Ritz Garden Hotel Ipoh
88 Jalan Yang Kalsom Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
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Rafflesia Hunting in the Cameron Highlands
... heaviness of the air, and one's lack of energy, it was actually more difficult. I found that I was slipping constantly and just did not have the energy to stop myself from falling. In fact the falling was fine - it was the getting back up I was finding difficult.
We also had two Malaysian hikers pass us and talk quietly to our guide before heading on. Only afterwards did we find out they had spotted two tigers in the jungle and were ...
Tea, Rain and Concrete Strawberries
We took a morning minivan the 4 hours from Penang to Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands. The strawberry and tea bowl of Malaysia. The Cameron Highlands were popular with the Brits as a cool retreat from the hot climate of the coasts. Here the temperature doesn't vary much never go over 25 degrees Celsius.
We wound up in to the mountains until we reached a town that looked more like an out of season cheap ski resort than a bountiful British ...
Day 60
... stand outside the temple. I had mango - delicious. Cian had... sweetcorn. WTF?
I was seriously knackered after this, so opted to go back to the shopping mall (avoiding the taxi rank) for a spot of lunch and light relief shopping. Had fun going round some of the weird shops, including the 'Christmas shop', selling all things yuletide. I've stopped wondering why, nothing surprises me in this country anymore. Like in the chemists, they're all bonkers for ...
The Highlander
... the raffleasia. The trek begins with a serious bit of off-roading in order to get up to the start of the trail. We then walk through some thick forest which is really hot and humid. after an hour we reach the Raffleasia. First the un-opened ones look a bit like red cabbages and the fully opened one is over a meter in diameter - quite impressive. They only live for 7 days, the one we saw was about 4-5 days and had decayed slightly - I bet they are really impressive when they ...
Kellie Castle,Perak Tong & The City That Tin Built
... kellies castle. Work was carried out by skilled craftsmen from Madras, India, work was slow over the years and came to a stop beacause of supply problems during the war. Work comenced in 1915 and continued well until 1918 when work halted again due to a outbreak of flu which had struck down many of the Indian workers, people said that there needed to be a temple built near by, so kellys put all of the men to work on the temple and work halted on the castle once more. ...
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