Tambun Inn Hotel Ipoh

... It was embarrassing really, going to the counter and asking ' ehm, i'd like 1 strawberry milkshake please, 2 strawberries and cream, 2 strawberry's tarts and ah, yeah 1 7up float please. Still, they brought them out and we scoffed the lot. Couldn't tell you a bit about the growing or who introduced them to the area but I can confirm they were delicious.<br><br>Boh tea is from the Cameron highlands area and is sold around the world supposedly. On the second day ...

... nieuwsgierige maleisier mij, net zoals vele anderen daarvoor al deden, vragen wat ik hier helemaal alleen deed. Dit werd de aanleiding tot een leuk gesprek en toen ik hem vertelde dat ik financieel met weinig middelen probeer te reizen stelde hij voor dat ik savonds in het restaurant zou werken en hij zou me in ruil daarvoor met zijn boot het eche maleisische jungleleven te laten zien. Aangezien ik die kerel, in tegenstelling tot sommige andere mannen hier, wel ...

... found it hilarious too. We were probably concussed slightly because I started feeling very sick an hour ot two later; my face was bruised and Tom's head seemed to be cut/bleeding (Tom: Damn Rich's fat nature giving me brain trauma). We went to the lazy river to relax, sat down for a bit, had some water, I had a cig, and then we started back on the rides again. Facing the same ride several times afterwards to conquer it, and not crashing!! Later on that day, whilst queing up for ...

... what a lovely place it is. After taking a few photos we stumbled on what we thought was a fight so made a hasty detour. Dave succumbed to curiosity and discovered the crowd was involved in making a film. <br><br>Everywhere we have stayed we have been able to park the truck under the watchful eye of a security guard and been able to go for walks etc without having to worry about it.<br><br>Dinner in the hotel and ...

... It was interesting listening to him, and we sympathised with him, but it was still hard to keep up the conversation and he seemed to be talking at us rather than having a 2 way conversation. Tom and I hate making excuses to get away, but we felt it was necessary in this case because we didn't have much to say and 'conversation' was running very very thin. We told him that we had to go and meet Chris and we took off. After meeting Chris and roaming the park a bit more, we ...

... nice veggie dishes whilst Liz was exposed to eating the assortment of food put in front of us. The restaurant was in a beautiful location hanging over the river with a fishing village and fish market below. After our feast we ...

... apparent, and so we waited even longer as the driver tried to flag down a passing bus - a fruitless task on a fast moving motorway! Finally he decided to turn the bus around and take us back to the last town, Bidor, where we should be able to change buses - posing the question, if it was safe to drive 15 minutes back there, what was it stopping us going to KL? At Bidor we parked outside KFC and went inside to wait for this other bus to turn up. Yusra bought me a chicken ...

... some mee, and we ate abit, and at night, YF brought us to pasar malam, and there we ate lok lok as dinner. At night, we played many board games (well, YF house have alot games), then YF taught me alot about international chess. She's the president of NUS chess club~. Learnt alot from her, and really inspired by her. Wanna borrow some chess guide from here someday....

... throughout the year, but I swear it felt like about 5C at night!! Guess its just because we have been used to such hot temperatures. Still - it did look quite a lot like Scotland - very green, overcast and it rained a lot here too. We did have to break down and by cheapy rain ponchos to get us home one night. We are on a bus mission tomorrow I'm afraid - here to Kuala Lumpur, then to Kuantan, and then hopefully to Cherating.....sigh. Love to all, K & M

... t even work (gahhhhh, don't get me started). So, anyways, in true backpacker form, I sought to find the quickest way to get rid of this newfound money. This resulted in me spending the next few days putting together a plan to visit Malaysian Borneo, which involved booking flights, which involved committing to dates, which was painful. I was also able to look through an Australian guide book in a store and get some ...