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Cool Cameron Highlands High
... bus with plush reclining seats and even footrests. We scored front seats and I (Michelle) was in my element watching the scenery change. Noticeable were the lush green areas in KL. The roads are in great shape too. For the next couple of hours, we saw many enormous palm orchards stretched out over the hilly terrain. I never figured out what kind of palms they were. They were too short to be date palms or coconut palms. We stopped for ...
Tea with the Camerons
... up here, we have a laugh, calling it the David Cameron Highlands, in refernece to the British prime minister. Stretching a metaphor I know but that's what we do sometimes on this trip.
In the morning, we have another minibus picking us up and taking us on the final half of our journey to the east coast of Malaysia where we will soon be back in the sun,the heat and bathing in tropical waters. You can take Mike and Sheila way from an island, but you can't keep us away for long. ...
The Charge
... because the frustrations are/were so unexpected. I mean, I wouldn’t get frustrated in, say, India because I’d expect posted departure times to be nothing more than a suggestion; I’d expect frequent stops to pick up or drop off passengers take an inordinate amount of time; & I’d expect drivers to randomly stop to pick up stuff (breakfast, petrol etc.). But in Malaysia, a modern(ish) country that’s trying hard to get its fair share ...
Tea n Treks
With the rain setting in like clockwork everyday we decided to get up early so we could get the majority of the walk out of the way without getting soaked. This time we chose trail 1 which would take us to the top of Gunung Brinching 2031m (6666ft!)- the highest in the Cameron Highlands. The trail starts from Brinchang so we walked up there via our short cut and luckily found the start quite easily. From the top of town passed the market there is a little ...
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