Tuesday, September 11, 2012

The Mossy Forest of Cameron Highlands

Continued from The road up Mount Brinchang.


About  a kilometre before the summit of Mount Brinchang there's this clearing.


There's a staircase leading to something called the Mossy Forest maintained by the Forestry Department.


As I climbed up the stairs I could see the summit of Mount Brinchang.




Then there's a wooden walkway which sits very near to the border between the states of Pahang and Perak.





Notice the moss on the trees.


Later did I found out the walkway follows the ridge connecting Mount Brinchang to the higher  peak of Mount Irau 2.35 km to the north-west.


Along the way is the Mossy Forest. I started noticing other visitors.


I don't know what they were up to, I just wanted to enjoy the views...














Slightly further I could see the summit of Mount Brinchang again.


If I remember correctly this is the only mountain in Cameron Highlands and around with telecommunication towers.


Looking back at the other visitors I could then see they were taking wedding pictures.


On to exploring the forest...





Here I should be on the Perak side.





Do note that the walkway is situated 2000 metres or 6,561 feet above sea level!


There are places where it goes down.


There are places it went up.


Then I reached a point where it just went down. Time to get back to my bike and continue the journey up the summit of Mount Brinchang...


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