Tambun Inn Hotel Ipoh

... buses leave the station clearly indicating Ipoh as their destination, so much for ’you want to go right now?’

The rest of the journey was uneventful and we arrived in the early afternoon at our hotel , which is in the new part of the town. We took a walk around the local area which was very quiet due to it being Sunday afternoon and made our way over the river to the old town. here there are many old colonial buildings, particularly around a playing ...

... and maneating! We were visitors to Aziz, his wife and his little boy Azam, and stayed in wooden chalets in their garden. Food was typical Malay food, and on our final night on the island we took part in a traditional Malay meal, wearing Sarongs, sitting on the floor and eating with our hands.
In the day we wandered around a village on a neighbouring island, and trekked in incredible heat up ...

... so why listen to him? He wondered around, or lay around, near to the other tigers and ran up and stole the odd piece of meat when the feeder failed to throw the meat accurately enough to the other two tigers. Why do tricks when you can get the food anyway? What a guy! He did what he wanted, and got what he wanted, a feline role-model for us all, he just didn't give a ****, haha. Other than the slides and the tigers, the park also had a fake hot spring pool that was really ...

Sun.03 Apr. Having decided the night before to get up at 6.30am for an early start we set our alarms. Mine unfortunately went off at 4.30am, so we had a REALLY early one! We had a great trip, the motorways are fantastic in Malaysia. They can probably afford the upkeep as we passed through, maybe, a dozen toll plazas. The Malay way of driving is fast and they have this habit of zooming right up ...

... 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 ...

... bad of mould. Everything (apart for one set for today) is at the laundry. I'm worried about my beautiful expensive special trekking shoes. We shall see. The 29th was supposed to be a 6h walk with a visit of a tea factory. Unfortunately, the heavy rain started early in the day and despite our rain covers, we were soaked and cold after 2h of walking. Take a taxi after a good local tea was the only reasonable option. It actually rained all ...

... amusing drunk Chinese man, who was very friendly and attempting to give us lots of travelling advice (some of it seemed slightly inaccurate, but hey!). Watched a local show-thing in the high street, with lots of dancers and very intimidating people demonstrating their martial arts. I'm not sure how kick boxing compares (Oche), but these guys looked very very mean!

... Ben (my brother) stayed here only a month or so ago. Father's Guesthouse is very relaxing - watching DVDs on nice comfy sofas, having tea and scones while the rain pours outside! We had a great couple of days enjoying the scenery of the Highlands. We went for a great jungle walk in the Mossy Forest and our guide was fantastic, pointing out all the different types of bush plants - from bamboo orchards to the pitcher plants. All sorts of medicinal ...

... KL has got to much for him. When we were in the hostel in KL at one point we had 4 french guys in the room next door and the walls were really paper thin. so imagine the scene french guys having a laugh on holiday around 10.pm, baby outside crying because he is poorly and the night club downstairs cranking it up. mike shouted at the french people to shut it (Which they did) then shouted whats this baby doing up at ...