It was quite a sudden that we planned to go to Cameron Highlands. I opted for the Simpang Pulai-Blue Valley-Brinchang route as it was less winding. The Tapah route is shorter but it would be quite torturing for the passengers.
As this was the first time I was heading to Cameron Highlands with 4 other friends, finding a suitable (cheap and nice) apartment was quite challenging. We decided on The Snooze Apartment Cameron Highlands. It was a wonderful apartment which was VERY clean and comfortable. 3 rooms with 5 beds. [I'm seriously pretty lazy to type. Let the pictures do the talking ;) ]
Snooze Apartment Cameron Highlands. The living room. Spacious and comfortable. There were 3 power points but it is advisable to bring along your extension cords, just in case. I was glad I had two, as I was boiling water and using the steamboat pot at the same time. There were no immediate power points next to the dining hall.
One of the rooms. Queen sized bed
You can book your room by contacting Snooze Cameron Highlands at - https://www.facebook.com/SnoozeCH. Their unit is located in Desa Anthurium Apartment. Payment is done through bank in. I did not meet the person in charge at all through out the stay. Everything is done through email and facebook. Very convenient.
Day 1 steamboat - herbal soup. We brought along the steamboat pot as they did not provide any for us. There were a few pots there but it was not clean so we discarded the idea of boiling the soup beforehand. As we boiled the ingredients, the soup became less in herbal taste but luckily the vegetable sweetness managed to cover up the defect. We brought along some fishballs, meatballs, crabsticks, sausages and stuff using a cooler box. The vegetables were obtained from the local market in Kea's Farm.
Day 2: The journey started off with us heading towards the BOH tea plantation. It was around a 45 minute drive from our apartment. (20 mins to the foothill, another 25 mins to the hilltop)
BOH tea plantation. It was a tough climb for the car. The road was very bumpy with lots of holes. Apparently it hasn't been tarred for some time. This was taken at the view's point.
Please make sure you are fit before you climb. You might break some sweat as you ascend the slope. You may take it as quite a good exercise.
It was the first time I visited this tea plantation, with the previous visits to the Bharat tea farm. Compared to the Bharat tea farm, this BOH tea plantation (not the Sungai Palas one, which we did not go) is bigger and situated on the slopes of the hills. There is a tea factory in which you will be able to witness the process of processing tea leaves. On the other hand, the Bharat tea plantation promises you a better scenery and a easy walkabout.
Yeay in the middle of the tea farm!
Selfie time! Down memory lane
We proceeded to the bee farm which was just located at the foothill. How big is this Sunflower from Bee Farm?
This big!!
Day 2 steamboat. This time it's tomyam based =)
We were lucky that the weather was quite kind to us as it did not rain that night. Prior to that it was cloudy and drizzling here and there. Hence, we were able to visit the Brinchang night market, which operates every Friday and Saturday night. My apologies for not having any pictures taken >_<
Day 3: We checked out early and left the apartment. We stopped by a few places before departing Cameron Highlands.
The Smokehouse. Great architecture mimicking the English. It was cozy and looked awesome from the outside. This was the closest I managed to get as non-guests were not allowed to enter even the compound.
Rose centre. Very worth the RM5 per person.
Buddies forever; friends forever
I'm high flying !
We ended the three day two night escape feeling refreshed and satisfied. The sumptuous steamboat meals, the picturesque scenery and a stronger friendship would certainly go down the memory lane as we head back to our respective hometowns with different challenges awaiting us.
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