We left Penang early in the morning to drive to the Cameron Highlands. We had to take a minibus to the bus station then caught a coach the rest of the way. The drive was supposed to take about 4 hours, but the bus driver was so crazy that it turned into about 6. When we were stopping at a bus station half way through he decided to disapear for an hour even though he had told us to be back on the coach in fifteen minutes. The road was so winding up to the mountains that I felt a bit sick, even though I never normally get travel sick. I tried to sleep, which I think made me feel worse. When we finally arrived we just chilled out at the hotel for the remainder of the afternoon, too worn out from the journey to do anything. The hotel was really nice, and there weren't many other guests there apart from us. The rooms were small, but they had a few lounges and communal areas to watch TV. It was good as it meant we could all comfortably watch a DVD together, and luckily our room was right off it. They made great cups of tea, (obviously!) and really nice toasted sandwiches.

That night we all went out for a chinese which was nice, and the food is so cheap everywhere in Malaysia, even more so than Thailand I think. Some people had a traditional meal called a steam-boat, which is where you cook all you own food in a boiling soup, including things like jelly-fish and eggs. It seemed a bit random to me so I decided not to have it. My stomach was still a bit sensitive from being ill. Some of the things they cooked in it looked really nice, but others didn't! That night was movie night as there isn't really much nightlife around, and we just stayed in at the hotel watching films and playing endless games of uno.

The next day we were due to leave about one, so we got up early to take a tour around a tea-plantation. The Cameron Highlands is much more commercialised in general than I expected it to be as apparantly it is a popular holiday destination. Tea is a major business here though. They said it isn't really exported though, just for use in Malaysia. We took a bus to see the plantation and learn about how they make tea, which was more interesting than I thought it would be, and then went to the shop for tea and scones. The tea is really good! We were going to visit the strawberry farm too, but apparantly that gets really busy and we couldn't really be bothered. That afternoon we left by another coach to go to Kuala Lumpar.