Day 10 - The Cameron Highlands

Our first and only day in The Cameron Highlands has been a relaxing pause in our hectic tour of Asia. We all woke up and got ready for breakfast which was better then we excpected. There were plates of noodles and curry sauces as well as the good old dahl and roti. There were also lovely chocolate cake and croissants and not so lovely turkish delight. 

First up on pur itinery was a jungle walk so we all set off towards the jungle. Before we had even hit the jungle we had found a tropical idyll. Down a short, but steep, hill was a sandy patch with a waterfall next to it. Above the waterfall was a derelict little bridge. George named this little islandy bit The Republic Of Harris where the national food was sour apple gummy sweets.

The trek through the jungle was very steep at first through lovely green trees. We were heading towards the watch tower but we never got there, we managed to reach what seemed like the highest point though, which felt like a big achievement! After that we started to head downhill, after a stumble down a path which had tree roots that were just waiting to trip you up we came to a small clearing where we met fellow jungle explorers. These jugle explorers where a French father and daughter who had gotten lost and couldnt find the way to the temple, they had also managed to lose their wife/mum and we offered to keep an eye out for her. 

After a quick debate on which way to go we reached a marshy bit. We all managed to get across with out that much mess apart from George. George decided he would just run across the mud and hope for the best, this resulted in a very muddy little boy. This entertained me for most of the journey back down the hill. At the bottom of the hill we made our way back to The Republic Of Harris where we spent a few hours in the sunshine. 

Next was a quick refreshment in Tanah Rata and down to a tea plantation, which we werent able to actually have a tour around, but could still go and see the tea plants. According to mum they don't pick the tea by hand any more they use some kind of scythe machine. The last thing we did today was go to a bee farm for a free tour. This tour consisted of being shown to a hive with a glass panel. However boring this bee farm sounds it was kind of all right, there were a few posters with infomation which was very interesting and there was a shop that sold all of their produce and we ended up buying  some raw honey and some strawberry and honey jam. I don't usually like honey but this raw honey was SO YUMMY!

And finally after a rest we headed up to Binchang for dinner. We ate in a Chinese restaurant where Mum, George and Dad had a steamboat, thats where there is a bowl of boiling broth and  you plonk in vegetables or fish and wait until they are cooked then scoop them out and now we are just getting ready to go to sleep so we are all ready for our drive to Penang tomorrow.

Bye Bye for now,

Lily