Cameron Highlands

Mid of May 2007, I went with my best guy friend all the way to Cameron Highlands from the city. We decided to go right after we had dinner. It was such a spurr of the moment thing, we got bored and we needed some fresh air. We arrived nearly at dawn and ate roti bakar and teh tarik to warm us up. Next we drove up to Equatorial Hotel. The mountain breeze constantly stroke my face as I wound down my window. I could smell the dew and the road looked like a passage to the fairytale woods, the branches sway above us in silent. The moment we parked the car, the first light of morning sun shone through, we were at the top of the hill, the hotel yard, looked down below us the breath-taking view in the mist of chilling air. Out of the blue, my best guy friend proposed and we’ve been married for more than a year now. We can’t forget that moment. Our getaway becomes our most romantic memento.

A sweet escapade for city-dwellers. Especially people living in the region of singapore/indonesia/malaysia. Its a great destination for a get-away from the hustle and bustle of city life. The weather compliments the ambience perfectly, with cooling temperatures. Unlike the usual tropical weather we experience in South-East-Asia. Well in a land where everything grows well, and all the flowers are blooming, fruits are bearing. Its unlikely you wont enjoy the peace of the highlands.

I was up in Cameron Highlands again over the weekend. The weather wasn’t as cooling as it used to be anymore. But still awesome. A beautiful place to get away to spend some time alone or with a special someone. wink

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Cameron Highlands is famous for its tea plantations among its other vegetable farming etc.

The pace is slow there and is ideal if you want to go to a place and do nothing.

Go visit the tea plantation and get yourself some nice tea while you are there.

The air is nice there and the temperature cool.

However, the ‘strawberry’ farms is not as great as those in Melbourne.

Internet access is minimum… you can probably get it at the hotel at a cost.

Don’t u like it?

The weather is cool. even it is in Malaysia, tropical country but all year round the weather is 14 to 25 C. Cool…......
the lowest ever recorded in Gunung Brinchang is 8 C. lots of beautiful flowers, butterflies, veges…....

I spent one whole month up in Cameron’s for bible school. The weather was simply amazing. Sweet strawberries, beautiful flowers and fresh, clean air. A far cry from the air anywhere else in Malaysia. A place definitely worth stopping by. Quaint and the locals are friendly. A must try food would be pancakes in Tanah Rata. Absolutely fabulous stuff. I am dying to get back there sometime soon.

no. I almost threw up on the way up. :( But otherwise it was actually pretty nice. Real cool. And there were strawberries!! :) but rather boring otherwise.

I don’t really think it is worth the ride….