Trip to Cameron Highlands

         Last week, on 9th March, at the start of the School Hols, I went to

Cameron Highland for a trip with my sibs and mom and dad, 5 of us.

We started from KL very late, at round 8pm (yeah my workplace was a bitch

and I had to stay till 6pm) So came home at about 7pm and thus, following

the Tapah route (I know, right) we got at Tapah at around 10pm. The Tapah

route was pretty horrible. If it wasn't because I had my little brother with me

I'd turned back!! It was dark and the road was curving like 45 degree! 

My brother was driving though but halfway he got nausea and I had to take 

over. Not to mention it started to rain! So caution guys, go to Cameron

only through the day if not may God help you...

    Suffice to say I arrived at 12.30am at the Heritage Hotel which is at

Tanah Rata. The hotel was cool cuz it saved a room for us and we got 

quite a nice room(could be nicer tho) But man it was so darn cold that

night. I slept around 3(am a late sleeper) My mom accidently switched

on the fan on her way to the toilet and I was like um freezing! Seriously

guys you gotta bring sweaters and socks and blankets for nights here..

    The next day got a nice English-ish breakfast at Heritage and 1 even

get to eat complementary scones (which cost a whopping RM 13 each!)

We checked out by noon cuz there's a new hotel waiting for us (ehem)

     On our way to the Strawberry Park Resort, we stopped at Taman

Agrotek Mardi at Tanah Rata, just within walking distance of the hotel

(ok, maybe 7 minutes ride)

The entrance

      The place was pretty cool. We get to see the R&D there though it

was not strawberry season but the flowers there aah would melt any

frustration (that's me of course. My bro was perhaps indifferent LOL)

Be warned that I will post a barrage of images on flowers cuz I love them!

Looks familiar but it's not! Though it reminded me of a salad LOL

These are called Ladies Shoes because they do, uh, look like one :)

Information about Wild Orchids. Really 'wild' the place looks like a bush no kidding

These flowers are like weeds anywhere else but in Cameron, ta-da!

        There's this one section in the Taman Agrotek that they actually sell

these potted flowers. It's called Tanaman Hiasan Berpasu something.

        The flowers there are gorgeous but given but the price, not so much. 

Nonetheless, if you scour all over Cameron for the prices, the prices 

here are relatively cheaper. I have this suspicion that all the other places

take their plants from here and so they sell at higher price oh well.

 

 

      So my mom bought a few pots of blue lily and orchids. BTW I discovered

a few orchids that resemble the names of a class at my school and the

Sports Houses.

      There you have it. There were also potted cacti for those who love cactus.

       We wanted to look at the strawberries but they were not in season and 

still green (yuck) but we had strawberry juice and strawberry chocolate on

sticks( no pics cuz no time, had to devour oh those delicious munchies!)

But still for some education about strawberries planted at Cameron.

 

       We stepped out at 1.22 pm and the weather was very nice and cold-y,

but I LOIKE. The temperature was 22. The sun was shining very bright but

you don't feel the heat. When it's windy, the wind was like from the air-cond.

ICY and LIKEY. :-)

       When we're done, we stopped by a strawberry farm, you know to

eat ICE CREAM!! STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM!!

     Though they sell strawberries, we didn't buy cuz I bet the price was more

expensive. I wanted to shop at the Pasar Tani where they sell at bargain 

price(or so they say)

     So we checked in at the Strawberry Park Resort. Lemme tell you this

place has no elevators!! I mean I paid like more than 200 per room but

there are only stairs! Now pardon my French but I paid that amount so

lifts should exist!! However, thank God Cameron is such a cold place

that walking up and down the stairs doesn't actually make you sweat. 

Still they refurnished the room nicely so as to make up for the non-existant

elevators.

      I enjoyed the Victorian style of the furnishing but only because it made

me all Sherlock Holmes-y Forgot to take the pics of the bathroom, quite nice too

except no bath tub. Maybe they're saving water cuz this hotel is up at 

Brinchang and water pressure could be a bitch who knows.

     That nite went out for the Pasar Malam at Brinchang, it was full of

people and many things to sell. I was busy buying dinner (cuz it's quite hard

to buy Malay food in CH) and a few souvenirs so no pictures (bummer)

Had wished for but well...

    The next day we went for the Pasar Tani, and we bought a lot of things

like Jagung Mutiara-a corn that you could eat raw, strawberries and jam

and juices and keychains and pillows and umbrellas. I don't know but the

strawberry umbrella tugged my heart. Again no pics cuz girl was busy

shopping!

           After we checked out from the hotel, we went up to the Rose Valley

at Tringkap on the way going down to KL through Simpang Pulai. I must

say, an adult is charged RM4 per entry but it's not worth it. I mean not

enough flowers there. I got bored and went out after 30 minutes (though

my family stayed for over an hour, maybe it's just me) Still I was camw***ing

          Well, we arrived home at 7pm (ironic huh since we started out at

7pm too). All in all, it was a nice journey, pleasant and we had a great

time. Though next time, buy big strawberries cuz they last longer than those

puny redder strawberries. They sour faster and never ever freeze them cuz

they turn out soft jellied and sticky.

my pumpkin was happy i finally got home <3