Up and packed nice and early, it was absolutely pissing down with rain and I felt sorry for anyone trekking through the forest today. In fact I think I heard someone say that treks were not happening. Might be my imagination as surely you’re ready for rain in a “rain” forest. Anyway, it was bloody heavy and would not have been much fun. But that wasn’t our concern!
Had decent breakfast again and geared ourselves for getting wet again, no point waiting else we’d never leave. We got the little ferry across and found our car fine and set out for a long drive to Cameron Heights.
The drive was fine, pretty much only a couple of roads again but it rained the whole time so that was tiring. We’d been warned that the road to the Heights would cause car sickness and yes it was VERY windy but nothing we’ve not done in the Alos or Cornwall…it was fine. Just slow going as it was about 35 miles!
About 4hrs after leaving the forest we came across the main Cameron Heights tea plantation and stopped for a cream tea, yep, you heard right, tea, strawberry scone and jam. Very civilised, although the mugs of tea were pre-filled with sugar and super sweet, I liked it but had to get Tash a new cup as she couldn’t drink it…snob!
We then did a walkway within the plantation itself and the views were spectacular they really were. Interestingly the place was predominantly Malaysians and school kids. Not many white tourists at all. Doesn’t bother us, just an observation and you almost forget they have holiday la themselves and it’s their equivalent of going to Devon or the Lake District.
After that we drove through Kuala Tahan where we’re staying to get to THE Lavender Farm. That was an experience! It wasn’t so much as the lavender plant being grown as everything was (mostly) lavender themed; ice cream, other flowers, even a princess castle! They also had PYO strawberries which we did and they were lovely. Strawberry farming is huge here, along the drive in they were everywhere all over the mountainside on an industrial scale, not cute farmers as a side income. Very serious indeed.
Ate our strawberries in the car then drove back to hotel to check in, it wasn’t a hotel but a lodge (effectively a hostel) and to be quite blunt we both hated it. We didn’t really voice it so as to not bring the other down, but we both made reasons not to stay the two night we had booked. It was clean etc but you just itches and your imagination got the better of you and to be honest we don’t need to do that at our age, we can afford better. It might be the small room, shared bathroom and general dampness as our clothes were still wet from rainforest so it likely didn’t help our moods.
Anyway, we’d booked and we’re staying the night so went out and walked through the main road and found somewhere to eat and had great food and then went back and picked up our washing and went to laundrette and worked it all out and set off the wash, went and got a beer, half hour later got it in the dryer and had another beer and then all done for about 11.30pm.
Everything cleaned and dried so that was a bonus. Kept clothes on in bed…we’re such lightweights!!
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