Blogs from Pahang, Malaysia, Asia - page 75

Hey everybody, sorry I kept you waiting, but due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to upload any pictures until now. I am currently in Taman Negara, the big Malaysian national park (details on the next blog) to update you on what I have been up to in the past 10 days. I stayed in Kuala Lumpur for 3 days, sharing a room in Chinatown and spending most of my time with a Brit. What struck me most about the city is how civilized the traffic was compared to Bangkok: it was actually moving ! in lanes !! with hardly any honking horns !!! Apart from loads of roaming KL's streets we went to visit the giant Bathu caves with implanted Hindu shrine and religious artwork, just north of town, went up the skytower ... read more

We were up pretty early this morning ready for our tour around the Cameron Highlands! First stop was the rose garden, which had a view point at the top which we climbed millions of steps to get too...which was definitly worth it as the views were amazing over the cameron highlands and the vegetable farms below. Next stop was the butterfly & insect farm which had insects such as the rhino beatle and loads of snakes!! After that we went on to the strawberry farm where we sat and sampled their yummy milkshakes and jam obviously in strawberry flavour! Then we went onto the Tea factory and learnt how they produce it and grow then into the cafe for a quick sample. The final stops of the day were at the Honey Bee farm, the local ... read more

Hi everyone!!! Well, after 6 buses, 4 hostels, 2 ferry's and 1 snake (yep, I'll get to that!!), we are leaving Malaysia and are flying to Bangkok tomorrow! What a week it's been..... .... After meeting up with Deb and Susan in Singapore last Wednesday, the 4 of us spent the day touring Chinatown and having a nice Indian dinner togther. On Thursday, we all boarded a bus (or luxury coach) to Kuala Lumpur for a couple of days. I say luxury coach since it wasn't your average Greyhound but rather a Mercedes and the seats fully reclined, foot rest and all! It was heaven! We arrived in KL, almost got run over since the bus driver basically just pulled over off the main road and we hopped out!!! Thankfully, we were greeted by a nice ... read more

We drove out to Taman Negara in Landrovers with Francis & Kumar. On route we stopped at the tea plantation to have a look at the terraces & learn about the different grades of tea that are produced, it would appear that the quality of tea is inversely proportional to the amount of milk you have to add. We made a note of the flowering orange pekoe (the highest grade) for later. After looking down through the clouds over the national park from the mountain lookout we walked through the mossy forest learing about the medicinal & narcotic uses of the various plants that grow there. Kumar knew the common & latin names of all the plants that we passed & the exact quantities to take to poison or cure. Having precariously trudged through the forest, ... read more

Who's idea was it to come here?!?!? oh,... it would probably be mine! It's flippin' freezing here! I've had to put socks, proper shoes (ones that constrict my toes) and up to 3 tops at a time on whilst being here (and its actually only about 20 degrees at lowest, but I've become acclimatized to the heat now!) Nonetheless, it's beautiful and a refreshing change to be here and well worth freezing my diddlies off for! Friday 14th October I got up at stupid o'clock to get the local bus to the bus station on Penang. I had been told to get the 25/29 bus... but I hadn't seen one in the 30 mins or so that I’d been stood waiting, so I stopped a number 69 bus and asked for the 'stesen bas?'... "eh?!"... erm... ... read more