Cameron Highlands
In short, go to them.
On our way down to KL we decided to make a stopover at the Cameron Highlands, a place not really mentioned by either the travel guide nor the other travelers we have met. Our decision to stop here was mainly fueled by my desire to go to Taman Negara, the central national park which we will unfortunately be missing out on now due to time constraints, but looking at the surroundings we’re in now, I don’t feel like I’m missing anything at all! Right now, after a relatively pain free 5 hour bus journey from Georgetown, I’m sitting high on a mountainside, literally amongst the clouds. The views are phenominal. The tourist trail runs a little colder here than most other places, both figuratively and literally (we’ll deal with the figuratively first) as is aparent by the comparatively higher prices and the slightly longer lingering looks from locals on Lauren in particular, that sounded more sinsister than it meant to, it’s more just out of curiosity rather than anything else. Saying that though, the little cafe where we are at the moment the little Indian-malay is possibly so sweet she is making my teeth rot just by being around her. She couldn’t have been more helpful to the two of us in the brief time we have been sitting here.
Literally speaking, being up in the clouds is cold. Very cold. England cold. I’m wearing my long fisherman pants, a scarf, a v$est and a T-shirt, drinking an enormous mug of coffee and I’m still freezing, but looking out of the window onto a mountainside being enveloped by tentdrils of cloud makes me forget all that. This is truely naturally beautiful, and a welcome and refreshing change to Penang’s cityscape (which, given the cultral diversity there as well as the general cleanliness ish of the city, Lauren and I both have decided looks markedly similar to North London.)
These impressions of the highlands have only been taken from a very short time here, it’s raining at the moment and a little bit too late in the day to go exploring proper, but I’m sure I’ll let you all know when I’ve had a good look around!
Tags: Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, Travel
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