Hotel Lotte Ipoh
97 Jalan Dato Onn Jaafar Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
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Rafflesia Hunting in the Cameron Highlands
... San Blas Islands. They remembered us more readily than we remembered them. Middle aged adventure seekers willing to spend time alone on deserted islands tend to stand out I guess.
Our first inkling that this was NOT going to be a joy ride was when our guide took the Land Rover and gunned it up the side of the mountain through a red mud covered trail, endlessly spinning the tires and jockeying the wheel back and forth. At one point, ...
All the Way to the Cameron Highlands
... gardens and sitting areas that was situated up the hill a bit from the town. Its not as cool as I was expecting at this point, and we wandered into town to get some lunch from a Indian place. had some naan, chicken korma which was different from home, in a good way, and tea terak - the frothy sweet tea. It was quite funny because Starbucks was next door, the only coffee establishment and western chain in an area known for tea. The town reminded ...
Fresh Air, Green Hills, Good Tea - is this Asia?
... hostel back in Tanah Rata! We got showered and with growling stomachs went into town and tried out another Indian place which was yummy. Back at the hostel I was dead on my feet and I swear would have fallen over if the wind had of got up! I'd forgotten to put on sunscreen and so had sunburn across my forehead, cheeks and nose (although my nose seems to be a permanent shade of pink or red haha). I think that made me even more sleepy and I don't know how much sense ...
Train Trip to Ipoh
Well Roti with some curry dipping sauce is now officially the breakfast for champions. Although I'm not too sure about swapping bacon with thin beef strips pretending to be bacon... I think that cow would of been quite offended!
Now lets see if I can catch that train to Ipoh...
Ok the train trip ended up being a 5hr bus trip in the end... as the bus terminal ...
It's a small world after all!
... we met was friendly, helpful and accommodating.
It's a lot cooler in the Cameron highlands than anywhere else we've been, it's a steady 20-25C all year round so we didn't need a fan in the room! And, even crazier than the lack of a fan we even had hot water in the shower and a blanket on the bed. This was all very novel after 4 weeks sweating in the rest of Thailand & Malaysia... at one point Katy even complained about being cold! After we checked in we did ...


