A Trip to our own country LARGEST highland resort ~..~

only a word fring upon my mind - that is "FRIENDLY" would not be the stuff you'll able to see from peoples upthere !

by { JP }

There are many things to see and do in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia's largest highland resort. Walks through lovely little villages, visits to the butterfly, strawberry, honey bee farms and sprawling tea plantations or meals at the delightful Tudor-styled country inns, are all pleasurable and relaxing activities to be experienced here. You can't beat the weather up here. A few days out of the sweltering lowland heat will surely recharge your batteries.

One other popular activity in Cameron Highlands, actually more of a tradition, is to have tea and scones. This very English tradition dates back to the days when English colonial officers used this hilly location as a cool getaway from the heat of the lowlands. Bird-watching and trekking are also popular activities here.

The above beautiful written was qouted from tourismmalaysia.gov.my, which is a government owned website.

I brought along my kids to visit the hearsay beautiful, full of natural stuffs and largest highland in Malaysia recently. I seldom seeing my kids due to my works and thought bringing a wonderful holiday for my kids on visiting Cameron Highlands where I had not visit since my standard 5, almost 25 years ago.

As planned berforehand and expected, my kids had a wonderful holidays during our trip.

But if you asked me about my feel after our trip to our own country's developed tourism highland, (after all these years my visits to Kelantan-Thailand border, Terengganu's beach sides, Kuantan, Fraser Hill, Langkawi, Melaka); only a word fring upon my mind - that is "FRIENDLY" would not be the stuff you'll able to see from peoples upthere !

From the restaurants' owners, market hawkers, the private businesses to government owned tourist parks, they all showed such very arrogant faces likes telling us that "if you are not satisfy with prices, no need to dine here"; even the tourism board 's info center staff was lazy to guide us the way to go on our next destination where it's still the tourism board 's owned park.

Nevertheless, I'm still have to shoot out some beautiful and classic views at Cameron Highlands,

a beautiful scene from Tea Shop at Bharat Tea Plantation

a so-so only "Wat Tan Hor" and "Cantonese Fried Yee-Mee" with a cup of RM(unreasonable) Honey Lemon Tea.

The restaurant serves three sizes of Lemon Tea:- 1)HOT; 2)COLD and 3)BIG .
We ordered for a [HOT] cup with the cheapest price; when bill out, they charged for [BIG] price! Then we asked what's the different between [HOT] cup and [BIG] cup? and how is the [HOT] cup looks like? . The waitress CAN NOT even answered; then came the "Pirate" said the [HOT] cup is smaller. "Then any sample showed how its looks like?" "NO" (smaller than the photo showed, can you imagine? !!) ridiculous !!

the "cut throat" restaurant

Convent School uphill

having steamboat in a 15'C cold windblown night


















goldish tea leaf and another wonderful and relaxing moment uphill


WEE at to let uphill

Don't forget to bring along a map if you still insist of going up to Cameron Highlands cause the lady sitting inside the Tourism Info Center would not be easy and very reluctant to guide you to your destination.