New Caspian Hotel Ipoh

... got a taxi up to the plantation where it was first grown and still is to this day. The scenes were stunning with tea plants as far as you can see and much of it is still picked by hand so lots of people in the fields. They've got a visitor centre with info on the tea and it's all very nice. We went on a tour when we were there to be shown how tea is made. I don't know why but we were expecting it to be a bit more complicated. When we went on the vineyard tour in ...

... hielp ik vanaf die dag enkele uren per dag mee opdienen in het kleine bootrestaurant. De jungletrips waren spannend en leuk, we bezochten onder andere een nomadenstam en ze leerden mij vuur enzo maken, maar de de herinneringen die ik het meest zal koestern spelen zich eenvoudigweg af in de keuken van het restaurant. Met immens primitieve middelen slaagden ze erin tientallen verschillende gerechten te bereiden en ze lieten me superveel locale specialiteiten ...

... Raiders, a little girl seemed to be struggling in the water. The nearest life guard blew his whilst 3 times, threw off his cap, sunglasses and t-shirt before diving into the water to her rescue. HE DIDN'T HELP US! The girl seemed a bit confused as to why she was being rescued, and the life guard had both; over reacted, and was hilarious. His whistling was not needed because the pool was empty, and his smug face afterwards was excellent. He looked so pleased with himself, like ...

... an hour long foot massage for me. Where do these young masseuses get their strength from - it was anything but relaxing and that's why Dave didn't join me. Been there, done that.<br><br>Malaysia is very inexpensive... for example:<br><br>My massage cost the equivalent of NZD20<br><br>Lunch. i.e. rice, meat and veg. NZD3.00<br><br>Dinner. NZD6<br><br>Glass of wine NZD6<br><br>Coffee (not as you would know it) NZD1.50

... back to the room. Tom and I decided to go to the local Supermarket and make our own dinner that night. We bought bread, chilli and mayonnaise tinned tuna spread, crisps, water and mango juice. All in all it cost RM8.10 each and was our dinner, snack, and breakfast rolled into one. In the evening we decided on some more bowling. Chris won the first game with 123, Tom got 101, and I shamefully got 95 (sorry for letting the side down Sam and Rob, I was very embarrassed ...

... around the market for a bit shopping for some fresh fish and seafood. On our way back into town we stopped at lake in the centre of town that had amazing trees on the roadside of the lake but arched across the road and down to ...

... as she felt I needed to eat (maybe she knows me from another life?!), which was very considerate of her. After half an hour or so we were summoned to go and a nice man also travelling on the bus, ushered us one by one under the drivers umbrella to... the same bus! And in the torrential rain we set off to KL - I never found out what was supposedly wrong with the bus, but it got us there and that's all I cared about! There were 6 students on the bus who also invited me to ...

What happens when you take Malaysia's most extensive hill station at 1300 meters with a cool climate valued by the british colonials, western tourists, and farmers for its cool climate and then fast forward it into the modern day third world? You get the Cameron Highlands which is a very interesting place whch we had heard quite a bit about but didn't really know what to expect. The good news is that the weather lived up to its reputation ...

Early Christmas morning and my friend cathy is alrady prepared to go to Ipoh the capital of Perak. Our Chinese-Malay friend invited us to celebrate christmas with his family in their ...