The Cameron highlands are quite different climatically from the rest of Malaysia as the extra makes for a big temperature and hunidity difference - in fact its rather like being in England in the summer - very pleasant temperatures when the sun's out - warm when its overcast (shorts and T-Shirts) and it has a torrential downpour usually once a day for an hour or so. It makes a very nice change not to sweat all the time which is the case elsewhere especially in places like KL. The food up here is also very cheap - a lunch curry/noodle lanksa will set you back about 50p and dinner about a quid.
We actually made Brinchan in good time this time around and set off on the circular Trail 1 in the opposite direct to last time taking the path through the jungle directly towards the mountain top. This was a good 2 hr trek to the top including clambering like apes having to hold onto tree routes along the way in parts - we definately made the right decision last time when we were climbing up through the tea plantation as this would have been a nightmare to climb down in the web and diminishing light. Anyway the top was well worth the haul although low lying cloud across the valley did not make the view as good as it could have been. The road back down was a steep decent back through the Boh Tea Plantations. Having made it back to the Lodge in mid afternoon the rest of the day was spent relaxing and then the evening turned (with the help of a couple of bottles of Vodka) into 'Deep and Meaniful' discussions which was only encouraged by someone who turned out to be a Lecturer in the Philosophy of Science ! I would not like to listen back to the conversation again as I suspect it was one of those that sounds intellectual at the time but on reflection would just look like b*ll*cks. Anyway it was fun at the time.
Bumped into Becky and Gemma again in KL sitting outside a 7/11 minus Gemma's sister Kate who had flown home - so we spent a tired but pleasant evening in the rooftop bar of our hostel in KL with them and Lindsey and Nia who had traveled down from the CH with us. Malacca tomorrow for the last long stay we have left in SE Asia.
Also discovered a place that does proper Fish and Chips around the corner !! Bonus.
