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I turned 33 while in Malaysia! If you would have asked me what I thought I would be doing on my 33rd birthday, celebrating in the hill country of Malaysia would be the farthest from my mind.
But that is exactly what I got to do!! And it was amazing! We decided to take a bus to the hill country to explore a different side of Malaysia. I must has it was a nice change from the hustle and bustle of major busy cities.
Cameron Highlands are located approximately 3 hours north of Kuala Lumpur. Their main attraction are tea plantation and strawberry farms. Now this may not sound very exciting; but it was beautiful sights and we had a great time exploring the small town of Tanah Ranah.
BOH Tea Plantation
Bee farmers and their bee hives

The hostel we stayed at was perfect location and of course we grabbed some Asia food for dinner and a couple beers with a new friend we made on the bus trip to the highlands.
I am on a soup kick- so delicious
I had a TomYum noodle soup and it was divine. Cameron Highlands are a cooler temperature and soup was perfect! We then found the only bar in the city; which so happened to also be a country bar; and had a few buckets of beer.

The next morning we got up early to go on a tour of a butterfly garden, insect/reptile farm, strawberry farm, bee farm and tea plantation.
Malaysia's butterfly was about 5 inches long!
Everything was very interesting, but I enjoyed the tea plantation the best. It provide excellent views of the hillside as well as tea and desserts. I had the lychee-strawberry tea and coconut banana bread; DELICIOUS!

The next day we returned back to Kuala Lumpur and wanted to explore the night markets and Petronas Twin Towers. The towers were incredible! At night they shown brightly and looked flawless.
Rainbow Dim Sum
 This is their style of a BBQ-all of the food is skewed and you just choose what you want!

 
We went to the night market and gauked at all the street food, fruit and entertainment. I once again had TomYum soup. I think I am addicted!
Petronas Towers
We called in a night around 11pm because we had a 6am flight to our next country- CAMBODIA!

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