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The Tea Plantation Mar 28
The Cameron Highlands is a mountainous area in central Malaysia (peninsular) dominated by agriculture. Various farms grow all types of crops, fruit, flowers, and tea. Tea is the biggest crop produced in the area, and several large tea plantations are open to the public. We took the local bus from our guesthouse in Tanah Rata, one of the many small towns in the area, to the entrance road for one of the Boh Tea Plantations. (Boh is the largest tea company in Malaysia).
Scammed by HP Mar 14
Yes, hard drives go bad and crap happens. I'm in the software industry; I understand this perhaps more than the average person. It is one thing though to sell a bad product, but an entirely other thing to ridicule and lie to your customers about it. I spent about 6 hours over 2 days on hold only to repeatedly talk to employees that were either incompetent or unwilling to help. Some were flat out rude.
The Mekong Delta Mar 8
Large boats made mostly of wood seemed to be permanent fixtures on the river. The main part of these boats was covered, and the motors were large long-tail engines where the propeller was at the end of a long 20 foot pole. From the random clutter on the boats we could see that most of them were where the families lived as well as worked. Smaller boats zipped back and forth between the larger boats carrying all types of produce and goods.
