Cameron Highlands

Father's guesthouse, originally uploaded by matthewharrup.

We stayed in Father's guesthouse, a converted WWII army barracks. The Cameron Highlands are cool, wet and sunny, they're renowned for good scenery, walks and for being much cooler than the rest of the country.

(In tropical climates, people holiday in hill stations to get some cold.)

The trails were all overgrown or had trees fallen across them, the restaurants were all dire (except for one funky steamboat stir boil), and it was a freezing cold 18'C at night. Oh, and we met the first person from our south American leg, going back to New Zealand the other way round the world - didn't think that'd happen.