Travel Blogs from Tanah Rata, Malaysia
Anyone For A Spot Of Tea?
... just about to leave to 'Ipoh'. A couple of hours later and we had a second bus ticket on to Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands, the home of Malaysia's tea estates. But before that we had time to kill so found ourselves a little local Indian restaraunt. ...
The greenest green you've ever seen
... bus into town. The next day we headed out into the crisp mountain air for some hikes through the many trails that lead out from Tanah Rata into the surrounding hills. We picked a route that would take us about 3 hours round trip up to the top of Gunung ...
Tee in den Cameron Highlands (18.05. - 27.05.2011)
... sich hinterher als Dan vorstellte, auf einem Pick-Up bis nach Brinchang mitgenommen. Von dort lief ich einen Walking-Track zurueck bis nach Tanah Rata. Am Abend feierten wir in Coreys 25. Geburtstag rein und ich war erst nach 03:00 Uhr im Bett. Aber das ...
Tea with the Camerons
... are many places beyond the farms that can challenge the hardiest of walkers. Our minibus drops us in the small tourist town of Tanah Rata which consists mainly of a busy cluster of restaurants, hotels and guesthouses lining the main through road. When we ...
Tanah Rata 04.12.12 - 06.12.12 (Day 315 to 317)
... da colline e foreste verdissime. Finalmente un po' di fresco e lontani dal traffico! Nonostante le ridotte dimensioni di Tanah Rata, dovemmo chiedere indicazioni per arrivare al nostro alloggio, una bella guesthouse chiamata Twin Pines. Avevamo proprio ...
Die Yet?
A few days ago we ate the best Indian food in the world. It was at a place called Tarmesh Curry House on Jalan Baragan in Kuala Lumpur. We have never had a more tasty curry anywhere else. It was so good we went back the night after to make sure. If your ...
Kuala Lumpur to Tanah Rata
We got up to Tanah Rata yesterday, a beautiful town in the Cameron Highlands, surrounded by jungle and tea plantations. We spent the day today touring the area, and hanging out with the locals, eating cassava, shooting blowdarts, and looking at ...
tea plantations and cooler climate
well after a 5 and 1/2 hr bus journey out of kl we made it up to the highlands..really brought back memories of ecuador or costa rica...up and up round and round the hillside to get here..but thankfully no sheer drops of the side..but still the odd ...
KL > Cameron Highlands
Early wake up call this morning at 7.30. Several presses on the snooze button later, Rachael heads to the shower while I start packing. What a beautiful day (not that it matters here). Weather men don't exist here! Too easy! Scorching sun in the morning, ...
Angielskie klimaty
Dziś pół dnia czekamy aż przestanie padać. Siedzimy w naszym gościńcu i celowo nie wypuszczamy się do "centrum", bo deszcz dla turystów oznacza zwykle wydawanie pieniędzy, o czym wie każdy kto ...
Cameron highlands
2hour trek in the jungle to admire the rafflesia Encounter with snakes and scorpion Boh tea plantation Insects and butterflies farm Heavy rainshower Delicious roti and its dressings Karina and Christian from ...
The Mad Tea Party
... I described our experience with Kuala Lumpur. In-between our shenanigans in that city we visited two other places in peninsular Malaysia: Malaka and the Cameron Highlands. We stopped in Melaka first. Like many of the places we went to on this trip, ...
Cameron Highlands
Nous trouvons nos temperatures plus fraiches et en meme temps plein d'autres gens qui ont eu cette meme idée. Le weekend etait en plus un jour ferie, le debut des vacances scolaires et un jour saint pour les Musulmans. Bref, il y avait la foule! Ceci ...
Tea Time in the Cameron Highlands
... we decided to slow-track it to Kuala Lumpur and make a couple of stop overs on our way. We spent a couple of nights in Tanah Rata to visit the Cameron Highlands which is a huge plantation area for tea. With an Irish girl we met in Penang and a ...
Podróż do Cameron Highlands
Dziś VIPowskim autokarem pokonaliśmy 4 h krętej drogi przez dżunglę 2 tys m pod górę, aby znaleźć się w górskich dolinach Cameron Highlands, gdzie klimat sprzyja uprawom herbaty, truskawek i hodowli ...
Zwiedzamy plantacje
... ć najazdu turystów przybyłych całymi rodzinami z całej Malezji. Rzeczywiście drogi dojazdowe do Tanah Rata przypominają zakorkowaną Zakopiankę. Rano było całkiem chłodno (ok. 17st.C) i ...
Rodzinny treking
Durianową degustację mamy już za sobą. Dzieciaki ustawiamy w bezpiecznej odległości, a sami raczymy się żółtym sercem kolczastego owocu wprost na straganie. Mhm, porównanie do sernika było mocno ...
Cameron Highlands
After a five hour bus journey we arrived in the mountains of Mayaysia where to our relief it was some what cooler.The place where we checked in was very basic, damp and musty but we were exhausted. The next day we found better accomodation at the ...
Et si on tombait dans la boue...?
Bon le suspense a assez duré, on vous raconte notre journée... Premier réveil vers 6h du matin par le doux bruit d'une personne qui vomit sous la douche, et oui parce qu'en plus d'ętre minuscule notre chambre est située juste ā côté des ...
On the road again...
... . Talla kertaa ehka kumminki lahdetaan vahan aiemmin matkaan, jos ehdittais pois metsasta ennen iltapaivan vaistamattomia kaatosateita! Tanah Ratasta matka jatkuu arvatenkin muutaman paivan paasta Kuala Lumpuriin. Siihen asti kuulemisiin ja hei, kolmen ...
Cameron Highlands
Joskus aikaa sitten, kun Malesia oli vielä Brittien hallitsema, joku Skotlantilaisukko huomasi, että keskellä Malesiaahan voi viljellä teetä! Näin syntyi Cameron Highlands. Vietimme 2 yötä täällä ...
Cameron highlands
Vandaag hebben we een behoorlijk stuk gelopen door de Cameron highlands. Naar een aardbeien boerderij (net nederland) en naar Sam Poh tempel (boeddhistische) geweest. 'S avonds de hele avond met zweden gepraat en biertjes gedronken, Nicolas en ...
Cameron highlands dag 2
Vandaag voor 35 RM een motor (honda, 100cc) gehuurd voor vijf uurtjes. Deze motor had een apate manier van schakelen, links een pedaal waar mee naar voren (opschaklen) gedrukt kan worden en naar achtere (terug schakelen). Allereerst naar de Boh Tea ...
Raflezja
Dzis zafundowalem sobie zorganizowana wycieczke - glownie z powodu kwiatu raflezji, ktory zakwitl w okolicy, a cudem jest podobno takim, ze wielu nagina z daleka by go zobaczyc. Ja wpierw godzine jechalem samochodem, potem nastepna ...
Feb 12, 2012
Think like a goat.
... into the back of a ute and hoping the driver was going in the right direction, but after 3 different journeys, we were back in Tanah Rata, the town we were staying in. The day ended with some very hard earned vodkas in the bar at the hostel, which was ...
Easy as that!
... var. Det visade sig snart att vi hade råkat sätta oss på den enda restaurangen som var utsatt och rekommenderad i boken, lite kul. Tanah Rata är inte jättestort så det går fort att ta sig runt i stan. Men vi lyckades ändå gå vilse det första ...
More Tea Vicar?
Up early for breaky ahead of our planned walk to the top of a local mountain, Gunung Brinchang and the highest road in Malaysia. Over breakfast we chatted to a guy called Brendan, from Miami, who we had met at the food market the night ...

