Time to bring you up to speed. Its been 10 days since my last entry. We are now 6000ft above see level in the Cameron Highlands, a rural tea growing region in the Pehang Provence. There are some good reasons for the 10day gap in entries. Every day has been packed, leaving only room for rest.

In short, after leaving Singapore we spent 3 days in Nipah, a quite little villa on the ocean. Got stuck (between buses) at a plush hostel (by our standards) in Kluang on the way to Melaka after fleeing the sleepy fishing village of Mersing. In Melaka I got mild (but painful) food poising from all the seafood I’ve been eating (since converting to a flexitarian). The calamity was enough to make me revert to being a vegetarian. Also feasted over banana leaves (as plates) on Indian in Malaka. Then it was onto Kauala Lumpur where our bed collapsed (among other memorable things: spending more energy trying to find vegetarian food than the energy gained from the meal, eating a most amazing mango and rose apple (starfruit cross with an apple) in China town.

We then jumped onto a luxury bus to make for our current location, the Cameron Highlands. Where we settled into a lovely hostel 5 min walk out of town on top of a hill… reminds me of the Australian hinterland on a warm winters night, crickets chirping and all. So far we checked out the oldest tea garden in Malaysia… (they seem to take care of their workers quite well, schools, hospitals, church, Mosque and Hindu temple for all faiths here) and the butterfly farm.

Today we had planned a jungle walk to the Buddhist temple, but just after setting off I was overcome by tiredness and decided to have a much needed day of rest.

Hoping you are all safe and well,

Love Nathan

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Posted on December 9th, 2006 :: Filed under Travel
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