Hotel Rosa Passadena Cameron Highlands

... time we arrived in the Cameron Highland.<br> <br>Cameron Highlands is a great English town in the middle of Malaysia, it is chilly up here (like an English summer) it rains a lot but that is more to do with the Monsoon. It sells tea and scones with jam and cream, (Tea and Strawberries are it's main source of income although they do a lot of farming up here too) and it does a wicked cooked breakfast.....I had a real craving for baked beans.<br>We booked ...

... practice financial efficiency for one thing. <br>I checked in to Fathers Guest House, (10 ringgit per night - 1 pound 80) and found myself alone in a 12 bed dorm room. Hot and cold showers, internet (not free) and...err...a bed. Can't be bad, can it?<br>So I started reading up on the area, took some shots of the trail maps and went off on my first lone trek in the jungle, bound for the summit of the 1812m high Gunung Berembun. After walking for 1km I reached...the start of ...

... already and decided to get to the Cameron Highlands the next day. <br><br>We got up bright and early for the ride over for the Cameron Highlands. The van which seated around 10 left at 6:00 AM sharp. The beginning of the ride over was relatively smooth as we drove through huge palm oil and banana plantations. Once we got into the mountains it was a whole other story. The driver for some reason thought that the curves in the road were like ...

... befand. Die Erdbeeren waren uebrigens genauso suess und saftig wie zuhause.<br><br>Am Nachmittag erkundeten wir dann auf eigene Faust den Wald und betiegen dabei einen weiteren Berg und sahen Wasserfaelle. Wir hoerten zwar zahlreiche Tiere aber bis auf eine kurzen Blick auf einen Affen blieb uns die Sichtung von groesseren Tieren verwaehrt. Nun sollte es aber wirklich in den Regenwald nach Taman Negara gehen.<br>

... anything. Natasha is officially the most injury prone person I&#8217;ve ever come across. She loves horses despite her horse costing more than our mortgage a month too keep. and even though the horse has broke her back and hip continues to sing his praises. now throw in a kidney transplant operation&#8230; the result she bubbles and fizzes with life enjoying every second laughing her way through it. all the time her trusty friend Ranulph Fiennes (a toy giraffe) accompanies ...

... here are very friendly and helpful and go out of their way to be helpfull and there are lots of trips to do. We did do a walk in the jungle on our own and saw monkies in the distance swinging through the trees. James was very quick at spotting anything that moved so we think that he would make a good guide. We also went on a guided tour with Vesu into the Mossy Forest. We first went to one of the highest points with a viewing tower and ...

After a week in kuala Lumpur it was definitely time for some cool fresh air. Happily Malaysia provides just the place, the hill stations of the Cameron Highlands, 1500m up on the spine of the peninsula. Escaping the choking fumes of the Puduraya bus station we began a trip not dissimilar to the Porto Heli transfer; half on fast motorway and half on extremely twisty hill roads.Emerging from the bus we were greeted by the cool dry ...

... 60km road straight there is closed due to a landslide! 'Unimpressed' is one word to describe his expression! Having been stuck in the second town for two hours we face going back as we discover that although we've gone in the right direction out of Tanah Rata, the major highway was accessed from the other direction, so we cheat &amp; catch a bus to ...

Before we start, we both wanted to say a big thank you to all those who read, commented and enjoys our blog - it makes us feel like we are a part of back home too! Oh and anther thing - moving swiftly into the age of technology we have a Skype address (we have already managed to talk to Jon's Dad, although we need to sort the webcam thing), our ID is 'aliandjon0809'. A little note for Cameron - you may find in some of the photos ...

... out to be alright, however it took us forever to get out of Kuala Lumpur! The journey up to the Highlands was very winding but we got some good views. Once we got to Tana Ratah we stood around for a while longer waiting for our hostel's transfer bus to come down and pick us up. We've discovered that traveling in S.E. Asia takes a very very long time even if the journey is a relatively short one ...