Cameron Highlands

Thanks to fast new highways the journey from Kuala Lumpur to the Cameron Highlands takes less than four hours. The road from Tapah to Tanah Rata has been widened too, so luxury coaches now go the full distance. There was a time when you had to get off at Tapah and take an old Mercedes taxi, if you were feeling a little flush, or cram onto a tiny bus if you weren’t. The road is still very beautiful, winding its way through mountain forest for 55kmm, and still leaves me feeling a little sick on arrival.

Correction. Next year is Visit Malaysia Year and the 50th anniversary of independence.