Blogs from Tanah Rata, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia - page 5

Getting out of the jungle was nearly as difficult as getting into it and we spent the best part of a day (and more money than we would have liked!) but, eventually arrived in Tanah Rata in the heart of the Cameron Highlands. Tanah Rata is a small town situated on a long road of villages, markets and farms and has some gorgeous views of the surrounding hills and countryside. The Cameron Highlands is Malaysia's premier hill station destination and their premier tea producing region. In the days of British colonisation the English, missing their tea, decided to bring over a load of experienced tea growers and pickers from India and to recreate what was so effectively done in Darjeeling. Thus the Cameron Highlands were born. Now, the Highlands are a major tourist attraction thanks to ... read more

Hi everyone!!! :) and HAPPY PADDYS DAY to ye fellow Irish buggers. Sorry we haven't updated in a few days but we've been manic and couldn't find decent enough net access. After Melaka we went up to the Cameron Highlands. We were supposed to arrive there about 5 hours later but TWELVE hours later after a bus trip full of animals coughing everywhere and spitting food etc we got there. I was BURSTING for a pee and we finally stopped for a break after 6 hours. Went in the toilet and it was sooo gross. It was a squat toilet with no lock. So there I was squatting, trying to keep my trousers off the soaking wet floor and holding the door closed with my HEAD. The air was BLUE. Haha. Nick ofcourse found this all ... read more

Cameron Highlands 15th & 16th March 2008 We wanted to catch the early bus to the cameron highlands so up early. Said our fairwells to Steph. Steph was meeting a friend in thailand, otherwise she would have loved to come along with us. However there is a chance we may meet in a few weeks when I too am in thailand. Anyway, Lorna and I got the mono-rail into the city then had a 10-15 minute walk to the bus station. This wasn't a pleasant experience in the humidity and heat of KL - i soon looked like a drown rat ready to have yet another heart attack. Eventually we arrived at the station and we were advised to walk back down the street about 200mtrs to where the meeting point was. We didn't have a ... read more

Malaysia hadn't been in my plans at all, but with it being 9 degrees and raining in Hanoi, and 0 degrees in the area that I'd planned to go trekking in the north of Vietnam, it quickly became a part of them after I went into the Air Asia office to find out where I could fly to from Hanoi. It meant I can head up overland through Thailand to catch my next flight in a month's time to India. I liked Kuala Lumpur, although I only spent a couple of days there, due to the budget accomodation not being that great, or that budget either. I stayed in the Chinatown area which had a lively market and street food stalls, had a good scoff in the food court of the Petronas Towers (didn't go up, ... read more

Ok, the Cameron Highlands were quite an experience. The journey there was probably the most exciting part as the bus driver was quite sleepy.... that's to say the least. He was actually falling asleep on the wheel! Crazy. We sat in the front and I had my eyes clawed onto his face and he must have had his eyes closed for about 20 seconds per minute! Not kidding. It was scary. And if you've been on a bus to the Highlands before, you'd knw that this was scary shit. The road was so narrow that one wrong turn could have been fatal... But as things seem to go by a different time here, people seem to be lucky all day... we made it to Tanah Rata alive and in one piece. Admittedly, the food we found ... read more