Heritage Ipoh

As TP had managed to pick up a minor chest infection (not serious but causing a lot of coughing and restricting his breathing a bit), it didn’t seem such a good idea to go through with our plan to dive on the East coast of Malaysia. We therefore charted a bit of a route down the western side where we were already located in Georgetown. Visiting KL did not particularly appeal as it is a very modern city and we are already going to have to spend a short while in ...

... de hand zou lopen. Het regenwoud Taman Negara is voor de prijs van 1 ringgit of 0.25 cent op je eentje te verkennen en midden in de jungle zijn er verschillende grotten en hutten waar je als toerist in kan slapen. De meeste toersiten opteren echter voor een duur “all in junglepakket” wat inhoudt dat een gids meewandelt langs de nogthans duidelijk aangeduide paden. Ik informeerde in het toeristenbureau naar een mooie wandelroute en twas eigenlijk ...

... Boh tea), a strawberry farm and there was also a stop at a zoo of reptiles and insects (we opted out of this one!!) Morning was way more impressive than the afternoon and it is also offered as a 1/2 day tour. Totally enjoyed Tanah Rata and Cameron Highlands and again would definitely recommend a visit here even if most (if not all) accomodations are very basic!!!

... found it hilarious too. We were probably concussed slightly because I started feeling very sick an hour ot two later; my face was bruised and Tom's head seemed to be cut/bleeding (Tom: Damn Rich's fat nature giving me brain trauma). We went to the lazy river to relax, sat down for a bit, had some water, I had a cig, and then we started back on the rides again. Facing the same ride several times afterwards to conquer it, and not crashing!! Later on that day, whilst queing up for ...

... world". 5 minutes later he offered us some bananas for free! haha. and then let us keep the rest of the bunch, which we gladly accepted an feasted on for breakfast the following morning. He also claimed that Tom was "a joker!", and that he was also "not the most wisest in our group, but the most wildest!" (Tom: After he had asked us our ages and I had claimed that I was the oldest and therefore the wisest) haha. He also said he enjoyed Thailand because of the women in ...

... the point that there is no local transport. Taiping is also the rainiest place in Malaysia. It sits on the ridge that dissects the country down the middle and usually one side of the country will always be in rainy season as it ...

... I wanted to find somewhere close by and as soon as possible. My initial worry was that no hotels would be open this late, but finding them all active 24 hour, what I actually should have been worried about was that they were all full. The first hotel I tried was on the 4th floor of the bus station, which had rediculous lifts whith doors that closed so quickly that by the time everyone had got out on the bottom floor, they had already shut and gone back up without anyone ...

... some mee, and we ate abit, and at night, YF brought us to pasar malam, and there we ate lok lok as dinner. At night, we played many board games (well, YF house have alot games), then YF taught me alot about international chess. She's the president of NUS chess club~. Learnt alot from her, and really inspired by her. Wanna borrow some chess guide from here someday....

... there an industry of agriculture here, but there is agro-tourism as well. In fact, so much, that you can barely walk ten feet without seeing a sign for or being offered a tour of various and sundry farms. The good news is that we took advantage of this and visited the Boh tea plantation where we got a very interesting and informative tour of the factory (did you know that green, white, and black tea all come from the same plants?); had a ...

... t even work (gahhhhh, don't get me started). So, anyways, in true backpacker form, I sought to find the quickest way to get rid of this newfound money. This resulted in me spending the next few days putting together a plan to visit Malaysian Borneo, which involved booking flights, which involved committing to dates, which was painful. I was also able to look through an Australian guide book in a store and get some ...