Tea, Hiking and Banana Bread

Cameron-Highlands is the famous of the Malay hill stations and was founded by the British in the 1930s, it produces the apparently 'famous' Boh Tea, which I'm led to believe you can buy in Harrods/posh foody shops in London.

As is the case with hill stations the temperature is a lot cooler during the day and gets a bit nippy at night, I met a good lad from Northern Ireland on the bus up and we trekked around the town for 2 days happy as larry's. Sadly the weather wasn't so good for the time we were there so activities were limited to a walk in the morning-ish and watching DVDs at the hostel in the avo as the rain came down.

The first day we went for a walk round the main tea factory in CH and went for a hike amongst the tea Plantation, this was then finished off with a cup of afternoon tea and a smuggled-in loaf of excellent banana bread. The 2nd day was slightly more energetic as we went for a walk up to the top of the mountain (1663m ASL) and back through a village of indigenous people.

Next on the itinerary is a quick bus to Penang before my flight to Bangkok on Wednesday. I will upload the Borneo, Singapore and Peninsula Malay photos sometime over the weekend/early next week for you all to see.

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written by  Michael Russell on March 17, 2009 from Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
from the travel blog: Escape from Blighty
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