I’ve placed reservation for accommodation in three locations viz Kuala Selangor, Kuantan and Cameron Highland (CH). In Cameron highland itself I’ve booked few hotels and resorts…sounds greedy huh? Well, sometimes you plan vacation not for yourself, it’s for the children. It’s not so much difficult for the young man but the young lady…you’ll get nervous breakdown entertaining her moods and requirements or “terms and conditions” (tc) sort of when going for short vacation. Deciding the location is one problem choosing the accommodation is another. Taking into consideration that it was quite sometimes since we last visited CH, everyone mutually agreed to go there and the tc set by the young lady and the young man was that “not more than two nights”. Amongts other reasons, the young lady claimed that she has got so much school home works to be done and for the young man said that he had pre-planned a bowling game with his friends. ..

Cameron Highland seemed to have more apartments and resorts to let compared to just probably a year ago. More hills seemed to have been explored for more vegetables farms and also resort hotels. More foreign workers manning the farms and I and many probably doubt their identities whether legally or illegally entered our country. On more hill forest lands being converted to other land use and more foreign workers in CH, personally I feel something must be done by our government to minimize social and environmental impacts.

We stayed in apartment in Tanah Rata which I’d consider not cheap but very cozy and so much at home. What is important children and hubby are happy with the accommodation? We started our day in CH by sauntering the town of Tanah Rata after we checked in. Then we had simple dinner and went back to the apartment. We spent the night watching movie and eating junk food. The next day after breakfast in a nearby stall we drove right up to Lojing which is actually already in the district of Kelantan. We enjoyed the sceneries and a little bit chill weather. There were not many vehicles yet in CH. We made the right decision to have gone there earlier as according to a local, during the Chinese New Year it’ll take two hours just to drive from Tanah Rata to Brinchang due to holiday makers/tourists flocking CH. We made a u-turn in Lojing and drove downwards and made several stops in Kg Raja, Blue Valley, Tringkap, Terla and finally filled up petrol in Brinchang. Brincang is not that far from Tanah Rata. we decided to continue the visit to Brinching after a short rest back in apartment in the evening. There was a night market in Brinchang we strolled few rounds and realized strawberry dip in honey is the favorite snacks on sale…and of course we too had strawberries dip in honey day and night for three consecutive days and two nights!!

The day that we checked out we had gone to the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI). A place that we never missed to visit whenever in CH. A place where we gained knowledge either by asking directly to the officer in charge or just read the information provided. We discovered the apple leaves are different from the one that we’re having at home..and made us wonder what kind of apple tree that we have but definitely not the granny smith, anna, rome beauty acetra in CH. Whatever, we anna apple is more like wild guava and reminded me of the apple tree in the back yard of a friend in Wales. As for the grapes, there are various types cultivated for research purposes too. Bali, black currant, Moskat, brazillian, I.A.C, Isabela to name a few. We cultivated grape too but never bore any fruits and the road widening project had shelved the idea to recultivate grape at home. As for the pear tree, it looked like “ciku” tree from a distance.

Our tour that started as early as 8.30 am ended almost noon and everyone was tired by then.We left CH and headed KL via Tapah. We didn’t stop at bharat tea for scones or tea since we already stopped on the day we drove up. We’d planned to visit “our friends” while on the way down to KL. We made several stops and met Din, Apong, Kecik and other family members. We bought wild orchid and kind of fern known as “ayam emas”. Din had shown us a kind of leaf called “serokok”. Din demonstrated how to roll tobacco using it and though it's green and as fresh as any other leaves in the jungle, it can be ignited and inhaled just like ordinary cigarette. The children didn't witness the demo though, all were inside the pickup in hunger....We had our lunch in Tapah and there on stopped at Kalumpang for "cendol pulut". We arrived home safely around 5pm.


Pictures posted are by locations

Bharrat Tea Plantation


Tanah Rata town


MARDI, Tanah Rata


Apong of Batu 23, Cameron Highland


Kg Raja ..kalau pegang menatang ni tak nyusahkan hidup...dah lama bawa balik anak anjin seko ni...very cute!!



kat mana2 buah ni mesti ada apsal eik??