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Travel Blogs from Tanah Rata, Malaysia
Farewell, Cool Weather
... being so freaking awesome here) come to an end. Today we catch a bus overland to Taman Negara, the largest national park in Malaysia and (it claims) the oldest jungle in the world. We dont actually know where were staying or if well have internet access ...
Malaysia
We got to the Cameron Highlands around 8am and ate breakfast and walked through the town, Tanah Rata, before our tour left. The area was absolutely beautiful, the busride in was especially spectacular, we had views of the jungles and mountains ...
Weihnachtsgedicht
Liebes Christkind Wie jedes Jahr, hohoho bist Du hier, ja sowieso. Doch 2012, wer hätte das gedacht, hast Du die Welt nicht umgebracht. Die gute Mutter Erde dreht sich weiter munter, darum treiben wir's halt im Ausland weiter bunter. Geschenke, wer ...
Tea in the Cameron Highlands
From the jungle we head to the Cameron Highlands, which is much cooler and more spacious; the contrast is very welcome. The whole area is beautiful and it's a landscape we've never witnessed before: steep hills covered in tea and other farm plantations, ...
Same Old Same Old
Nothing new to report. We continue to sleep in, go hiking, drink Starbucks, watch movies, meet new people, hang out around the campfire at the hostel at night, eat scones, drink strawberry tea while watching the rain and occasionally do something ...
Cleaners, the KGB and a call for prayer
... than the amateur night guy in charge of this particular seventy seater. As we wound our way through the roads approaching Tanah Rata, he made generous use of the accelerator where a healthy dose of break would have been more appropriate. Needless to ...
Technical Difficulties
Grr!!! I'm at an internet cafe right now trying to upload my pics, and there is some kind of problem and I can't upload any. I'm really upset. If I lose the 300 pics that are on my memory card, I don't even know what I'm gonna do. Scream and cry or ...
Welcome to the Jungle!
... got off with the hoard of locals at the first stop until a French couple stopped us and told us the town was Ringet, not Tanah Rata. With only the Western tourists left, the bus continued on to Tanah Rata and we arrived at the small bus station with ...
Cameron Highlands (Tanah Rata), Malaysia
Moikkelis, Cameron Highlandiin paastiin lopulta Kiinalaisen uuden vuoden jalkeen. Me mentiin Tanah Rata-nimiseen kaupunkiin mika sijaitsee siis Cameron Highlandseilla. Mutkittelevat vuoristotiet ja ihanat maisemat. Ja ilma oli ihanan raikasta ja ...
Malaysia, Cameron Highlands
I am overdue for an update... I plan to do so shortly... After Nepal, I spent a week in Bangkok, mostly sick with traveller's diarhea. So I went south to Pucket where I stayed for 3 weeks doing my diving classes and a 4 day trip to Similan ...
Highland Hop
... and apartments that have sprung all over the place with little thought to the ecological impact. Our hotel in the town of Tanah Rata has an absolutely ghastly structure right in front of it, which was started and stopped some 16 years ago. It ...
A Hitch Hikers Guide to Malaysia Part 1
... in the second town for two hours we face going back as we discover that although we've gone in the right direction out of Tanah Rata, the major highway was accessed from the other direction, so we cheat & catch a bus to the next major town, where ...
A giant green carpet!
... his barf bag out...And did we mention that all of the guard rails seem to be in the wrong places? Whew! We arrived in Tanah Rata after much praying, and checked out several guest houses. The touts were not at all aggressive or pushy. One gave us a ...
The Cameron Highlands
Tuesday 7th December The mini-van we got to the Cameron Highlands and more specifically a place called Tanah Rata was a great journey. The roads leading there were extremely steep and winding....we climbed up to an altitude of about 1200 metres, which is ...
Cool breezes (and a bit of rain)
... European couple got on the bus. After a couple of minutes of nervous deliberation, i got up and asked them if they were staying in Tanah Rata. They said yes, at the Hillview. (one of the hotels I was looking at) I asked if I could follow them, Gary and ...
Cameron Highlands
Arrived late last night - great hostel with BBC world!!!!!! Booked a trip today which was good - went to tea plantation, buterfly farm, strawberry farm, Honey Farm and Rose Plantation. The temperature here is about 17 degrees and raining and is ...
New Hotel
... where I got a huge discount as they are just opening and finishing the renovation, no disturbances and really helpful. The town of Tanah Batu is lovely but up in the mountains be prepared for it to rain every day without fail, it has covered walk ways so ...
Photo Update
For you photo lovers, please check back to previous entries. We have been able to upload a few new pics!! Thanks to everyone for the help...for you techies, the problem is that none of the cafes thus far have had Windows XP which has a software ...
Cameron Highlands… man, holt die Jacken raus
... , weil wir nur gequatscht hatten. Die beiden Jungs wollen nämlich eine Weltreise machen. Nach 4,5 Stunden waren wir dann endlich in Tanah Rata in den Cameron Highlands (1470m über dem Meeresspiegel). Man ist dit kalt hier! Na mal gut, dass wir eine ...
Jungles and Flesh eating fish
We stayed in Melacca for a couple of days, it's an historic port so lots of museums to look round. The hostel was cheap and the people very nice although the room consisted of a mattress on the floor! We splashed out and went to the cinema in one of ...
Cool Cameron Highlands High
... . Then the music and street noise began again which kept me awake till 3am. Time to look for a different hotel, I think. 6/16-6/17 Tanah Rata Dave was still not feeling 100%. The main roads become crowded weekend tourists and that makes for a good day to ...
BOH - The Best of the (Cameron) Highlands
... an hour (on the side of the road) for a replacement bus. When it finally arrived we realized we would be arriving at the town of Tanah Rata in the dark with no hotel to go to. I hate when that happens! It all worked out though, we found a cheezy place ...
In the Jungle, the mgihtly jungle ...
... to 1800 meters above sea level, and was an English colonial hill station. The Brits also brought introduced tea plant to keep them warm (my idea). The town we stayed at, Tanah Rata, is also "the" place to start from in order to get lost in the ...
Brenda Warren
... corrugated iron shacks, chickens clucking by the roadside and glum looking dogs sat upright in the gutter before we arrived at our destination. Tanah Rata is tiny and laid back and I love it. We're staying in a place called Kang Traveller's Lodge ...
Un peu comme a la maison?
... le sens du business des uns ou par la force de travail des autres. Depuis quelques mois (septembre 2010), le symbole 1 Malaysia a fleurit dans tout pays : volonte de rassembler les cmmunautes derriere un meme symbole, volonte de tolerance et d'excellence ...
Cameron Highlands
Janet the TEA POT is in her element. Being surrounded by tea Plantations gives me an excellent excuse to get drunk on tea. Local tea here is called BOH.The locals translate it as 'Best of Highlands" Spent yesterday at the local Orangeville village ...
Tea anyone?
We continued south east on a bus journey to the Cameron Highlands, staying in small town called Tanah Rata. High up in the mountains, where temperatures dropped to 20 degrees C (we have been used to a constant 32 degree heat), we froze! We actually had ...
Cameron Highlands
Heute morgen um 9.00 haben wir KL verlassen und den Bus nach Tanah Rata in den Cameron Highlands genommen. Die Stadt selber ist eine totale Entaeuschung, da hier alles sehr touristisch ist. Der Dschungel jedoch ist genial. Kurz nach unserer Ankunft ...
Rain rain rain
... of little piles of food placed on huge leaves on our table. We were glutenous pigs to be honest but it was the highlight in Tanah Rata. We've decided to travel clockwise round Malaysia so we could at least go back if the weather is better next time. ...