The road up Mount Brinchang

Continuing from A morning look at the town of Brinchang.

For my next destination I took a junction about 4 km after the town of Brinchang and entered a small winding road.

The road passes through a tea plantation.

It leads to the summit of a mountain from which Brinchang town got its name.

The road then got much narrower, just enough for one car to pass through.

I understand its total length from the junction is 7 km. But all the twisting and turning climbing up the mountain made the trip up seems much further. At this point I decided to rest my bike. There's a junction leading elsewhere...

You see my bike is air-cooled. It means the engines need to have a fair amount of moving or rather speeding air to cool it down. I can't ride fast up the mountain road and that made the engine heat up fast. Resting the bike I decided to take a walk down this road.

It leads to a vegetable plantation area.

When I felt the bike has had enough rest the trip up the mountain was continued. Just about a kilometre after this sign which is about a km before the summit I found a very interesting place. Look in the next article...

A morning look at the town of Brinchang

Time to continue the solo big bike travel stories. Continued from Walking from Tanah Rata mosque.

Monday morning 13th August 2012, after having a short but nice sleep at the Tanah Rata mosque I left for the town of Brinchang.

 This town is situated about 5 km heading north from Tanah Rata.

I've read somewhere that Brinchang is the biggest town in Cameron Highlands.

Visually it's hard for me to verify if it is bigger than Tanah Rata.

What I could say for sure is Brinchang has more taller buildings. And I think it is the highest town in the highlands. 

Walking from Tanah Rata mosque

Last article for the day. Continuing from Bharat plantations from a higher point of view.

Upon reaching Tanah Rata I immediately headed for its mosque.

I intend to spend the night here.

 The mosque is located on top a hill overlooking a field next to town.

After washing myself and wearing a set of fresh clothes, I walked to town.

Tanah Rata has a nice colourful side walk that is best enjoyed on foot.

Then I saw a staircase behind the shoplots.

Climbing up I took different views of the town.

Back to the main road. If I remember correctly this view is towards the south with the road leading to the lower town of Ringlet.

Bharat plantations from a higher point of view

Going on to the 1,001th article in this blogspot. Continued from A misty after rain look at the Bharat plantations .

Further up towards Tanah Rata lies another tea house.

Unlike the previous, this one is directly accesible from the main road.

Operated by the same tea company it faces the same plantations albeit from a different and higher angle.

A misty after rain look at the Bharat plantations

Continued from A look at some development just after entering Cameron Highlands.

The nice weather I have enjoyed since leaving Raub soon gave way to heavy rain. Due to the lack (or rather, non-existence) of shelters along the way I had to push on till I reached a petrol station in Ringlet, the first proper town in Cameron Highlands along the way. After the rain had subsided only did I continue heading for the bigger town of Tanah Rata. On the way lies a tea plantation that is hard to miss.

It is must stop for many.

The tea shop here provides the ideal rest...

From here you get some of the best views in Cameron Highlands.

If not for the fact that I was doing the obligatory Ramadhan fasting I would definitely have a cuppa.

Still it's so serene to just enjoy the misty after rain view. For the record this is the 1,000th article in this blogspot. :]

A look at some development just after entering Cameron Highlands

Continued from The views from a fully elevated part of the Sungai Koyan-Cameron Highlands road.

Soon I entered the district of Cameron Highlands. After passing some logging area I caught sight of a valley.

Vast tracts of the it has been cleared.

It seems plenty of logging has been done making way for some sort of development.

Is it part of the resort development of Cameron Highland? Well, I doubt it as the location seems hard to access for casual visitors. For the record this is the 999th article in this blogspot.