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I was away last weekend and visited the abovenamed, as it suggests, the highlands located in one of the states where i live.  A place made famous by the British and tea plantation estates.  A very laidback countryside highland so to speak. Along the way you could capture scenes or meet and talk to the aborigines who are undergoing modernization in their lives.  Different types of tea leaves for local consumption and export markets.  We rented a cottage to stay for the weekend.  Cool breeze and temperature.   If you are into beautiful flowers, this is where you should go.  If you are into nature, scones, English tea, fresh fruits and vegetables, British heritage, night and morning markets, villas and cottages, strawberries, lots of strawberries with chocolate fondue, thinking of taking the winding hill roads up 5,000 feet above sea level in your performance cars, or bikes, gastronomy, Starbucks, yes they have Starbucks on a plateau which specializes in tea, hill trekking, fresh and clean air, this is what this place can deliver.  I captured many pics of green tea plantations from the summit of a few hills, but its in my digital camera.  will share them with you when i download them.  If you wiki or google the above, lots of pics to be discovered, i never realize you guys talk about so much in TO besides watches Ooops forgot some pics..

 

This message has been edited by KCKL on 2011-03-28 23:00:57 This message has been edited by KCKL on 2011-03-28 23:06:08

Hello KCKL,

Thanks for sharing the pics, sounds like a nice relaxing  getaway for the weekend!  Are there nice trails to hike nearby?

-MW

p.s. I'm glad you noticed the wide variety of interest outside of horology on the TimeOut forum, hope you share more with the rest of us!

including some which are rumoured to be the one where Jim Thompson disappeared in the 60s

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en.wikipedia.org Jim_Thompson_(designer)#Disappearance

..There are various trails ranging from 1 to 2 hours or even up to 4 hours trail through 5 small mountains with heights of a few thousand metres above sea level.  Always report yourself at the nearby police station before you start any trekking journeys for emergency purposes.  Of course i have not done the difficult ones but the easy ones for trekking.  There are many foreign tourists who go jungle walk, hill trekking and the outdoors when they visit the Highland.  Hope u will find yourself here.  You will enjoy it for sure.

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KCKL,

Greetings. Nice picture of "The Rose Cottage". In the late 1970s and early 1980s, I spent a week there every December during the school holidays with my cousins.

Good of you to share nice memories..

sooks from KL.

..My dad used to drive his Volvo up and down the old Tapah roads to Camerons and i would always puke on the way up and on the way down when i was little cos my dad would smoke in the car with the whole family in it coupled with the then Long and Winding Road... LOL!!!!

cheers

PAt

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Looks relaxing for a weekend trip.
Regards,
ED-209

..roads may be narrower, but good test on driving skills. its not difficult.  nothing but winding roads surrounded by tropical rainforest... do go visit if you have the opportunity..