After a successful birding trip to Taiping Lake Gardens, I was looking forward to our next main birding stop in Taman Negara but first we would spend a night in Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands.  This hill resort has completely different birds to the rainforests.

I had Sentosa Villa call the taxi driver from yesterday and he showed up in 10 minutes. 

I sat in the front seat knowing that as we came down the hill we would pass the trees where we had seen the Long-tailed Parakeets the day before.  I was not disappointed.  One parakeet was sitting in the tree eating.  The driver stopped while I jumped out and grabbed some photos.  A 2nd bird flew by and this bird flew off with the other one.   A nice but brief sighting!

We continued on to the bus station and bought tickets for the first leg of the trip to Ipoh.  We didn’t have long to wait as a bus was already parked there and boarding.  Fares were pretty cheap, less than $5 and this was a simple bus, not the deluxe bus we were in before.

Here’s a few shots out the window between Taiping and Ipoh.  The bus only had a few passengers.

In Ipoh, we changed to a different bus for the longer trip to Tanah Rata, the main town in the Cameron Highlands.

Was this Kingfisher lost?

Now entering the Cameron Highlands.

Tanah Rata bus station – end of the road.