Cameron Highlands - Malaysia
5/12/05
Cameron Highlands is a place where tea has been planted first in 1926 and the British back then brought Indian people because of their knowledge about the tea. Chinese people also migrated there and started a vegetable plantation and also strawberry farms. So Cameron Highlands is also known as the garden of Malaysia. The production is sold in all the markets of the country.
5/13/05
A big part of the population here is Indian and where there is Indian people there is Indian food. So we had a delicious Indian lunch but the Malaysian way, in a banana leaf.
We scheduled a tour to the tea plantations for the next day and did nothing else but to relax and rest.
The hotel was neat and very clean, just for you to have an idea; to go to the second floor of the building shoes were not allowed. Everybody was barefoot, guests and staff. There was a beautiful garden with colorful flowers that we could see from our balcony, great place to relax....
5/14/05
We left at 8:45 am as scheduled but it was quite cloudy, so our guide suggested to visit the Central market waiting for the weather to clear. There we bought local strawberries which were really sweet.
We then headed to the summit of Gunung Brinchang at over 2000 meters. It was still cloudy but the view was nice anyway. We were surrounded by mountains, all covered by a mossy rainforest.
On our way down we stopped for a short walk in the forest. The trail was muddy and the soil was spongy. It was a strange sensation to walk on it. The trees were covered with moss, orchids and pitcher plants.
These last ones are also called 'monkey cups' since the monkey drink the liquid they contain which actually makes them high. Thanks to the sweet liquid these plants attract insects that are then trapped and digested by the plants.
After the walk we were supposed to visit a tea plantation and the factory. But the factory was closed due to a Hindu festival. Indeed a big part of the tea workers come from Southern India and gathered for the festival in the middle of the tea plantation. They allowed us to join them and there we had some Indian sweets. More and more people arrived, Malaysians and Indonesians also. Indeed, now more and more contract workers come from Indonesia to work there under a 3-year visa and then head back home with the money they made.
We also stopped at what they call the 'Butterfly Farm' but in fact there are many other impressive bugs.
These can also be found in the forest while walking.
Some have developed an amazing camouflage that makes it hard to spot them from few meters away. Try to find the 'leaf frog' in the picture below.
The 'leaf insect' is also quite hard to see.
At night we caught a bus to Pulau Kapas, an island on the Northeast coast of Malaysia.
Cameron Highlands is a place where tea has been planted first in 1926 and the British back then brought Indian people because of their knowledge about the tea. Chinese people also migrated there and started a vegetable plantation and also strawberry farms. So Cameron Highlands is also known as the garden of Malaysia. The production is sold in all the markets of the country.
5/13/05
A big part of the population here is Indian and where there is Indian people there is Indian food. So we had a delicious Indian lunch but the Malaysian way, in a banana leaf.
We scheduled a tour to the tea plantations for the next day and did nothing else but to relax and rest.
The hotel was neat and very clean, just for you to have an idea; to go to the second floor of the building shoes were not allowed. Everybody was barefoot, guests and staff. There was a beautiful garden with colorful flowers that we could see from our balcony, great place to relax....
5/14/05
We left at 8:45 am as scheduled but it was quite cloudy, so our guide suggested to visit the Central market waiting for the weather to clear. There we bought local strawberries which were really sweet.
We then headed to the summit of Gunung Brinchang at over 2000 meters. It was still cloudy but the view was nice anyway. We were surrounded by mountains, all covered by a mossy rainforest.
On our way down we stopped for a short walk in the forest. The trail was muddy and the soil was spongy. It was a strange sensation to walk on it. The trees were covered with moss, orchids and pitcher plants.
These last ones are also called 'monkey cups' since the monkey drink the liquid they contain which actually makes them high. Thanks to the sweet liquid these plants attract insects that are then trapped and digested by the plants.
After the walk we were supposed to visit a tea plantation and the factory. But the factory was closed due to a Hindu festival. Indeed a big part of the tea workers come from Southern India and gathered for the festival in the middle of the tea plantation. They allowed us to join them and there we had some Indian sweets. More and more people arrived, Malaysians and Indonesians also. Indeed, now more and more contract workers come from Indonesia to work there under a 3-year visa and then head back home with the money they made.
We also stopped at what they call the 'Butterfly Farm' but in fact there are many other impressive bugs.
These can also be found in the forest while walking.
Some have developed an amazing camouflage that makes it hard to spot them from few meters away. Try to find the 'leaf frog' in the picture below.
The 'leaf insect' is also quite hard to see.
At night we caught a bus to Pulau Kapas, an island on the Northeast coast of Malaysia.
posted by Adriano and Angie | 5:23 AM
1 Comments:
Why do guys find worm so interesting. Though it is a pretty big worm, I bet local people probably eat them as a delicacy.
Othewise great stuff as usual.
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