Gunung Brinchang Cameron Highlands

18 August 2006 (Friday)
I checked out of the hotel in Penang and hailed a cab to Sungai Niborg Bus Terminal – a no-choice situation. On the way there, the Indian driver told me that it was rare to pick up passengers to the bus terminal at Georgetown as most travel agencies provided transfers to the bus terminal using mini-van for only MYR …

... Erica and Rob (traveling independently and not a couple).  Next, we were off to the highest peak of the Highlands, Gunung Brinchang (2031m above sea level), and its viewing tower above the clouds.  This was followed by the 'Mossy Forest', ...

... we started the steep and winding climb up the tarmac track to the top of the mountain. Even in the relative coolness of the Cameron Highlands this was a very tiring and sweaty ascent. We stopped every now and then to admire the views and take photos. ...

... , raincoat, compass), put on my tatty trainers and headed out. As much as I wanted to exorcise a few demons by scaling Gunung Brinchang again (but this time carefully staying on the trail) I also wanted to see some of the other sites the highlands had ...

Cameron Highlands/Taman Negara Ah, Malaysia. Don't get me wrong, I liked Thailand a lot; Thailand is a great place to learn how to be polite and friendly to each other, how not to get upset about things and how to continuously smile.  But its a hot ...

... definitely something we can tick off the list and maybe that's that itch done with, but it was worth every minute, good fun. Gunung Brinchang, mount, at 2032m down to roughly somewhere at 1500 from what I can gather on the internet, in more or less ...

After the smog filled air of Kuala Lumpur it was pure pleasure to be in the Cameron Highlands, which are at an altitude of 1600 to 2100 meters with the added bonus that it also got a lot cooler up here. Oh what a joy to use your fleece in the evening and ...

... of the relationship, they simply leave and everyone accepts it. It’s a simple life that is slowly disappearing. Life in the Cameron Highlands seems pretty simple and easy going. Nick mentions that the work is hard, but that isn’t all day, ...

... sausages I swing about are my own, and the raw sausages in a politicians kitchen, out of pure disrespect), I headed for the Cameron Highlands. Two buses are required, and when the first bus arrived, the last second bus (does that make sense?) had ...

... nodig he... Die tour de volgende ochtend bracht ons naar de top van de hoogste berg van de Cameron Highlands, de 6666 voet (2032 meter) hoge Gunung Brinchang. Onderweg zijn we eerst gestopt bij de grootste theeplantage van Maleisië, voor een paar erg ...

... auf Teeplantagen, einen Tee zu trinken & natürlich, was denkt ihr, Erdbeerkuchen zu essen. Nach 3 Tagen in den Cameron Highlands, die völlig ausreichen, werden wir nun weiterreisen nach Kuala Lumpur. Dort werden wir eine Nacht bleiben, um dann ...