Cameron Highlands

After Georgetown we went on a long day trip to the Cameron Highlands, to Tanah Rata. As the name it says, it's located quite high and it was quite cold and rainy when we arrived (monsoon season has started). We spent 2 days to explore the region and walk through the jungle.

On a day trip we went to see the biggest (or one of the biggest) flowers of the world, the Rafflesia flower). To get to the place where it blooms (it blooms only during 7 days) we had to walk during 1 hour through the jungle and crossing a river. But it was worth it, have a look:

We say the flower in different stadiums: 1: 3 days before it blooms, 2: 2 days old, 3: 5 days old and 4: 7 days old

Well, now you can say, nice flower, but it doesn't really look like a big one... So, have a look on the next photos to see the size:

And here the trekking tour to reach the big flower:

On the way we passed other small flowers and many plants.

Cameron Highlands are famous for the tea plantations, there are several one's and on our tour we visited one. We had a guided tour through the factory to see what they do with the tea leaves to get the thing we drink. The plantation we went to was very big and all was green, full of tea plants.

Another nice place we saw was the Mossy forest, situated on an altitude of about 2000 meters. Here it is misty and so all is covered with moss: surface and plants are green of the fresh moss. We also saw a flower which eats insects.

And from the top of the mountain we had a nice view.

Like in other countries here around, also in Malaysia life some aborigines, they are called Orang Asli. We stopped in one of their villages and got a lession on how to use a blow pipe which they use to go hunting. Well, the arrow we used wasn't poisoned, but we could try to blow and we came quite close to the target.

On another day we went a strawberry farm, also something popular in the Cameron Highlands. Different kind of farms try to attract people, they sell fruits, vegetebales, salads, cactus and more things. The strawberry shake we had was fantastic!