Blogs from Pahang, Malaysia, Asia - page 9

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

February 22nd Saturday Went to find the Bird Park and other places that are situated in the Botanical Gardens, double checked the way with the receptionist and she told me to go to the Old KL Train station instead of Dayabumi Complex, so I crossed the river and followed the train line, as I got to the KL station a chinsese tourist asked e for directions and I said it was straight on.. so I carried on, soon realised he had stopped following me. Hmm. Ok so I carry on walking, following the train line, for a long way, much further than I thought it should take, I got the map out and checked my nearest road name to see if it looked like I was going the right way and it seemed that way. I ... read more

Geo: 2.845, 104.16I had heard so much about Tioman Island from many Malay as well as tourists and ex-pats alike that it was in my plans to visit while here in Malaysia. So after booking my ferry ticket and storing my bicycle at the hotel I was staying at in Mersing I headed off for a new adventure. I've been on several of these ferries now and although dreading the first few that I caught (thanks for looking after me Danny), I have to say I'm getting a bit more used to them although they can be really rough affairs.Tioman Island's Salang Beach was actually featured in the 1958 American musical movie South Pacific as the beach called 'Bali Hai' and is a stunning place to be... with crystal clear seas, white sandy beaches, tropical fish ... read more

Santa mustn't have got the memo that we cancelled Christmas and we all woke to goodies by our beds then quickly headed downstairs to the van to take us to the Cameron Highlands for the day (2-3hrs). We stopped on the way for breakfast. Dunkin Donuts for most of us but Wayne chose a soup and giant chunk of meat. Our first stop once in the highlands was a waterfall which was obviously a popular swimming hole for the local kids and our guide bought us all some banana fritters. Then we visited an Oran Asli family who showed us their tiny house made from bamboo. 'Michael' showed us some target practice using a blow pipe and much to everyone's shock and surprise Wayne agreed to have a go and nailed it first go (the local ... read more

Friday 30th We wake to an amazing birdsong and the sound of monkeys. We check ourselves out and no bites, so the bed bugs kept away. We have made a good choice of guest house. We are staying in the village of Kuala Tahan across the river from the park. After breakfast we catch a river taxi across the river and start walking to the Canopy Walk. Within a few hundred metres our bodies are seriously leaking ! there's 90% humidity. The whole area is dense forest and the walks are on boards. On the way we see a small bird, and I mean small, and then a group of monkeys swing pass just above us. We reach the canopy walk, the highest and longest in the world. There are five of them 40ft up in ... read more