After stressing out lastnight and sitting up to the early hours of the morning trying to book my USA flights I was woken up at 7am by Surayya telling me she had changed the plan and I couldn't go to KL with her today. Not the best news and now impossible to get bus today as its holiday - Chinese New Year coming up so it has put me in a tight spot. I spent most of the day running around trying to find a bus to Johor and get a card that would allow me to book my ...

Today I woke up feeling a bit soar - 1. From yesterday's bike ride and steep hike and 2. From the huge dinner that stretched my belly to new limits. There was a morning market on this morning so I walked into town and picked up some egg plant, mushrooms, onions, carrots, capsicums, leafy greens, eggs and freshly shredded coconut. I then set off for a small hike which turned into a big hike. I walked to Parit Waterfall which didn't take to long but had some tr...

First thing I did this morning was head into Tanah Rata for a bit of a look around the small town. First thing I notice is it is very small and quiet expensive but the people are very nice. I had borrowed Surayyas mountain bike today so I made my way out to one of the many Tea Plantations in the area. Unfortunately the tea plantation I visited was just a tea house and no factory where I could view tea processing procedure. Also the trek out was 5km downhill whic...

Although we didn't arrive home from Taiping till 4am this morning, I still wasnt able to get a decent sleep - maybe because I new I had to organize to get to Cameron Highlands today. I was up at about 8:30am and packed my things before myself and VeeVee headed down to the market to get some breakfast and some fruit for the long bus ride. At about 12:30pm I said my goodbyes to Caths Mum and Aunty and was actually quiet sad to have to say goodbye. They packed me ...