 1958. Well for me it has been spoiled. If you were going to the super resorts at super prices I am sure it is lovely. Many young people come to get their PADI open water certificates I would tell them to go to Tobago it was nicer there http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Pulau-Tioman/blog-773497.html The journey into the Cameron Highlands was far from relaxing and included numerous risky overtaking manoeuvres and an example of what can happen if it goes wrong we passed the aftermath of a headon collision between a van and a lorry but we made it unscathed to the region39s main centre Tanah Rata. Despite being 5 degrees north of the equator and a third of the way round the globe I felt http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Cameron-Highlands/blog-770044.html Taman Negara I was up early jetlag or not to catch the bus from Uncle Hans to be found in Chinatown unsurprisingly.ltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangt My destination was Taman Negara which is purported to be the oldest rainforest in the world 130 million years old.ltspangt The journey initially involved a drive of 4 hours from KL to Kuala Tembling http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Taman-Negara-National-Park/blog-768582.html Advised by a helpful lady at the front desk not to drive the old road because it is dangerous provided us with a dilemma. Should we follow her advice or that of Trip Advisor which didn39t mention any danger Dean reasoned that it couldn39t be worse than the Black Spur so we opted for the old road.The drive started with Eleanor improving her vocabulary most noticeably the skill of using http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Cameron-Highlands/blog-766994.html A quick 2h bus ride later and I was in Tanah Rata one of the townships of the Cameron Highlands. This area was established as a hill station by the British during the colonial days and to this day preserves its holiday retreat feel with the everpleasantly cool climate and fresh mountain air. It39s certainly no hidden gem though and has entertained many a vacationeer for the better half o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Cameron-Highlands/blog-765461.html Fuelled from last nights genuine South Indian curry meal needless to say nothing like our local curry house curry we set off bright and breezy this morning to trek to Gunung Berembun at 1812m one of the highest points accessible from Tanah Rata. After a couple of minutes along side of a river with pretty neat waterfalls easy we started to climb and the path got narrower as the forest vegetat http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Cameron-Highlands/blog-751917.html On our penultimate evening in the Taman Negara we decided to lash out and buy in to a safari well at least it was called a night safari. What it turned out to be was a drive around one of the local palm oil plantations in the dark sat on the roof of a land rover with the guide casting the beam from a high powered torch into the trees. Such a venture couldn39t take place in the national park s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Cameron-Highlands/blog-751782.html