More tea Vicar?
We spent a couple of days in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia, about a three and a half hour drive north from KL. It has to be said that Malaysian drivers are not the best I have ever seen. They don’t normally bother with indicating. The road up to the Cameron Highlands is a long, winding, mountain road. The main rule for overtaking on one of these roads is to wait until you are on a steep, blind bend and then…go for it!
After Paul had avoided the occasional maniac on his side of the road, we made it to our plush hotel in the Highlands. The Highlands are an attractive area in the hills in Malaysia, which are a lot cooler than the bustling city of KL. This makes them a popular weekend break destination. Due to the climate, a lot of crops are grown there, including strawberries. My personal favourite crop though was tea!
We went to two tea plantations during our time in the Highlands. Firstly we went to the very touristy one on the main road, which was packed with bus tours. The following day we went to the Boh plantation, which was along a road so windy that the buses couldn’t make it. This meant that the plantation was a lot quieter and a lot more bearable. We were able to get proper cuppas, and wander through the patches of tea bushes.
On the night we were there, we decided to go for an ‘English’. We went to ‘Ye Olde Smokehouse Inn’, which did a very good approximation of an English gastropub. The roast beef was most delicious, although the Yorkshire Pudding was a little disturbing. I did feel the apple crumble was a bit too crumbly and not apple-y enough for my liking.
There are a lot of nice walks to be had in the Highlands. We did a nice short walk on the Saturday, to a little waterfall near the hotel. On the Sunday, Paul and I tried a longer walk which was marked on the map. However, it wasn’t marked in real life. After a few wrong turnings and arguments with men with menacing looking wild dogs, we decided to give up and walk down the hill along the main road. This was marginally more dangerous than the wild dogs, but we did make it down without having to dive over the crash barriers.
After Paul had avoided the occasional maniac on his side of the road, we made it to our plush hotel in the Highlands. The Highlands are an attractive area in the hills in Malaysia, which are a lot cooler than the bustling city of KL. This makes them a popular weekend break destination. Due to the climate, a lot of crops are grown there, including strawberries. My personal favourite crop though was tea!
We went to two tea plantations during our time in the Highlands. Firstly we went to the very touristy one on the main road, which was packed with bus tours. The following day we went to the Boh plantation, which was along a road so windy that the buses couldn’t make it. This meant that the plantation was a lot quieter and a lot more bearable. We were able to get proper cuppas, and wander through the patches of tea bushes.
On the night we were there, we decided to go for an ‘English’. We went to ‘Ye Olde Smokehouse Inn’, which did a very good approximation of an English gastropub. The roast beef was most delicious, although the Yorkshire Pudding was a little disturbing. I did feel the apple crumble was a bit too crumbly and not apple-y enough for my liking.
There are a lot of nice walks to be had in the Highlands. We did a nice short walk on the Saturday, to a little waterfall near the hotel. On the Sunday, Paul and I tried a longer walk which was marked on the map. However, it wasn’t marked in real life. After a few wrong turnings and arguments with men with menacing looking wild dogs, we decided to give up and walk down the hill along the main road. This was marginally more dangerous than the wild dogs, but we did make it down without having to dive over the crash barriers.
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