Cameron Highland Trip

Stay Period: 3 Days 2 Nights

Date: 23rd Nov 08 - 25th Nov 08
Venue: Darling's Uncle's Apartment

The trip was planned about a month before our exam; the purpose of the plan was to shake off all of our stress and tiredness gained from doing coursework and exams. To me, this plan has gone through all obstacles before we manage to make it a success.

First was the transportation problem, we couldn't get enough car to bring us up there. We've been trying to drag one of our friends along in hope that he can bring along his car. He didn't give us any answer till the very end of time. Then luckily my car can finally make it and the first problem finally settled.

Second was the budget problem, we were all in tight budget and therefore we have to redo our checklist for food and try to make a list with the lowest cost, of course we have to sacrifice certain food we like. It got settled after so many changes.

Shopping For Food

Third was the change of date, Rishi has to attend his sister's convocation and couldn't make it on Saturday. For a moment I was thinking of giving up but it's our last holiday together, we have to make it happen no matter what happen. Luckily everybody was okay with the change and we finally made it on Sunday.

We started our journey on Sunday morning at darling's house. We packed all the things in the car and drove off to the highway. We stopped once for lunch and once for petrol then we went all the way up to Cameron Highland. We reached the apartment around 4 if I'm not mistaken, unpacked all the things and cleaned the apartment. Then we started to prepare food for our first dinner there---Barbecue:) We had lamb, chicken wings, chicken and lamb kebab, squid, sausages, grilled potatoes... Burppp~~

Cleaning The Apartment

Right: Cleaner of the month
Left: Struggler of the month

Second day, we woke up early to prepare breakfast and started our journey to sightseeing in Cameron. First stop was the Rose Valley which nearly kill me. Nah!! Joking only. Haha!! I was having fun and at the same time my asthma came up probably because of the cold weather. Despite of the asthma thingy, I had fun walking around with lots of flowers surrounding me. I was a little bit hyper with all the flowers.

Breakfast - French Toast and Tea

Rose Valley

Kea Farm

Then the second destination was Honey bee Farm which don't get much of my attention simply because I'm not interested in bee or honey. Haha!! Then the third stop was Kea Farm which amazed me with lots of fresh vegetables and fruits. They sell vegetables in small packet and you can get 16 packets of them with only RM10!!!!! We bought some vegetables for dinner and continue our journey to the Strawberry Farm.

When I first stepped in the farm, the view of vegetables really amazed me; 4 different types of lettuce and I kept saying that I want to pick them up and eat them straight from the pot. They were all so fresh and pretty. Slurpppp~~~ I guess we were in the wrong season or something because I didn't see any Strawberry can be picked so we ended up sitting down and rest. We bought some flavoured Tea like Strawberry Tea, Strawberry cream tea and Rose Tea, and some Strawberries and went home.

Strawberry Farm

When we reached home, we had late lunch with Sambal Fried Rice and the left over barbecue lamb and chicken wings. It was a nice lunch, I love the fried rice. While Juan was cooking the fried rice, I was cooking sweet potato and pumpkin soup. It was my first time and luckily it came out okay. Then I had a short nap before preparing our dinner---steamboat. Some of us prepared food in the kitchen while some of us relaxing in the living room. We have so many food for steamboat; noodles, potatoes, mushrooms, crabstick, chicken, lamb, squid, prawn and vegetables. We started our dinner at 8.30 and ended at 11 plus.

Steamboat

The third day, I woke up early to cook breakfast and when everyone got up, we started to pack things and clean the apartment. We even made sandwiches for lunch and then went out for another sightseeing journey. We went to BOH Tea Plantation where Rishi's auntie is working. We had a tour into the tea factory and saw the tea making processes. We bought some tea and took some pictures. The view in the plantation was breathtaking. All the greenery which you can't find in any part of the city.

BOH Tea Plantation

The Peak View

Then we drove up to the peak to take some pictures, the view up there is even breathtaking but too bad it started to rain by then, we drove back to the apartment quickly in hope to pack all our stuff and go back but too it rained even heavier. We waited till 4 and made our move even it was still raining. We stopped once for dinner and once for toilet:p, then we drove all the way back to KL. The 5 hours drive was painful. It was killing me physically and mentally. It was raining the whole night and the road was so dangerous if you don't pay extra attention and drive carefully. I was about to breakdown and cry for a few time because i was so scared.

Bags

Fortunately, everything went well and I reached home around 11.30pm. Unpacked all the things, showered and went to bed. The trip was fun and I enjoyed the view and weather, but not the long hours drive. I hope I can go again but wish that someone can drive me up. HAHA!!