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Cameron Highlands end of Ramadan

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  1. chrisandeddy
    Member

    Hi, My husband and I will be travelling around Malaysia in September, 2009. The itinerary we have worked out will take us to the Cameron Highlands on 17th September and we plan a stay of 2 or 3 nights.
    We have now found out that this coincides with a long weekend celebrating the end of Ramadan and it has been suggested to us that we should change our plans. Unfortunately this is a little difficult to do. If we don't visit as planned we may miss out on Cameron Highlands altogether and that would be extremely disappointing.
    Can anyone advise of problems that we may encounter if we try and come on the 17th?
    We will be relying on public transport from KL (thanks for your advice earlier this year Jan)and when we leave we will be heading for Taiping before going to Penang.
    Will the tours of Cameron Highlands still be operating during this time? If the only problem is crowds of people, then that is no problem for us. I think it would be nice to be part of the celebrations.
    Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Christa.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. jan
    Webmaster

    Uh, uh... looks like you will have problem with transport. This is when almost everybody be they Muslim, non-Muslim, Malay, Chinese, Indians will be taking opportunity to "balik kampung" (go back home town) to visit their families. It is tradition. So expect heavy traffic and jams on the highway. The most difficult part would be getting tickets for public transport - buses and trains - all the tickets would be sold out. You need to buy them at least one to two months in advance.

    Tours and restaurant would still be open, but not the Malay stalls. Food wouldn't be a problem. I doubt there will be much of crowd up there as most would be going back to their hometown rather than go for a holiday, though some crowd might be expected.

    The main problem is still transport. If there is some way you can book your tickets in advance from way over there you would be fine.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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