The Misty Magical Mossy Forest {Cameron Highlands, Malaysia}

The Mossy Forest is something straight out of an eerie fairytale… or Lord of the Rings. This forest can be found on the top of Mount Brinchang in the Cameron Highlands. The tall trees are covered in green moss, and when you walk inside the forest, it is like you are walking inside of a cloud- it is misty all around you. I loved taking photos inside because of the way the sunlight seeped through the cloudy mist and onto the trail… it was MAGICAL.

We went inside the forest with a guide, and only stayed for about 45 minutes. Our guide was telling us how it is dangerous to go hiking inside this forest because people get lost (usually adventurous Europeans). I believe he said in just the past few months there were 6 Europeans who were missing lost but thank God they were found in 2 days!

One editing tip I learned is using vignettes to help bring focus and drama into my photos. I am using vignettes in almost all of the photos below.

This is the road we drove up to arrive at the entrance of the Mossy Forest.

Jungle Walk to Robinson Falls {Cameron Highlands, Malaysia}

I love hiking!!  Even though I’ve been to the Cameron Highlands before, I had never done a hike there. Tony and I decided to check out Robinson Falls, since it wasn’t supposed to be too difficult of a hike (we had baby with us so we didn’t want to do anything too strenuous). The weather was warm and cloudy. It looked like it could rain at any moment.

Rolling Tea Hills and Majestic Clouds.

For our most recent holiday, we went to Malaysia! This was my 4th time in Malaysia… just cuz I love it there.  We decided to go to Cameron Highlands, even though I have been there before, because of the cool weather (it is similar to California) and also because Tony had never been there before.

The Cameron Highlands are filled with beautiful, green, rolling hills of tea. On top of that, the clouds there are BREATHTAKING. Most of the pictures I took below try to capture the beautiful sky and the land.

A view of one of the valleys. This photo has not been edited.

Today I field trip to Silk Island. Seven of us hopped onto a tuk tuk and also took a ferry to arrive there.  Silk Island is not too far from Phnom Penh- just a 30 minute tuk tuk ride and 10 minute ferry ride- and yet it feels like you are worlds away. It is much more calm, and the people in Silk Island were so friendly to us..  I have lived in Phnom Penh for 1.5 years now, so it was nice to be somewhere in Cambodia that I have never been to.  (Note: no edits have been made to these photos)