cameron highlands.
somewhere i never quite imagine going because of the long journey. yeah…the long long…..long ride on the road. driving on your own? 7hours…going on a coach? probably 9hrs or more…
this trip came as a very nice surprise..i appreciated it and enjoyed it very much. for some strange reason, the journey didn’t turn out to be as scary as the sound of “7 hours”.
when i got on the toughest part of the journey, going up the mountains on road that had many winds and turns (about 1 hr of that), i saw some of the most beautiful mountain scenery which i can’t quite ever imagine seeing in this part of the world. really….my reference throughout the whole trip was “lord of the rings”. ok..maybe not that drama and epic and great…let’s not overpaint the picture. but, maybe a smaller scale of lord of the rings….way way smaller scale…
tea estates…quarries….and all sorts of farms covered all sides and valleys of these mountains. it’s really amazing. the sky is so blue. this is where most of the vegetables that i eat come from. nice….now i get to see their homeland. and experience the nice weather they get to grow up in.
i went to 1 of the biggest strawberry farm there. the big red strawberry farm. the name says it all. 4 acres of strawberries and several kinds of lettuce which are grown on hydroponics. that’s definitely a nice clean farm to visit. see some vegetables without the hassle of walking through some mud and soil. of course, there will be something i don’t mind…to put my farmer boots to some hard core use..hehe…
ok..i never quite know that strawberries grow like that. i thought i would get to walk through some really green and bushy shrubs kind of thing dotted with all the red and pretty strawberries. seeing them in plastic flower pots like that now just make them seemed less magical than what i imagine them to be. you know…like mushrooms, which are pretty magical as well. like a fairy tale.
doesn’t it look plastic? i get to choose which butter lettuce i want to buy. with 4 acres of lettuces…i was really spoilt for choices. there were romania lettuce…red and green coral lettuce as well.
killer tomatoes..only because they are really so pretty. i have a thing for tomatoes with stalk. the colors are just beautiful.
cameron apples. they look like eggplants.
i saw some people growing vegetables in their own backyard kind of thing and even so, they are still pretty even though they might just be next to the road i was driving by.
freaky plants…i like. the pitcher plants…venus fly traps..
and then there was cactus valley. where you get an overdose of cactus of all sizes and all species…pretty ones…freaky ones…
and then there are the famous boh tea estates to go to. i went to the one with a cafe hanging by the cliff 20mins before they close. the air was nice…the view was nice…feels very surreal.
cameron was once a colonial era before, which explains the tudor style buildings (the most recognizable being the diagonal patterns formed by the wooden framing stripes – half-timbering. and maybe chimneys?) some of the fancy hotels and resorts provide accommodation in tudor style chalets. really beautiful. “would you like a cup of tea?” – british accent… 
sam poh temple. quite a big one on a hill and it looks very well maintained. the colors of the walls and tiles are all still looking vibrant and nice.
the sk convent (sekolah kebangsaan convent) was previously a british army hospital. where it is now on a what might seemed like a small hill, it is actually 1500meter above sea level!!… :O
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