14October2025 Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia
Breakfast in our Pullman Cabin is so cramped it is near impossible to eat. Pastries galore and all manner of fruit including dragon fruit and various melon pieces on a skewer sitting atop a bowl of yogurt. A delicious bowl of pork congee for me. I do love this Asian rice porridge. I heard a few fellow passengers were squirted with a stream of chocolate filling in their pain au chocolat. No such misfortune for me.
At 08:00 the train stopped at Maripoh station in Malaysia and our group was picked up in jeeps with a guide to transport us to Taman Negara National Park with one of the oldest rain forests in Malaysia composed of dense jungle, wide rivers and lush mountains. Once a habitat of the Malay tiger, the national animal of Malaysia, which is emblazoned on Malaysia’s coat of arms and on the insignia of the Eastern & Oriental Express. The Malay tiger is now an endangered species. Incredible ride through the forest and no tigers seen although a pile or two of elephant droppings. We had started with a long walk on suspension bridges giving us an aerial view of the rain forest. Lush and verdant.
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