BERPETUALANG KE ACEH: Views around Tanah Rata

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This blogspot is a medium to share my thoughts and adventures apart from promoting my books. Below are the books which have been written or authored and published by myself.

"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Mencari Diri dan Erti".

ISBN 983-42031-0-1, Jun 2006

"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Membela Syiar yang Asal"

ISBN 983-42031-1-x, May 2007

"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Sirih Pulang ke Gagang?"

ISBN 978-983-42031-2-2, November 2007

It is interesting to note that while these books were written in Malay it has gained enough attention to merit being part of the collections of the American Library of Congress and National Library of Australia. Look here and here.

While the first three books were published by my own company, the fourth titled "Rumah Azan" was published in April 2009 by a company called Karnadya with the help of the Malaysian national literary body Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. It features beautiful pictures along with stories behind selected mosques which could be related to the history of Islam and the Malays alongside the formation of the Malaysian nation. Look at the article A collaboration of old collegemates - the book "Rumah Azan".

My fifth book "Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and Malay Sultanates", an English translation and adaptation of the Malay book "Ahlul Bait (Keluarga) Rasulullah SAW dan Kesultanan Melayu" authored by Hj Muzaffar Mohamad and Tun Suzana Othman was published early 2010. Look here... My 5th book is out! Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and the Malay Sultanates... . For more information check out my Malay blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU.

Like my fourth book "Rumah Azan", the sixth book "Kereta Api Menuju Destinasi" is also a coffee-table book which is published by the company Karnadya with the cooperation of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (the main Malay literary body in Malaysia). Coming out January 2011 it features pictures and stories on the adventure travelling by train to all of Peninsular Malaysia along with the interesting places which could be reached this way.

My seventh book "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" in turn is a coffee-table book which is written, editted, designed and has pictures taken by me. Coming out of the factory October 2011, this book which combines family history with history of places such as Singapura, Johor, Batu Pahat, Muar and in fact the history of the island of Java and England has been reviewed with me interviewed live in the program Selamat Pagi Malaysia at RTM1. Look at the article Siaran langsung ulasan buku "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" dan temu ramah di Selamat Pagi Malaysia. Some selected contents have been featured in Sneak peek "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah".

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The "Berpetualang ke Aceh" series of novels could be obtained in e-book form. Enter http://www.e-sentral.com/, click general novel and go to page 4. You can also type the word "Aceh" at the search box. Or click straight Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Views around Tanah Rata

Continued from The night trip from Gua Musang to Cameron Highlands...

1st September 2009, a morning view of Tanah Rata...

And a view to the right from our hotel room of course...

Soon it's time to check out and explore more of Tanah Rata...

For the record Tanah Rata is the main town in Cameron Highlands. It is called Tanah Rata (literally the level ground) as it lies on a relatively large plateu. The highlands is situated at 1,800 metres above sea level. Most parts lie on gradients of hillsides and are hardly level...

At the local park lies giant replicas of vegetables signifying Cameron Highland as a famous place for vegetable produce...

Here one could see a certain river running through it...

We went further towards the greens...

Green houses like these are common where vegetables and flowers are grown in a controlled climate, green houses which when lighted at night glows like some sort of giant radio-active alien worm or centipede as shown (although not as clear as viewed by my own naked eyes) in the article The night trip from Gua Musang to Cameron Highlands...

We soon arrive at this part of the river which runs through Tanah Rata...

I left the car to take a walk into the jungle...

This is where the river gives way to a waterfall, the rather famous Robinson Falls...

We next went to the local TM (Telekom Malaysia) apartments to check out the rates and the view, maybe for future visits. For the record, my wife is a TM employee and she can get very good discounted rates...