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HOBBIT ON TOUR
Im lost as to what ive told you all, I guess you figured we saw the monkeys in the botanical gardens from the pics and they were so so beautiful and cheeky and the highlight of the trip for me! see jays site for details about that day because im too lazy to write all about it but it was a lovely day in Penang and we walked it back to the hotel from the gardens for THREE hours (via mcdonalds!!!!) lol!!!
the next day....
Well, after a long hot ride in a public cockroach infested bus (6 hours!!!) we arrived in the Cameron Highlands, the road was steep, winding and very scary and its a wonder im alive to tell the tale (crazy bus driver) as we climbed higher we started to see rolling hills full of tea plantations and it was absolutely stunning. If anyone has heard of BOH tea, its grown here and is very famous (owned by a scottish family) we visited the factory today.
So we are very high up and stuck in between Penang and Kuala Lumpa - our next destination. our hotel is a beautiful black and white english mansion looking building and im in love with it, its billy basic but we all have lovely old balconies with climbing flowers and plants and i feel like a princess there!!!! (sad i know!!)
Cameron Diaz was named after the Cameron Highlands apparantly, as her parents came on honeymoon we think- so now you know!!
So i had a major issue with today as we were able to go jungle trekking which sounded amazing so I was all up for it and then we got told about leaches - BLOODY LEACHES!!! you can imagine my horror and complete disgust (im bad enough with slugs as you know) so i pondered over it all night and finally decided to go on the trip but to sit in the van for the hours trek. sorted.
So we got up and off we trekked today, stopped for some info off the guide about the tea and then off to the jungle bit, and I did it!!!! me!!! the trek!!!! can you believe it! (anyone reading this that knows me well enough should be able to tell you that for me, I was very brave!!!)
to be fair the guide did say the leaches would not be out because it was too cold but still, you never know! and it was muddy and wet and jungly and im well proud of myself!!!!
in the morning we move on - again to KL.... i have it on good authority there is a Topshop - yes!yes!yes!
gonna try putting on my pics from Cameron Highlands now but if it wont work at least you have the pics of the monkeys!!!
take care and send more messages (ma & pa - have you forgotten about me already!!!!)
love
ali xxxxxx
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