Regalodge Ipoh

... cool pictures of snakes and turtles from two temples we visited, which I will upload later as at the moment internet is not so great.

We are now in the Cameron Highlands, up in the mountains where there are loads of tea plantations, strawberry farms and great landscape. We will do some trecking, and after a few days I will upload some more news from this area. But at the moment that's it really!! The whole trip is going great, and the ...

... woman got on and ordered people to change seats to accommodate the new people she was bringing on. Finally we were about full and the man who had put us on the bus came round to take tickets. When he got to us he paused and scrutinised the tickets carefully, ‘only one bus to Ipoh’ he told us and gestured that we needed to get off. We didn’t follow that at first and sat still but he graphically indicated that we needed to get off, which we did ...

... tot 2u maar jammer genoeg waren vuurvliegjes de interessantste verschijning…

Zoals jullie dus merken beleef ik hier memorable tijden en ik heb mij nog geen seconde eenzaam gevoeld of beklaagd dat ik op mijn eentje rondreis. Integendeel, in Kuala Lumpur zou ik nooit zoveel leuke mensen hebben ontmoet en ook de restaurantervaring, dat als voorlopig hoogtepunt kan worden beschouwd, zou me niet overkomen zijn. Uiteindelijk is er niet zo'n groot verschil ...

... other side of the small fence and water that separated us. He commanded them all to sit. One of the tigers was very happy to oblige and sat down opposite the feeder. The feeder threw a chunk of raw meat towards the tiger who leapt up and caught it in his mouth, similar to a dog playing catch/fetch; it was pretty impressive. This tiger seemed to be the most enthusiastic and willing to follow the feeder's commands, and thus ended up with most of the food. A second tiger sat down ...

... to stay there as a result. We also got the impression that we ended up there via some trouble with the police, but the man who owned the temple intervened because he had links with the police, or something along those lines. He tried to tell us about his life story, which was also hard to follow, but what we managed to understand seemed like a hard life; at one point he spoke about one of his previous 'masters' who used to beat him around the neck, shoulder and back ...

... food and recede with the tides and change the shape of the land. The swamps were amazing and the tides were starting to turn and come in but it was time to move on to Ganeson's favourite seafood restaurant. I survived on a couple ...

... worst of all I felt unsafe after all the men I had encountered that night. A knock on my door and its Gobi again - this time with air freshener and an absolutely filthy blanket and towel, and this time I had to physically shut the door in his face to make him go away... first thing tommorrow I move. Exhausted from my day I finally fell asleep wrapped in my sleeping bag liner, lying upside down on my mattress (my head away from the walls) and using my scarf as a pillow. What a bloody day!

Quick stop over in Ipoh to break up the long-ish journey to Cameron Highlands and to see another city. Staying in a fantastic building. It is a hotel, which was once the old train station. The architecture is fantastic, very big and old colonial style. Great views from the veranda outside our room. Ipoh itself is nice, much less hectic than KL! Had a nice evening ...

... of the hillsides and also by ever more white plastic plant protection tarps that look,well, a bit like giant pieces of litter. Once again, it's hard to get too upset at over development especially when your visiting there is part of the problem, but while we still would recommend a visit to this region that still has a lot of beauty and some charm, it's obvious that it used to be prettier and will probably be less so in the upcoming years.

... is costing the princley sum of 1.50 a night each for a room with a fan. the place is right on the edge of the jungle at 6000 ft. Me and mike wacthed the game in the jungle bar last night with a couple of students one a liverpool fan called katie and one a newcastle fan called katie so as you can imagine there was not a whole lot of love in the room for the scumbags. it was really strange being in malaysia not seeing ...