Cameron highlands tour

While in the Cameron Highlands, we took a tour, which left from our
guesthouse 1/2 hour earlier than expected, so we came straight off the
mountain hike and onto the minibus. Our fellow passengers (a family
from Holland, a couple from Denmark, and a couple from the middle
east) didn't seem to notice our bedraggled state, or at least
pretended not to. The working language was English and we forever
marvel at how good all the international travellers are at speaking
it, when we are generally limited to being able to count on their
language. Our tour guide ennunciated almost too clearly and
deliberately whenever he was calling attention to a site, so that his
diction seemed exagerated - "thiss (pause) iss (pause) Brinng Chiang,
Brinn Chiang" , but I imagine that works well with tour groups like
ours from all over. In one afternoon, we saw the Rose Centre, the
Butterfly Garden (and creepy insect emporium), the Boh Tea Plantation
and Factory tour, the honey farm, and the strawberry farm (with
excellent strawberry milkshakes). The photo is Aaron enjoying a cup of
Cameronian Gold tea in the Boh Tea'ria, a modern tea house jutting out
over the tea-tree covered hill at the tea factory.