Blogs from Tanah Rata , Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia - page 2

Arrivés dans la montagne après 3 heures d'autoroute où les paysages se résument principalement à des palmeraies qui s'étendent sur des centaines de km, nous trouvons notre guesthouse. La propriétaire est française, l'auberge est super propre et accueillante : il y a des petits salons un peu partout où les gens lisent, discutent, boivent un thé. Ici, nous sommes au pays du thé et des fraises. Il y a juste une rue commerçante avec les magasins et les différents restaurants. Dans les magasins, que des articles représentant des fraises partout : trop kitch ! Certaines maisons sont en colombage et d'autres sont typiquement british : on se croirait un peu dans une station de ski. Hier soir, pour la premiere fois depuis des jours, nous avons eu froid et obligés de mettre un gilet. Il y ... read more

The Rafflesia is the largest flower in the world. It can grow up to one metre in diameter & weigh up to 10 kg in weight! There are several species of Rafflesia and they are only found in a few places in SE Asia. And it is becoming more rare, as the rainforests they best grow in, are being diminished by logging & clearing. The first Western botanist to discover the Rafflesia was a Frenchman in Java in the late 1700's. But his illustrations & notes were seized by the British & were not rediscovered until 1954. Meanwhile in 1818, a British botanist collected another species in Sumatra and named the flower in honour of the very notable Sir Stamford Raffles, modern founder of Singapore. Also commonly know as the 'corpse flower' because of its stench ... read more

Als wir in Tanah Rata aus dem Bus stiegen, dachten wir: "da stimmt was nicht!". Zum ersten mal seit 2 Monaten schwitzen wir nicht! Genau, wir sind ja in den Bergen von Malaysia, genauer gesagt den Cameron Highlands und hier oben war es merklich kühler als im restlichen Malaysia, eigentlich richtig angenehm. In den Cameron Highlands sind die grösste Anbauregion für Gemüse und Früchte im westlichen Malaysia. Die Highlands sind auch bekannt als Wanderparadies und so planten wir eine Wanderung ins nächste Dorf. Nachdem der erste Versuch im wahrsten Sinne ins Wasser gefallen war, versuchten wir es am Nachmittag erneut. Weil wir nicht soviel Zeit hatten entschieden wir uns für einen einfachen Weg. Allerdings war es auch hier nicht so einfach den Weg zu finden und immer wieder gab es Abzweigungen ohne Angaben. Ich bin ja ... read more

Cameron Highlands for those of you who don't know is famous for tea plantation's in Malaysia. The tea leaves are picked here and sent to Kuala Lumpur for flavouring. The first sign for Cameron Higlands Rachel was dreaming of tea and the different flavours she could have. Paul on the other hand had heard of the high quality Indian food and was dreaming of an authentic Indian dish! You would be glad to know both dreams came true, we went to Boh tea planatation and sampled vanilla tea (very nice) and passion fruit tea (tasted like air freshener). In the afternoon we went for a small trek around Mossy Forest and was shown Malaysian nature. Afterwards was a trip to the butterfly farm which had more than butterflies, large tarantula's and other creepy crawlies (Rach wasnt ... read more

It was a short but a much needed break from the monotonous routine of office and home. My husband Siam and I wanted to get out of the regular surrounding of friends and family and spend some lazy time together. I wanted to attend to no phone calls and no socializing for 5 days and wanted to spend the entire time with my husband alone- lazing, eating and shopping with a bit of sightseeing to refresh our minds. Malaysia was an ideal choice this time as the short travel time was an added benefit. We arrived in Kuala Lampur on 27th April morning. Though was already in an euphoric mode since 26th April evening after office hours, I was very tired by the time we got into the bus that would take us to Cameron Highlands. ... read more