Blogs from Tanah Rata, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia - page 10

i thought i'd first have a little question and answer session here because there's a lot people want to know! i have no idea what the story is on the pink taxis (see Pulau Pangkor). i haven't read anything about it - they're just there! i thought they were very cute. Very cozy with four people and lots of backpacks! :) As for the scorpion farms, the scorpions are kept in little glass containers, and the people who work there bring them out - and they put them on people's arms for pictures and stuff. Won't happen to me! There were also lost of spiders in there...not a fan of spiders either. Although i did share my shower this morning with a rather large eight-legged creature. I didn't know if he would jump or try to ... read more

Um ein bisserl von der malayischen Bergwelt zu sehen, haben wir einen kurzen Abstecher in die Cameron Highlands beschlossen. Nach einer dann doch ganztaegigen Busfahrt war der Schock beim Aussteigen erstmal gross - hier ist's kalt! Nicht so wie zuhause - so um die 20 Grad hat's am Abend schon noch - aber wir sind jetzt halt ein anderes Klima gewohnt ;-) Die Landschaft hier ist gepraegt von Teeplantagen die sich ueber die Huegel ziehen und zu derem Zweck der Urwald gerodet wurde. Wo kein Tee angebaut wird da ist's noch ziemlich natuerlich. Heute ging's dann mit einem klassischen Touristenausflug zu einer Schmetterlingsfarm mit allen moeglichen Viechern, einer Teeplantage mit Besichtigung der Produktion und abschliessend kurz in den Dschungel... Aufgrund der erschreckend kalten Temperaturen und dem erschreckend oeden Ort hier geht's morgen wieder zurueck zum Meer. ... read more

Imagine being a Chinese dyslexic!!? Thankfully I can spel ok, but I imagine dyslexia to be rather frustrating at times. The Chinese alphabet is pretty large so it must be a nightmare being dyslexic in China, and as there are several billion Chinese speakers/readers there must, proportionately, be more dyslexics too? It looks so tough to understand, it might mean you're more likely to struggle with the language anyway.... ...Well, in Malaysia I don't think it's possible to be dyslexic as they spell things as they sound. I got on a bus to KL Sentral. I got off the bus and opposite was a snuker hall, next to a farmasi. And there are many other words that they make less kompleks! (I just can't think of them right now! Knew I should have written them down!) ... read more

I had just finished typing this entry, when I lost it all - Arrrggghh! So I will start again recounting our tales............ We enjoyed our last couple of days in Gerorgetown. We visited the fort, the highlight for both of us was a swing that they had attached to a tree there - I don't think that was supposed to be the highlight, but nevermind, we both enjoyed ourselves! We visited the toy museum on Penang - Rob was in his element. They had various figures, from numerous films over the years. Rob was suffering a severe deficiency due to a lack of television watching (we haven't seen anything significant since leaving Vietnam). So we went to the cinema and watched, 'a night in the museum' which we both enjoyed. I even stayed awake for the ... read more

I'm basically just spending a lot of time on the internet today because my ankle is too sore to be able to explore the area very much. That's too bad, because there are a lot of cool agri-tourism things I'd like to see on our last day in the Cameron Highlands, but oh well. Anyways, since I'm sitting on the internet I thought I'd use some of the time to post some pictures from the last few days. Enjoy!... read more