Cameron Highlands

Go to Malaysia.
Go back to Batu Caves.

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The beautiful and very tasty mangosteen fruit.

The following day we headed for Bukit Takun, a large limestone mountain sitting atop a granite pedestal located just north of Kuala Lumpur. There we ran into a severe thunderstorm at the base and salvaged the day with a sightseeing road trip north to the sunnier Cameron Highlands. The region (~3 hrs north of KL) is famous for its relatively temperate climate and tea plantations. We had been warned that it was a tourist trap and so perhaps set our expectations low enough to be pleasantly surprised. A bit crowded but not horribly overrun with tourons and most importantly we found an abundance of local fruits at roadside stands; something that we did not see in Malaysia until then.

Photos

Bukit Takun

Bukit Takun mountain towering above a very posh suburb of Kuala Lumpur (June 2014).


Bukit Takun

Hiding out from the rain under the overhanging walls of Bukit Takun. Click photo for yet another storm video (June 2014).


Bukit Takun

Hiking down in yet another storm (June 2014).


Malaysia

Your parking height clearance warning comes in the form of a steel I-beam. Harden the f**k-up buttercup (June 2014).


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Roadside sights on the drive up to the Cameron Highlands (June 2014).


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A tasty veggie (for stews and such) that’ll give your piss odor that extra something…


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Jackfruit and a human thigh (for scale).


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Mangosteen fruits at a roadside stand (June 2014).


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6 kilograms of mangosteen (June 2014).


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The beautiful and very tasty mangosteen fruit – the queen of fruits (June 2014).


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Durian shopping at a roadside fruit stand (June 2014).


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Interesting looking flowers (June 2014).


Cameron Highlands

Even the weeds are beautiful in Malaysia (June 2014).


Cameron Highlands

Cameron Highlands (June 2014).


Cameron Highlands

Tea plants on the Cameron Highlands (June 2014).


Cameron Highlands

Hiking the tea plantations (Boh Sungei Palas Tea Estate; June 2014).


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More tea plantations (June 2014).


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Fresh honey from the Highlands.


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Cameron Highlands (June 2014).


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Shirley checking out the coconuts of the sea fruits (kelapa laut) at a roadside stand (June 2014).

Go to Bukit Takun.
Go to Malaysia.