Hubby and I scored yet another deal from deal sg (unfortunately
,no, deal sg is not giving me free deals for all the plugging I do) Ha ha ha
But nevertheless…
To continue on with my story, one fine weekend on the Month
of April we set of for yet another short get-away. This time we headed to Malaysia’s highest
point accessible by road, Cameron Highlands.
At 5,000 feet above sea level, the temperature during the day seldom
rises above 25®C and can drop to as low as 12®C.
The coach ride from Singapore was approximately around 9 to
10 hours! But the magnificent view of tea plantations blanketing the undulating
hills; the crisp and refreshing coolness of the mountain breeze was all it takes
for me to forget about the long and winding ride.
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| a carpet of green as far as your eyes can see |
For the nature and Agro lover, at Cameron, a variety of
activities awaits you. We only have the
weekend to explore the highlands and we wanted to make the most of our
stay. We booked with one of the pioneer
in the travel industry in the highlands, Titiwangsa Tours. We booked their Nature Discovery Tour and the
Agro Delight Tour.
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| Tours |
After checking in Equatorial Cameron Highlands, we joined
the Nature Discovery Tour. First stop
was a drive up the highest point of Cameron Highlands – Mount Brinchang at a
height of 6666
feet above sea level. It is one of the mountains in Malaysia
where its summit can be reached by road. Due to easy
accessibility, this mountain enjoys many visitors all year round. The
observation tower
at the summit enables tourists to enjoy the breathtaking view of Titiwangsa Mountains from the summit. The weather wasn’t so cooperative with us
that day. I still did the climb, too bad
for me, my climb did not reward me with a breathtaking view because it was a
very foggy morning but well at least I can live to tell that I climb the
observation tower from the summit ;).
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| weather was not too cooperative. a foggy view :( |
A short trek into
the mossy forest was next in the list.
Be prepared to get dirty. But all
the crawling and wadding in the mossy ground is worth it.
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| eerie but beautiful |
Next stop was a
visit to the renowned “BOH” Tea factory.
We learned the full process of how tea is made. It made me appreciate the bittersweet
beverage more ;) Then we went to the café
to have a boh tea drinking experience while enjoying a view of a giant green
carpet against the azure blue skies.
In the afternoon
after a quick nap at the hotel, we joined our second tour for the day – the Agro
Delight Tour. Hubby being an
agriculturist by qualification enjoyed this tour very much. We were taken to an exotic cactus farm
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| my mom would have love this :) cactus, cacti big and small |
And then to a
strawberry farm where self picking of strawberries where allowed. They give us a container which we are to fill
up (around half a kg) (30RM if a remember correctly) . If you harvest more than the ½ kg, you have
to pay the extra. Hmmm good marketing
strategy I tell you. Because when you
are in there, you get so fascinated with the strawberries that you just pick
and pick to your heart’s content.
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| hubs happy with his bounty |
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| enjoying the picking |
Then we stop by a
water-cress farm, some organic farm, hydroponics farming of lettuce. It was such a delight. And the last stop was a beautiful flower
nursery. We had to climb the muddy hill
(told you earlier that the weather was not so cooperative, it rained and shined
and rained and shined that day). But the
climb was worth it was we feast our eyes on the lovely blooms.
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| lovely rose |
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| pretty blooms |
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| tuwang tuwa si mister |
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| organically grown veggies |
The tour ended
with a sumptuous steamboat dinner of
fresh vegetables. Yum yum J
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| the veggies tasted sweeter and crispier...or was I just too hungry? ;) |
As there are not
much night happenings in Cameron, after a game of pool with hubby at the hotel
lobby, we decided to call it a day for we know that we have a long and winding
ride back to SG the next day.
We woke up
refreshed (must be the fresh air, no air conditioner in the hotel, guess they save
on their electricity bills) and had a hearty breakfast. And that was the end of our refreshing
mountain getaway.
Do try visit the
highlands, it a nice and refreshing welcome if you are so used to the hurried
bustle and hustle of city living.
