Normal-lah..If low-land super hot, it sure affect the highland. If during the cooler months i.e from Nov-Feb, u will experience very cool temp @ CH

For eg from Nov-Feb, Avg temp day ~19-22C & night ~ 16C-17C...I hv recorded temp as low as 15C during Dec 2007.
But during May-Sept, temp during day ~25C & night ~19C

This post has been edited by stimix: Jun 28 2009, 08:52 PM

Yeah the main road there having few tour agent offering diff packages....it can be full day trip or 1/2 day...I booked the 1/2 day Rafflesia tour (Need junglr tracking) for RM60. for full day, I think some of them giving RM88 special rate now..to hunt for the rafflesia flowers.

Check my earlier posting here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=26367291

Got..Foot reflexology...I think 2 there along Tanah rata...Brinchang no idea....pricing X1.5 of KL.

Kavy I think is just a budget hotel, previously located at Tanah Rata & now moved to Brinchang.

Not sure about the flora hotel. Titiwangsa as reviewed by others....None of the hotels I stayed b4 so I reserved my comment

If u stay at Century Pine which is in Tanah Rata & coming from KL, no point making such a big loop to Spg Pulai & ended up got stuck in the jam at Kea farm & brinchang b4 reaching Tanah Rata..It's better using the old road..not so bad as others mentioned...the road is still the same narrow & lotsa minor landslide but in good condition. I prefer using old road rather than the new one.

I think staying @ Tanah Rata better for those without transport as that's the town wthh bust station, taxi station, banks, post office, hospital, travel agents, better food than the slaughtering houses at Brinchang & more budget hotels than brinchang.

The only advantage that I can see on brinchang is they have a huge Pasar malam compare to a rather tiny one in Tanah Rata..that's what u mean wth activities...

If u mean activities like visisting farms & tea plantation, staying either one of the location does not make any diff because all those places are distances away from both towns...U need to arrange wth the travel agencies at tanah Rata for those activities, Otherwise, the bus/taxi station at Tanah Rata (No such facility in Brinchang)

Yeah century pine is within walking distance from the "bust" station.

Not sure about the taxi rate or even the bus services bcos all the time driving there.

The distance between both town is ~4.5km..Normally Mat Salleh walk from Tanah Rata to brinchang...cooler temperature so 5km walk is not bad...I hv seen them walking up to Gunung Brinchang too from the main road junction..

Mat Salleh luv CH too...not really on the weather which is common to them but more on the sceneries, nature & the fact that easier & cheaper to see Rafflesia flower in CH...via numerous agencies in Tanah Rata..

If feeling too tire, just hitch hike any cars/jeep to/fro Brinchang...I did stopped once tumpang a Mat Salleh walking down Gunung Brinchang..kesian that Mat Salleh

On top of Marybrown Tanah rata. Closed on Sunday. Their name probably change to My Lord's Cafe by now
Name changed in malfreemaps already.

Passing-by frequently there..just a normal flat type of accomodation & downstairs are dorminated by flat/shoplots u can find anywhere in KL...They are more like local residential flats 7 owners renovated it into rented apartments..more like a flat..Anyway they are pretty new.. just opened sometime mid/end of 2007. the expansions of those flats really enlarge Tanah Rata resindential area..

Tanah rata for quiet environment & cheaper food
Brinchang for noisy, happening & more varieties & big pasar malam. But be prepared to kena slaughter

CH Resort haunted-leh...I can feel on leh during Merlin time liao..me sked..

Isn't that price over killing ...Even the resoanable & much better taste steamboat at Tanah rata such as Mayflower, hong Kong & Nyonya fern never exceed Rm14/pax

Try the original scone & not the fruity scone can liao..that one suxx. I only tapau both bck bcos restaurant closed liao by the time I reached.

If in Brinchang normaly dinner & thereafter pasar malam.

At Tanah Rata, after dinner straight away bck to the guest house garden & sit down there for hours chatting wth others mat Salleh/ climbers while watching my termometer temperature keeps on dropping from 19C to 15C by midnite

Bo lui liao..X ada wang X ada amoi... ..I can only enjois the cool & peep the amoi from far liao

Yeah interm of pubs, TR having more...German, & few more but not my cup of wine. T-Cafe (Soon My Lord cafe)...is more like cafe/ restaurant

..Anyway,,,I'm not into clubbing-lah....I goto CH also concentrate & look for new roads to track..nowadays..

Hi KC, long time din see u here...Anymore Indo-chiona trips recently

I think u mean Habu Tea plantation? No I don't but 1 day....I'm not sure whether they allow us to enter that area but for sure it will join somewhere near Jalan Batu 49 further North...I hv tracked jln Bt 49 without MTB...Stop short after road getting bad at Kg Getan orang asli settlement
However those PCC MTB event did that b4 but none of them submitted the tracklogs U can check one of malsingmaps sifu's tracklogs from this Epic DH from Kuala Terla Jln Bt 49 down to Habu Tea plantation..I was like at his stamina...not easy....
http://www.malsingmaps.com/forums/viewtopi...t=13904&start=0

Check the yellow line on the latest MFM...this is the possible tracks from Kuala Terla far north via Jln Bt49 (Tracked 1/2 way by me...) to Habu Tea Plantation way far South of CH!



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Added: After revisited Malsingmaps ex-mapper/guru (turbosnail) link above, noted that he had posted his tracklogs ..but I don't think it's updated in the maps..not sure why... .If it's added to malsingmaps...this will be an additional trail that will never in MFM unless turbosnail post it in MFM

Sumore after checking the photoblog...Those trail are jungle trail..so impossible there will be link...my mistake Anyway, I will try bringing my MTB during nxt CH trip.

This post has been edited by stimix: Aug 11 2009, 09:25 AM

geee... bro..I hv been continously warn lotsa ppl about Brinchang food liao..yet u pulak kena liao