So... we planned a non touristy route from the jungle to our next destination in the highlands by public bus / train. The sole purpose of this was to avoid usiong a 'tour company' that had a direct minibus for ten pounds each (extortionate in Malaysia) whom we had decided we didn't like. Any way two very cheap bus rides landed us on the wrong side of the highlands and the normal story of 'there are NO buses... but you can get there in a taxi' .... lets just say we ended up paying more than the tour company wanted back in the jungle!
Two waterfalls and a lot of rubbish:
- On the first day we decided to trek to the nearby waterfalls... one 1 hour away and the other 2 hours. Maps, distances and directions here are a figment of the imagination - after a couple of hours and walking along paved paths that are more dangerous than the natural terrain we had seen enough of both of the mudddy torrents that spawned plastic and nappies over some rocks and called it a day. Tomorrow we would attempt Gunung Brinchang at a staggering 6666ft.
Gunung Brinchang was awesome... the cooler weather of the highlands (trousers and jumpers at times) made this 2 hr hike / climb to the summit a great trip through mossy woodlands and along treacherous arretes - the views from the top were awesome (excluding the television aerials). As we wanted to stop into BOH tea plantation http://www.boh.com.my/ on the way back to the hostel we decided to take the road down the mountain instead of the goats path we had followed on the way up.
We stopped at the tea centre and spent the rest of the days budget on tea and cheese buns (we would have gone all out for scones but these were 10p more). The tour was brief but provided sufficient information to process the tea leaves that had brushed off the plants into our pockets on the way home.
That all sounds a bit hairy to me. Have only just deduced that this is your lastest entry but am getting the hang of it now.
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