Going the Cameron Highlands from Raub these days is much easier because the connecting route from Pos Betau to Bertam valley was finally put up somewhere towards the second half of this year. It is now possible to make even day trips to the highlands...points to ponder.
That having been said, one of the first things I revisited was the magnificent Sungei Palas Tea Estate which is still in the possession of the Russel family. Much has been updated to accommodate visitors but I noticed they don't ferment and process tea on the old factory anymore, just very clean machines not doing what they were made to do - manufacturing. It is now a museum showpiece. Dommage.
That having been said, one of the first things I revisited was the magnificent Sungei Palas Tea Estate which is still in the possession of the Russel family. Much has been updated to accommodate visitors but I noticed they don't ferment and process tea on the old factory anymore, just very clean machines not doing what they were made to do - manufacturing. It is now a museum showpiece. Dommage.
Rolling green slopes planted with tea...
Tea in all its splendors served at the most English of ambience possible in the tropics en masse.
Unoccupied seats waiting for more tourists...and this place has no shortage of them!
At the museum...
An old furnace methinks...
A furnace door...all in cast iron.
Collection bags in jute. They are used for picking tea leaves.
Quarters...so old world colonial 'charm'.
The new tea house overhanging the cliff.
Tea plant close up.
At the exit, with a view of the estate's smokehouse at the top of the hill.
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