Morning calls-.-
Yeah next day, next busdrive, to the
Cameron highlands. Right now I am sitting on the terrace of my
hostel, which is really cheap and really cute, if you don´t expect
any cleanness. It´s called Daniels Traveller Lodge and is in Tanah
Rata, a small village in the middle of the jungle.
It´s not as warm here than in KL,
which is quite nice. And the place just gives of a special feeling,
so who cares about a bit of dirt and also for 5 Euro, what do you
expect?^^
I slept the whole busdrive and than I
went shopping, some snacks for tomorrow, I am going to go to a tour
and got some fried rice to eat. Also I bought sport pants for just
about 4 euro and they are sooooo comfortable, can´t wait to try
them on my trip tomorrow.
They only thing I am kinda sad about is
that I won´t be able to go to the mossy forest, which really would
have been nice, it´s the oldest rainforest of the world, but at
least I see the smelly flower tomorrow :P
So today I am just going to relax a bit
and enjoy the scenery....more later...
Well I really just was sitting in my
room and outside the whole day and can you believe it? I was actually
freezing...It was so cold. In the evening I went into our Jungle Bar,
cheap beer and a quite nice surrounding. Talked to some American and
a English guy and got to know a bit more about everything there. Wish
I could stay longer in the Highlands it´s so lovely here.
Next morning...
Now a bit more. We started a trek
through the jungle at 9 o´clock. Well the car we were driving in
sounded like it would be breaking apart every second, but still
better than the Jeep we had to take afterwards over a really very
bumpy road. Wow that´s what you call off-road driving, kinda
scary...
We started walking and I was literally
dying after 10 minutes, but I was not alone, our guide was basically
running away. We couldn´t even look left or right, just straight
ahead, otherwise we would have lost him. After some time we came to a
tiny river, but we had to climb down and on the otherside up again,
so afterwards we were all kinda a bit muddy. At the little waterfall
we took a break and relaxed a bit, but nobody dared to jump in, which
was really sad, because I would have loved to, but just not alone-.-
And no nobody ended up with a leech or
anything weird.
Finally we came to the Rafflesia, which
is actually a mushroom not a flower and it blooms for 7 days and just
starts stinking afterwards, so it didn´t smell yet. We headed back,
finally a bit smaller and went to a aboriginal village, for a
blowpipe demonstration and guys I got the hang of it :P I hit the
bullseye on the first try, exactly the middle. Beware Germany, I am
going to buy one, the next time when I don´t have to come back to
Singapore(they are forbidden there) Those things are really funny :P
Now did you know that the aboriginal
people here eat monkeys, those poor little things were in a tiny cage
and basically had to wait there till they end up in the pot =/
So and after that, guess what came...I
wasn´t really hungry anymore...
We went to eat and wanna guess what
kind of place? Indian ! Again-.- I am sorry I am just not to fond of
Indian Food, and all tours stop there.
So I just ordered some fried rice.
We than went to the tea plantation and
wow this was so far my favourite place, it is absolutely stunning. So
nice and peaceful. We even could lie down on them and hey with a
blanket it would have been really nice place to sleep. Nice bouncy :P
So after taking fun pictures, sitting
on a tractor, standing on top of a jeep and just other stupid stuff
we went to our next station, the butterfly farm. Which was oh well
kinda...well let´s say it like this, the reptiles were awesome, the
butterflies mostly dead xD
I had a gecko on my arm and well no
they don´t just stick, when he was walking he was literately tearing
parts of my skin of, so I had white dots on my arm, where it walked
on. But seems like I was the only one with this problem.
Also I carried a turtle, which I just
didn´t want to give back, because it was so cute.
And I dared to take one of the snakes,
well a harmless one, but still, it looked really mean, all green, but
it was tiny.
And the butterflies like I said, most
were already lying on the ground or even stepped on. Ok not most but
quite a few.
Also we went to a Strawberry place, was
quite interesting how they grow them in plastic bags, but I have to
say I had sweeter once and I really prefer the self plucking in
Germany, because there I can eat for free, here I had to pay xD
After a lovely day, we headed back and
guess what? I forgot my jacket in the van, but no worries I got it
back. In the evening our group went out for steamboat, well or
hotpot, however you want to call it.
Ohh I so love this food. It was really
yummy and we all had a blast trying to catch the best pieces from
each other or getting the tofu out with chopsticks. Also it was
quite nice to talk with them. The girls from the Netherlands were
really funny, and the older English/French couple too. Also a guy
from England, who just stopped working and went of with 10 000 pounds
to see the world and to see how long he could last.
I really love this hostel life, you
meet so many people, from all over the world, talk to them, go out
with them and everybody just accepts each other.
You get tips and no matter how
different you are at home, abroad you all sit in the same boat.
I found my favourite way to travel.
It´s like a huge adventure.
So after a last beer I went to bed and
headed of in the morning to the next place. Would have loved to stay
a bit longer, but time is not really on my side.
So a little fazit to the Cameron
Highlands, it is an absolute lovely place, you are sick of cities and
just want peace and nature for miles over miles, that´s your place
to go. You wake up with birds singing and go to bed with it. Lots of
hikes and it´s not to hot, so you actually can relax a bit and are
not as tired. I would recommend this place to everybody.
