Merlin Inn Resort Cameron Highlands

... the towns and therefore lots of trekking. We booked on a tour that did a trek up to the Biggest flower in the world (I'll come back to this), a visit to a waterfall, tea plantation, butterfly and insect farm and strawberry farm.<br> <br>We piled in a 4x4 jeep with Irene and Marij (the Dutch girls) at 9am off for our adventure. The jeep met up with two other jeeps and we went off in convoy to the aboriginal village to have a go at the local hunting tool a ...

... There were no apparent guest houses in town, and so I hunted the hotels for a cheap deal.<br>I was a little down on sleep so I went for an air-conditioned room at 40 ringgit (7.50 ish). <br>I didn't quite check the room as well as I should have (I'm still learning!) and on further inspection I discovered that one of the five windows had a dodgy latch with a snapped handle. It would not close, and I could see that entry was very simple - it was an easy climb to the window, and ...

... There were butterfly farms, strawberry fields, tea planations, and jungle all around us. We were quite excited to get settled and do some hiking around this very different part of Asia. The ride over got us pretty exhausted so we decided to take it easy for the rest of the day and just chill in the Cameronian Inn. We made friends with two English girls who have been traveling around SE Asia like us the past few months. As much as we hung ...

... in a waterfall - the refreshing water was heaven, as it was hot (but not as humid here).<br>Also tried my hand at using a blowdart - my accuracy was pretty poor - but that is not really suprising.<br>After trek visited Tea plantation and Tea Factory - it would seem the malaysians love there tea more than the English.<br>

... remember or pronounce her name she just got called Slovenia.<br><br>Shelley and I where not expecting a hike in the lowland jungles. We thought we would be walking through the cool hillsides of the Cameron highlands. Ten minutes into our hot, humid and sweltering low land trek, our choice of long slieve shirts and bottoms, ensured we where drenched from head to toe in sweat! We reached our goal of seeing the Raffleasia flower. It wasn&#8217;t as large as it could have ...

... the men and young boys and more machinery has been introduced to speed up the process. We passed clusters of houses amongst the tea plantations which still seemed rather basic. They are no traditionally built but more like little chalets. The walk in the Mossy Forest was exciting along the track that already had been cleared. We didn't need a machete but it was quite strenuous climbing up and down but very enjoyable and interesting ...

... of the week was a visit to the Boh tea plantation, done the cheapskate way on the local bus followed by a very scenic walk through the tea bushes to the factory. We are now fully conversant with the intricacies of tea, although the factory tour has been curtailed after a visitor slipped on the staircase upstairs. Regrettably the nanny state has reached Malaysia, a bit bizarre in a country where no-one appears to use a ...

... ging). Rond 20.00 uur startte een geweldig diner. Tycho genoot met volle teugen van het Trick-or-Treat pakket. Vooral de bong-bong en trekbommetjes waren in trek. Ook de donkere kerstman kwam weer langs en bleek nogal verlegen te zijn. Al mis je op zo'n avond je familie, deze locatie was een heerlijke plek om kerst eens met wat minder gejaag te vieren. Denk wel dat ook al het gereis de afgelopen week zorgde dat we extra genoten ...

... street in Tanah Rata. A little fusty smelling (both the room and us) but run by a friendly and helpful couple we bed down in the late evening still supprised that its has rained on us and shivering in the cold (after 30oC+ each day, 15 feels bloody freezing). We had asked the owners their advice as to trekking in the Highlands and that we had seen a few organised tours but we had our own agenda and that didn't include wet ...

... We had a great tour guide who called me Lady Grey as he did not agree with my taste in tea (apparently Earl Grey is not to be liked by the young)! We firstly went to a tea plantation. The views were amazing. It could be my stupidity but I never knew that all the different kinds of tea come from the same plant. Those plants that grow at a lower altitude of the plantation are not as good quality so ...