Ye Old Smokehouse Cameron Highlands

... our jumpers on yet, where was the sub zero temperature we have come to love so much.......oh no 5 hour journey with no A/C. No problem the bus drive pulled over at the side of the motorway, only 40 degrees outside and in, and tried to fix it........with no luck but hey at least we are hotter now. thanks!!!<br><br>We continued for another 3 hours on our journey of sweat, before he headed into what looked like a breakers yard to have another go at fixing the ...

... flower and then on the way down swan in a waterfall which was really nice, and very cold! Next stop was the butterfly park where I held butterflys, Chameleon, Gekko, stick insect and tortoise! Then a strawberry market, Marie bought me a big box of them as I was starving and hadn't eaten since early morning at by then it was 6. We went out for meal and I had a curry- but they are dry curries over here, it was still ...

... and then found ourselves in an old colonial neighborhood which took us into another world. The sunset enhanced the purples, greens, reds, yellows, and blues of the buildings. Walking amidst the nearly run-down colonial-style homes with their colorful window shutters and shrines from all three ethnicities gave me a welcomed appreciation of the city. We walked around a little more but once it got dark we decided to call it a day. We had enough of ...

... als Goldgriff heraus da wir die einzigen Teilnehmer waren und so einen Guide mit Gelaendewagen hatten der dann die Dinge machte die wir wollten und sich nicht so genau ans Programm hielt. Zunaechst ging es auf den rund 1500 m hohen Brinchang Mountain auf dem sich ein Aussichtsturm befindet. Die grosse Hoehe ist verantwortlich dass hier eine besondere Art von Regenwald mit moosbehangenen Baumen existiert. Wir ...

... to transform from a wizards sleeve to more of a mouses ear. Rest assured our guide didn&#8217;t put it quite as crude.<br><br>Our group was&#8230; Allan a softly spoken large teddy bear of an american who was studying in Cambridge and highly intellectual. In fact I can officially say that the circles I move in not once has somebody ever or is likely to throw into converstation that&#8230;.<br><br>&#8220;the philosopher I am currently in to is &#8230;&#8230;.. (insert ...

... grass and a lovely view of the surrounding area which was made up of lots of mock tudor buildings, astyle which seems to be poular in the Cameron Highlands.Father'Guesthouse was an old catholic church which had been converted with various buildings added, one of them being a very comfortable lounge full of settees and two teles. One of the evenings we watched 'The Reader' with Kate Winslet and it seemed to captivate everybody. The ...

... no wildlife &amp; not much in the way of decent views! Rob's been in KL for a few days, unaware of what's been planned"! I tell him to meet me in Starbucks after his four hour bus journey up to the Cameron Highlands, where the three of us are making final preparations &amp; we inform him that we'll be hitch hiking to Teman Negara, via KL, because ...

... my bag and then get some dinner. People had been telling me about Roti Chani and I found a place where I could still get them. The only problem was that as I was eating, so where the prostitutes from around the corner. Much staring and kiss blowing went on (from them, obviously) and I finished my lunch quickly. I picked up my bag and headed to the bus station where I was made to wait ...

... tea in the cafe. It was right on top of a big hill and the tea plants spread down each side of a beautiful valley. Off now to get some well earned refreshment after all our exercise! PS - Just thought I should correct an error in an earlier posting. The temple with the mickey mouse statues was actually a Taoist rather than a Buddhist temple. Apologies to all our Taoist readers...