Gunung Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia – 2012 While in Georgetown we met a guy named Merlin who told us to check out the Cameron Highlands. I had wanted to go there already but his descriptions made it a priority. On the way from Georgetown to Tanah Rata we sat in the front of a bus and listened to the driver tell us stories about his bus route, traffic, and his bad experiences with Arab tourists. Despite his racial generizations he seemed to be a genuinely warm guy. At the end of the ride handed us a journal and asked us to write a note in it for him; he liked to have passengers write him notes. It rained everyday except our last day in Tanah Rata, so we caught up on some rest and spent a lot of time in…
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Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia – 2012 While leaving Perhentian Kecil we met a couple who was traveling to the opposite side of the country. We quickly analyzed our options and decided it would be fun to travel with someone else for…
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Perhentian Kecil and Kota Bharu, Malaysia – 2012 From Kota Bharu Shawna and I took a bus to Kuala Besut, then a half-hour boat ride from Kuala Besut to Perhentian Kecil, a little baby island off the east coast of…
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Goodbye Thailand, Hello Malaysia – 2012 We took an overnight train from Surat Thani to Sungai Kolok then walked across the Thai/Malaysian border and headed to Kota Bharu, en route to Perhentian Kecil, a small island off the east coast…
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It’s a dreary Wednesday afternoon and it’s been raining heavily off and on since Shawna and I arrived in Tanah Rata, the biggest of all of the small towns that populate the Cameron Highlands. We came here to hike and…
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