Au RevoirDelhi - hot, humid and so many people!The Golden City of JaisalmerCamel Safari into the Thar DesertJodhpur - the best Lassie in IndiaUdaipur - Picturesque Lakeside PalacesPushkar - Meaning flower and handJaipur City of VictoryBharatpur - Keoladeo Ghana National ParkAgra - Taj MahalVaranasi & GangesKolkata, IndiaGoa - Palolem BeachPanjim and Old GoaHampi - Ruins of VijayanagarFort Cochin - Central KeralaAlleppey - Keralan BackwatersKumily - Periyar Wildlife SanctuaryTrivandrum - Varkala, Kanyakumari & KovalamHong Kong - "neon lights and chicken feet!"Vietnam - Xin Chao Hanoi!Sapa - Hoang Lien MountainsHalong Bay, boat trip!Ninh Binh, Tam Coc and Hoa LuHue, Citadel Kinh ThanhHoi An...tailor made clothesNha Trang - Beach bumming and lobster!SaigonMekong Delta; My Tho and Can ThoPhnom Penh, CambodiaSiem Reap - Angkor Wat... the eight wonder of the world!Ko Chang - ThailandBangkok Birthday fun!Kanchanaburi & The Bridge Over the River KwaiKo Samui - Chaweng & Bo Phut beachesKulala Lumpur - from great hights...Tanah Rata - Cameron HighlandsTaman Negara - 130 million year old rainforest!Perhentian Islands - Pulau KecilKota Baru, ThailandKuala Terengganu, MalaysiaCheratingMelaka - Food, art galleries and more food...Singapore with Mother Chadders!Melbourne...in winter, brrrr!Tasmania 6 day tour!Cairns, AustraliaCaptain Cook!Cape Tribulation, AustraliaPort Douglas, AustraliaMission Beach & Scotty's lovely hostel!!Townsville & Magnetic IslandAirlie Beach & Whitsunday IslandsTown of 1770Hervey Bay Whale watchingFraser Island, AustraliaBrisbane and Australia Zoo - crikey!Byron Bay, AustraliaPort Macquarie & NewcastleSydney and Blue Mountains... final Aussie destination!Christchurch - South IslandAkaroa - Banks PeninsulaLake Tekapo, New ZealandAoraki Mount CookOamaru & the Penguins!Dunedin & The CatlinsTe Anau & Doubtful SoundMilford Sound, New ZealandQueenstown & ArrowtownWanakaFranz Josef Glacier, New ZealandTranz Alpine Train: Greymouth to ChristchurchKaikoura - Abundance of Marine WildlifeNelson, New ZealandAbel Tasman National Park, New ZealandQueen Charlotte Track - Marlborough SoundsWet & Windy Wellington!Rarotonga - Cook Islands Paradise!Chris & Clare's Christmas Campervan Adventure!Santiago, ChileLima, PeruLake Titicaca, PeruCusco and the Sacred ValleyInca Trail and Machu PichuAguas Calientes... and the evacuation!Nazca LinesBuenos Aires, ArgentinaIguassu FallsParatyRio de Janeiro... carnival!
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Farthers Guest House is really nice, with a great big sociable lounge area and fantastic cheap food! I'm sleeping in a bunker - it's a little chilly but am enjoying the experience, the showers are like being back at Brownie Camp!
Yesterday I went on a full day 'Cameronian Secrets' experience and got to see a Rafflesia - the largest flower in the world! It was pretty special, and huge! They are fairly rare and only flower for 4-5 days, we were really lucky and saw a 1 day old flower that was starting to open, plus a 4 day old and some that had died and turned black.
The 3 hours trekking was great fun, really muddy and so hot - I don't think I have ever sweated so much but I managed not to fall on my bum! We went off-roading in Land Rovers and one of them broke down - so we had to push!
We visited 'Boh' tea plantation where, and wait for it.... Clare drank her first cuppa tea in years! I thought I should at least try it and Grant and Sarah (lovely UK couple) guided me through the process (I added sugar!) which was pretty hilarious. I have to say... it was a bit like dish water but I did manage half a mug of Cameronian Gold Blend!!
We visited a local tribal village and got to try firing poison arrows using a blow pipe - surprisingly easy! Then it was another drive up to the highest peak where we trekked into a Mossy forest, it had just poured down with rain so it was like wading in a swamp... The forest was really eerie but I got to see wild Orchids and Pitcher plants along the way... a great experience!
Chilling in Tanah Rata today and making plans for the next stop at Taman Negara for more trekking!!!
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I am disappointed!
Written by momanddad 47 months ago
That you didn't pitch in and repair the Land Rover Dad