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2007
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Cameron Highlands

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Tea plantations, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Allan and Margaret picking tea, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Allan Rickmann

Tea plants on the rolling hills of the Cameron Highlands. The tea bushes are regularly cut back to waist height to make the leaves easier to pick and to encourage the growth of new leaves.

Pitcher plant, mossy jungle, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia  Mossy Jungle, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Allan Rickmann

Chinda shows Margaret a pitcher plant. Insects are attracted to the flower and then slip inside and are trapped in the liquid in the plant. They are then digested by the plant. Margaret admiring the sights and sounds of the mossy jungle.

Ali, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia  Ali and Margaret at Cameron Highlands waterfall, Malaysia

Ali and Margaret at a waterfall in the jungle.

Margaret practices using a blow pipe, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia  Ali and Allan. Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Margaret practices using a blow pipe before we set off. Allan spotting potential game in the jungle. At this point Ali was using poison tipped darts.

Leech. Cameron Highlands, Malaysia  Millipede, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Margaret with one of the leeches. Margaret shows off a live giant millipede bracelet.

Ali waves goodbye, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Ali waves goodbye and disappears into the jungle.

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