Friends

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We woke up at 7.30 to wave our friend off to work. However just as we reached the bottom of the stairs she drove off and we missed her! She had made a actually made a mistake and today the office was closed. She was soon back with us for breakfast.

2 friendly young men also arrived at the house to join us. They very kindly gave us a packed of pickled mango to try from their recent trip. We all ate roti canai and various sweet rice goodies wrapped in banana leaf. These was also little Cornish pasties, at least that is what they look like and nasi lemak. We also had a nice cup of tea which Darryl made into tea tarik by pulling it. Luckily he did this over the sink as not all of the tea made the cup each time!

Our journey to Amanjaya station was so quick compared to using the 2 buses on the way onto Ipoh because our friends dropped us off in the car.

The station was busy with people enjoying their New Year break. There were some dragon dancers in costume and even the head honcho from the local Government was being interviewed by the TV station.

We said goodbye to our friends before entering the departure gate. The bus left 10 minutes late which was quite impressive considering the chaos! We slept a lot on the journey and as we got closer to the Cameron Highlands the traffic crawled to a standstill. We dropped a few tourists off before arriving 3 hours later at the main bus station in Tanah Rata.

We grabbed our luggage, found our hotel and checked in. Well, we didn't really check in as the hotel manager and family were eating lunch and they very kindly asked us to join them! What a welcome.

A quick walk through the park wearing jumpers, but we couldn't continue to the waterfall as the path was closed. It is now rather cold. A visit to the hostel we stayed in previously but now under a different name and what looked like Korean ownership. Next to Mr DIY as it was raining and dinner undercover in the food court - curry noodle soup.

We spent the evening planning our trekking route for tomorrow in our room. It is much warmer inside our room than outside!



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