Monday, May 31, 2010

This morning we woke to a bright sunny day in Cameron highlands.
We went for breakfast with Shannon and France before our guide picked us up for our Jungle tour.Breakfast usually consists of Pancake/crepes and or toast. Coffee here sucks big time so it is OJ for us.




We were told that our tour would be in a 4x4 with just the 6 of us and the driver. When our driver picked us up there were of course 4 more people that needed to squeeze into the jeep. You can never be sure that what you are being sold is what you will get. It wouldn't have been quite so bad if the little girl wouldn't have gotten car sick and pucked the whole 45 min. drive.


The mountains in this area are filled with vegi patches in the terraced mountains.



The 4x4 off roading was a bit scary at times. There were huge ruts and the road/train went up and down very steep hills.
Once we got to the trek part we walked for about an hour through the jungle to the spot where the big flower was.

A very pretty flower we found



The trees in the jungle are huge.

This is what we trekked an hour to see. The worlds biggest flower. It is Rafflesia flower. It can reach over 1 metre across.



This is our aboriginal guide. The Aborigine own the mountain and the flowers and waterfall.


This is the village that he lives in. |There are about 50 people who live in this village. They are done school at age 12. They marry around 16 and usually have 5 or 6 kids by the time they are 21. They usually don't have jobs outside of the village or other local villages.




Some kids where playing under the house and I couldn't resist taking a few photos.When I waved goodbye to them, I think one gave me the finger.

On the way home we stopped for some Indian food.

Then Miranda had to go to the bathroom. Yup, this would be what a bathroom in a restaurant or gas station is like.

2 comments:

Sawatzky family said...

Great photos!
That is a big looking flower lol
A kid flipping someone off would be a strange sight in any country I suppose lol
Are those foot pads next to the potty!? lol
Oh dear!

Lori said...

The finger? Really? Why did I snort when I read that? That food looks quite amazing. I think that would probably my favorite part of travel....oh, and probably taking photos of the worlds largest flower!