Friday, September 11, 2009



Cameron Highlands; a highland region famous for its cool weather, tea plantations, strawberry, flowers and vegetables farms which is located in Pahang . A little more information and history about Cameron Highlands can be found at Wikipedia .



The Apartment we stayed
We took about an hour and a half drive from Ipoh to reach Brinchang; biggest town in Cameron Highlands at the moment. Upon reaching everyone unloaded their stuffs and quickly indulged ourselves with wild durians which we've bought halfway on the way to Cameron. It was simply DELICIOUS! * apologies for no durian pictures as I was busy helping myself to some of it! ^_^
Rice Cooker Steamboat anyone?
Later we were all treated with vege steamboat dinner using rice cooker! Those of you have yet to try out must really try it out as it takes ages to cook! As all of us has no experience to make the steamboat, it was not a fulfilling dinner for all of us :(

Mah Jong Session
"Mah Jong" session was the next itenary for those gamblers whose hand has been itching since before dinner.....It was a very funny moment looking at these bunch of gamblers playing with their facial expression....

Starbucks lor...
We later adjourned for some hot tea/coffee drinks at Starbucks as most of the other cafes and even mamaks are CLOSED at 11pm! Was a nice experience to have drinks with a bunch of close mates sipping warm drinks while feeling the cool breeze....

BOH Tea Plantation
We visited 3 tea plantations namely 2 from BOH and 1 from Cameron Valley during our stay at Cameron which is quite an interesting experience as all 3 plantations gave us a different feeling. All has their own "cafe" outleft which overlook the tea plantations but the most special is the Sg Palas BOH plantation whereby the cafe is situated on top of the hill with a portion of the cafe stretches out from its base. With open air design, the customers are able to enjoy their meal/drinks with beautiful view and nice cool breeze. It is a must experience for visitors visiting Cameron!

BIG RED Strawberry

During our stay, we also managed to visit 2 strawberry farms which 1 has vegetables farm and both has nursery selling flowers. It's a recommended experience for visitors to visits these strawberry farms to try plucking their own strawberries as you will have a more accomplished feeling plucking your own strawberries as my mates was all fired up during the process...One cannot forget those happy faces when they find the BIGGEST & RIPEST strawberries...



Beautiful CARPS

We also went to a temple where one of my mates is hoping to visit. This particular temple has many well carve statues of deities with historical meanings if you're able to read Chinese. Also right at the entrance there is a small pond where it's crystal clear water surprises you with carps of multitude colors and friendly ones they are with no qualms of rising above water level hoping to get some meal out strangers! One also can touch and feel the smooth and beautifully scaled fishes!


Sg Palas BOH Tea Plantation
7 of us went up and we were all satisfied even though the trip was short planned. If there were more time, there are some other locations which could be visited which is by the lake, waterfall, honey farm as well as orchid/rose gardens! Well I guess it's not just the destination but also the people you travel with that makes an overall GREAT TRIP!

7 make a FAMILY

I would like to thank all me mates for a wonderful trip and looking forward for more!

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