On the Road

Tea-Time in the Cameron Highlands

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June 16th 2009
Cameron Highlands: beautiful, peaceful, and cool. We had planned on skipping these jungly hills where tea is grown, fearing that it would be too sedate. But the day we were leaving for Taman Negara, one guy we talked to in Kota Bharu made such a good case for the Highlands, that we changed plans and took an overnight bus to this place ASAP. We arrived at Father’s Guest House without reservation ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Perak

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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more