DAY 9 – CAMERON HIGHLANDS – MALAYSIA
CAMERON HIGHLANDS – VIDEO
Land of hundreds green colors! Massive Tea Plantations!
THE FLYWITHFLOW CHALLENGE! Eat Tea & Spit it Out!
Have fun wherever you go!
Don’t care to get dirty or to be ashamed, and have fun with the life! Make a normal moment into an extraordinary one!
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Would you dare to try taste the tea?
Take a bite and send us the video!
We want the FlyWithFlow TeaTeam!
And you can be part of it!
With love,
FWF ?
INFORMATION AND PRICES OF CAMERON HIGHLANDS
THE LUNCH
The food.
The place.
The location.
This pictures below is from another place but I loved her smile! 
THE ROUTE. WHAT TO SEE IN CAMERON HIGHLANDS
- Bharat Tea Plantation
- Boh Tea Plantation
- Mossy Forest
- Butterfly Farm
- Tanah Rata
ADVICES
– We got private transportation from Ipoh to get Cameron Highlands, it is also possible to get the excursion with all included.
– Booked the excursion at 1.45pm of the Tea Plantations directly in the city of Tanah Rata.
– Before starting our excursion, we got ourselves the Bharat Tea Plantation, one of most beautiful ones! Also we had lunch around Tanah Rata.
– We did hitchhiking from Bharat to Tanah Rata.
– The Tea Plantations excursion has a price of around 50MYR per person with 4 hours duration, starting at 8.45am and at 1.45pm daily.
– It includes jeep transportation visiting the Tea Plantations, a Tea Factory, the Mossy Forest and Insects Farm.
– Bring at least a light coat as the temperatures are fresher than rest of Malaysia.
– Cameron Highlands is composed by massive tea plantations and the leading producing flower in Malaysia and is located around 1.500 meters above sea level.
– The name comes from William Cameron, a British surveyor of the colonial government.
– It’s home of hundred species rare at the tropics, also a difference ecosystem.
– There are some cities around and Tanah Rata is the administrative one where you can find through banks, restaurantes, shops, travel agencies, etc.
Bharat Tea Plantation
It is the picture below and it was not included in the excursion and we came by ourselves. We moved from here by hitchhiking.
THE FLYWITHFLOW CHALLENGE
To move from Bharat Tea Plantation where the spot that our tour start we decided to do hitchhiking!
Hitchhiking in Foreign Country !! ????
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I do believe in karma. And this is kinda karma, give good things fly away, and they’ll fly back
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By the way 1: “Autostop” is the Spanish way to say it, sorry but life goes quick.
By the way 2: The pickup was from a kind man Malay who casually was a Malay Policeman!!
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Would you dare to hitchhike?
Get a car, a truck, a donkey or and elephant! Everything is possible! And send us the video!
We want the FlyWithFlow Traffic Jam!
And you can be part of it!
With love,
FWF ?
Boh Tea Plantation.
There is a restaurant with nice Terrace in Boh Tea Plantation where enjoy local tea and delicious cakes.
Mossy Forest.
Butterfly Farm.
Where also find more varied fauna!
A drink with our driver Bala!
Some advices from Bala! Worth it!
Train schedule and train ticket.
THE FLYWITHFLOW CHALLENGE!
Hitchhiking in Foreign Country !!
I do believe in karma. And this is kinda karma, give good things fly away, and they’ll fly back
By the way 1: “Autostop” is the Spanish way to say it, sorry but life goes quick.
By the way 2: The pickup was from a kind man Malay who casually was a Malay Policeman!!
Would you dare to hitchhike?
Get a car, a truck, a donkey or and elephant! Everything is possible! And send us the video!
We want the FlyWithFlow Traffic Jam!
And you can be part of it!
With love,
FWF
DINNER IN IPOH
LocalYummy FoodMarket !!
Here we haven’t found tourists and yes we have found delicious food, with great prices. This is Woolleys Food City, located in Ipoh Garden.
The place.
The food.
The location.
ADVICES
– Ipoh is a great city to be based in order to visit Cameron Highlands.
– We got Woolleys by Uber, which works well in Malaysia.
– Find the less tourists places to get the most real experience, and the bestt prices!
– Ipoh is the capital of the state of Perak.
– Located 200km north of Kuala Lumpur it has a population of around 700.000 people.
– Ipoh is well known for its great cuisine.
– The varied gastronomy is due because of the large Chinese population and we can also find Malay and Indian. – There are several food markets as Ipoh Garden, Woolleys, Gerai Makan Hoi Teen and Dai San Yen.
THE HOSTEL IN IPOH
Sleeping in Containers?
Yes! One of best hostels of the trip and ever visited. Excellent to have your own space. Pillow and mattress were super comfortable. Chill out place. It is located in heart of Ipoh, state of Perak.
– By booking it by Hostelword with the flexible fare (1€ extra) you can cancel the reservation days in advance.
– We got here by Uber, which is working great in Malaysia.
– There is a little shop just next where they have a bit of everything, perfect for get some snacks for breakfast.
– Total price of 222MYR ( around 44€) for 2 nights and 3 people, which means around 7.3€ per person per night.
– Breakfast is not included and the hostel is well equipped.
– The beds are very comfortable and restroom excellent.
«Accomodation» in Container Hotel Ipoh (Ipoh) for a total price of 222MYR (around 44 euros) for 2 nights and 3 people. (which means around 7.3 euros per person per night)
We have 4 people share room.
Managed by Hostelworld: http://www.spanish.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Container-Hotel-Ipoh/Ipoh/269385#propname
THE NIGHT IN IPOH
We stayed in this terrace enjoying a beer!
