triple A: Brinchang

a couple of weeks back, me & my wife went up to Cameron to break fast with my parents...and to let my wife feel the feeling of fasting at cameron :P ....friday 4 o'clock we pushed of from kl and drove via the PLUS highway en route the simpang pulai way as usual as my wife can't tahan the tapah road....hehe...we reached at my parents home at about 7:40 pm, just in time to have diner with them...i break fast in the car though coz when we arrived at Brinchang it was already the maghrib azan...after diner, we had our bath and rested for a while....due to exhaustion, we went to bed early...

the next day morning i brought my wife to visit the Sungai Palas tea plantation....nothing much to do there except to enjoy the lush green scenery since we can't have scones or a cup of tea there....after getting some of the tea products there, we took a ride for a while before heading home...due to the cool weather of cameron and puasa, me & my wife took a nap once we're at home :P ...at about 4 o'clock we woke up and started to get ready for buka puasa....tonite auntie angeline & eddie together with his 2 lil brothers will be joining us for buka puasa...at about 7 o'clock they arrived and 7.30 we all break fast together...every year puasa, my family will at least have buka puasa once with auntie angeline's family...after buka, our family had a chit chat and about 10 o'clock they went back home...we too not long after that prepared ourselves to go to bed...

sunday...time for us to head back to kl...about 10.30 we pushed off and dropped by at Kea Farm to get a few things...we reached our home at about 4 o'clock...enjoy the Sungai Palas tea plantation pics below....

juz came back from puchong...got some bank business 2 do, went 4 makan, bought some toiletries & did a little bit of jalan2...and now i'm back at home sweet home...going to rest & sleep early tonite coz we're going back to my hometown cameron 2morow...yippie~....the last that i went back was during my wedding reception which i think was 3 months ago....waaa, it's that long i didn't went back to cameron....no wonder each time i went back there was something new over there... :P

for those who don't know where cameron higlands is, it's located at the state of pahang, at the border of pahang & perak and pahang & kelantan....there are 2 routes to head to cameron, 1 is via the tapah way where the road is ultimately thrilling....hahaha~....for 1st timers using the road, better not fill up your stomach b4 the journey....otherwise, plz standby a plastic to throw out back what u have ate....the 2nd route is via the simpang pulai way....foreigners, tourist & travelers ultimately preferred this route due to it's much more friendly journey or shall i say the road itself....and due to it's eco friendly condition, the road is always filled with heavy traffic during weekends....i tell u, a normal journey from kampung raja (the name of a place at cameron, not the valley's king ehh) to brinchang would take about only 40~45 minutes will take 2 hours during the weekends!!....eventually the simpang pulai route can also lead u directly to gua musang, kelantan....i guess there should be 3 routes instead to head to cameron, another would be from kelantan...sorry, my bad....there's a junction to enter the kampung raja which is the entry point of cameron highlands when drive up the road via the simpang pulai way...
b4 entering kampung raja, u can start to see shops selling flowers, strawberry, veges and the list goes on...u can also see the flower, strawberry & vege farms....nice & beautiful sight, u can enjoy the view....however, there r also some unpleasant sights which spoilt mother earth's beauty....so karam singh walia, do make prompt visits to cameron to preserve mother nature (with hands raising)....and also, the climate isn't that cold as 10 years ago....so no need those thick wool jackets or cardigans, an average cardigan would do....unless it's rainy season...

what to do at cameron?....haha....typical question asked by my frenz who plan to visit cameron....if u planned on doing a shopping spree at cameron, i suggest u hit midvalley instead...but yes, u can do shopping, shopping for flowers, vegetables, cactus, strawberries, tea of various taste & aroma, etc....but your main purpose of visiting cameron would to enjoy the sight seeing of mother nature & do some relaxing....places that i suggest to visit would be cactus valley which is at Brinchang, Sungai Palas tea plantation (must visit, trust me...), Bharat tea plantation (take a sip of tea and enjoy their scones while leaving your eyes to enjoy the greenery of the tea plantation), Stesen MARDI at tanah rata :P and the pasar malam at brinchang...

there r tonnes of hotels at cameron from 1 star to 4 star....but dun expect any swimming pool at cameron coz no one will be swimming in a swimming pool at cameron....but, there's one at strawberry park, dunno whether it's still operational or not....got to check it out later....at cameron we have equatorial, heritage, rossa passadena, casa de la rosa, dela ferns, strawberry park, century pines resort....these are famous ones in cameron which are 3 & 4 stars....however, there are still a lot of other hotels at cameron & u can even find budget hotels over there for backpack travelers...however, if u plan to go on a big group or with big families, i would suggest u better get an apartment instead....and if u really planned and intend to go to cameron and looking for an apartment to stay, plz do let me know as i have contacts over there for apartments and can give u special rate (sorry to promote here, hahaha~)....pics of the apartment will be shown later...i'll be opening a special section for apartments inquiries & booking later for those interested, hehe....

at cameron, there are some things that u would not find it anywhere at kl which are the local products....and the local products are delicious and worth the penny, i guarantee....strawberry tea, scones, strawberry ice creams, strawberry coffee, dried strawberry (cameron is where strawberry grows, so what do u expect... :P) and the taste of all those are unique & exotic....u can't find them here at kl....nx time i'll post pics of some of the local products over there....alrite, enuff babling for today, i forgot i'm supposed to rest... :P ....oh ya, btw, we're going back 2 cameron to attend my childhood friend, eddie's wedding reception....will be posting the pics once back from cameron....stay tuned...