The tea plantations of Cameron Highlands

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Exploring the street-art of Ipoh and hiking through mossy forest – Travel log no. 85

After a relaxed 5 hours of bus ride I arrived in Ipoh. It is the third largest city of Malaysia. Never the less life seems pretty relaxed here.

Night Market, Ipoh
While walking over the night market I felt like being the only tourist.
Chicken Noodles, Ipoh
The local delicacies, chicken noodles with sprouts, like recommended by Alfred.

Early in the morning I took the bus to Cameron Highland with the intention to return the same day. This ended up being a bad idea since the bus took way longer than expected. Around 5 pm I arrived in town and hadn’t seen anything yet. So I stayed for a night with nothing but my camera.

With Weronika who I met on the bus I hiked through the valley before sunset.

Falls, Cameron Highlands
A fall on the way to the temple. Unfortunately we didn’t see any tigers.
Chinese Temple, Cameron Highlands
Finally we made it to the Chinese Temple after an hour hike.
Temple, Cameron Highlands
The temple with heavy rain clouds in the back.
Chinese Temple, Cameron Highlands
A view on the inside of the temple.

Luckily we found a ride home just before the rain started. In the next morning we got on a tour exploring the rest of the highlands.

BOH, Cameron Highlands
At first we checked out the BOH tea plantation. What I am looking at is apparently a second grade tea. Never the less the view was amazing.
BOH, Cameron Highlands
After one hour of traffic jam we finally made it to the tea house. Here we tested the product and checked out the process. Definitely the most touristic place I have been to in Malaysia.
Mossy Forest, Cameron Highlands
The second part of the tour brought us up high into the Mossy forest. A forest around 2000 meter high.
Mossy Forest, Cameron Highlands
It is one of the oldest forests in the world and offers a unique flora and fauna.
Mossy forest
In addition to that the view is amazing.

Back in the hostel in Ipoh I met Maryne. Together we explored the street art of Ipoh before heading up to George Town.

Industrialization, Ipoh
A picture about the industrialization of Ipoh.
Oldtown, Ipoh
In the cozy streets of old town Ipoh you can’t only find street-art but also delicacies like the local white coffee.
Bicycle, Ipoh
Malay cleaning the street with his bicycle.
Fisher boats, Ipoh
Fisher boats next to the green ocean.
Merchant, Ipoh
Here a merchant selling fruits.
Girl, Ipoh
In addition a girl checking on the birds.

Excited to discover more culture and street-art I left North to Penang.