Fairmont Hotel Ipoh

... Managed to get some dinner at a little cafe up the road from the hotel - fried rice, fish curry and a couple of drinks for about three pounds......<br>Got a bit of sleep, but the hotel was very noisy. Left on the 08:45 bus to Penang and arrived at the Eastern &amp; Oriental Hotel, Penang just in time for lunch!<br>E&amp;O hotel is fab - will write more in the next update.<br>E&amp;P

... cool pictures of snakes and turtles from two temples we visited, which I will upload later as at the moment internet is not so great. <br><br>We are now in the Cameron Highlands, up in the mountains where there are loads of tea plantations, strawberry farms and great landscape. We will do some trecking, and after a few days I will upload some more news from this area. But at the moment that's it really!! The whole trip is going great, and the ...

... 8230; Men schijnt ook te geloven dat de geest van een 20-jarige engelse toeriste, Molly, die 7 jaar geleden nooit terugkeerde uit de jungle, nog steeds door de hoge bomen zweeft&#8230; Uiteindelijk werkte ik slechts 3 avonden in het restaurant. Ik zou nog veel langer in dat idyllische dorpje kunnen gebleven zijn ware het niet dat een van de maleisiers zich nogal opdringerig gedroeg en ik besloot wijselijk om het dorpje te verlaten alvorens de sitatie mogelijks ...

... other side of the small fence and water that separated us. He commanded them all to sit. One of the tigers was very happy to oblige and sat down opposite the feeder. The feeder threw a chunk of raw meat towards the tiger who leapt up and caught it in his mouth, similar to a dog playing catch/fetch; it was pretty impressive. This tiger seemed to be the most enthusiastic and willing to follow the feeder's commands, and thus ended up with most of the food. A second tiger sat down ...

... to the Highlands and KL). Day Three: We got up and took the bus to Kuala Kangsar (The Royal Town of Perak) for a day trip; the bus fair cost RM3.90 each way and was well worth it. Kuala Kangsar was lovely, clean, well maintained, and some good sights to see! It was just unfortunate that we weren't staying the night there, because we couldn't find any cheap accommodation on the internet. It was disappoint not only because it was a nice place, but also because it was in ...

... evening. As predicted the following day was very lazy but in the afternoon we were taken out to drink some jungle juice in the afternoon and no surprises that led us to the pub again in the evening. Lots of drinking but my Hindi ...

... on - I think you'll find this one of the most vexing things that can happen when you're tired and agitated! The next three hotels I tried required me walking up the stairs to the third floor, only to find out they were full. In the street I considered my options just as an old man came and told me there was one with a spare room just around the corner - and he then proceeded to show me the way, on the way 'joking' that I should share with him - this was moments after ...

Quick stop over in Ipoh to break up the long-ish journey to Cameron Highlands and to see another city. Staying in a fantastic building. It is a hotel, which was once the old train station. The architecture is fantastic, very big and old colonial style. Great views from the veranda outside our room. Ipoh itself is nice, much less hectic than KL! Had a nice evening ...

... good approximation of a proper scone and special reseve tea break in the cafe; and admired the landscape of little irregular rows of tea plants pasted onto the side of the hills like a very very green impressionist painting. In addition to our tea plantation tour we... well we didn't do a whole lot. The triple whammy of a chest cold (Jeff), intestinal disorders (J & J), and a back throwout had pretty much literally leveled Jeff leaving ...

Ipoh - home of the most tasty beansprouts you've ever eaten. I tried to get the recipe out of the guy who served us but he wasn't about to give anything away. An old City grown up on the back of tin mining a few years past. Now Ipoh is a quiet city which was a fond change for us both. We liked Ipoh, and maybe would have spent longer had we not to visit several thousand fire flies down country. Ooooo, by the way, Malaysia has a a very good train service.