It was a long walk to the Sungei Palas Boh Tea Plantation, the ‘main event’ of our walk. Fortunately, a friendly group of young Malaysians stopped to give us a lift in their car as the rain began battering down once more. Their kindness will not be forgotten! Malaysians, generally, are a kind and helpful lot. We made it to the Boh Tea Plantation down and up a long, winding, narrow road that, from all sides, offered enchanting vistas. Boh was perched up much higher than the surrounding plantations, it’s status as Malaysia’s largest producer of premium black tea unquestioned. Boh has been around for ages, since before the time of Ye Olde Smokehouse even. It was founded in 1929 by British businessman J.A Russel. Around the tea packing factory, the mini-museum and the tea-tasting rooms lies 8000 acres of land planted with tea. Vero and I had a scone and a cup of tea chosen from the wide range on offer, and enjoyed the panoramic views from the balcony of the teahouse. We then joined a short tour of the factory and learned about the 5 steps in tea-processing, Withering, Rolling, Fermentation, Drying, Sorting…..and when that is done one last essential part – Tasting. Tea is examined for colour, brightness and aroma. Not a bad job. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience – and it comes highly recommended. When the tour had finished we had no means of getting back to the town, so we asked a German tourist and his girlfriend if we could grab a ride with them as they had a hire taxi waiting for them. They let us jump in, and dropped us off at in Tanah Rata. From here we got a taxi to the Heritage Hotel, another charming tudor-style relic, where we enjoyed a drink on the balcony which offered stunning views of the valley below. The taxi driver was waiting for us when we got back down, so we had easy passage back to the hotel. A great day