Cameron Highlands - Houses

 A hill top house on the edge of Brinchang.

Mock Tudor, and black & white decoration to  houses and hotels, is something of a theme in the Cameron architecture. And yes, those chimney are real,  real chimneys at the base of which are real fireplaces.  The annual mean temperature here is 18 deg C and the evenings are cold, down to 8 deg.

Jim Thompson's Cottage. Jim Thompson (Born March 1906 - disappeared March 1967) was an American businessman who helped revitalise the Thai silk industry in the 1950s and 1960s. At the time of his disappearance he was one of the most famous Americans in SE Asia. He was staying at this, the Moonlight bungalow, and it is from here that he took off on his last evening walk never to return.

Seen from the upper BOH Tea plantation tea house veranda.  I think it is an hotel, a sort of  Mock Tutor meets Victorian Queen Anne style San Francisco meets Swiss Cottage Chocolate Box style house. A house with an identity problem. Interesting.