Holidays June 2011

Salam everyone and hello peeps and poops sekalian:) 

Alhamdulillah after terlangsai sudah my oppression due to final results, we will finally settle on and flip our page to my Cameron highlands story for good. Yeay!

Numero Uno: Decision’s made

So it was bapak who volunteered to do all researches and bookings whilst me and mama did all the dreaming. Hee. And Mr.GPS was expertly handled by yaya immediately as she set foot home. Here goes my tips and tricks:

If you are the long journey party pooper I strongly recommend you to reconsider your stay @Strawberry Park Resort. True, it was said to be Cameron's finest dwelling, UNTIL, came Planters Hotel, Tanah Rata. Planters is the latest hotel in town and I bet its strategic location will instantly wins everyone’s heart in these few upcoming years. Unlike any others, Planters is winding roads-free and its lot is walking distance to many halal restaurants. Simply put, it is the heart of the city. SO, forget any other hotel/resort/homestay and GO FOR PLANTERS.

Chapter 2: 1^st day

During our 1^st day stay, we had lunch @nasi kandar which was only a few doors away. Serious, tempat2 coolio semua dekat gila dgn our hotel, brilliant bapak! It has the nicest teh tarik(well namapun Cameron’s teh kan) and after change, we rented a local cab for an hour to show our way around Brinchang. This is to prep bapak and get him familiar with the road for the next two days. After syok jalan2 around Big Red Strawberry Farm w/uncle driver, all the 4 of us had a good time at Starbucks and walk our way home to Planters. And btw, if you were to stay at Planters with a family of four, you might like to book its family room of #208 and #209. Bilik ni best since it's isolated a bit siap ada a rabbit hole sized-private lobby macam tu so it gives bapak -mama and me-yaya our own private space.

Chapter 3: Brinchang 2^nd day

Must-see places:

Kea Farm (tempat ni banyak vendors murah2 and I got my own version my nora elena’s bouquets here)

Cactus Station

Bharat or Boh Tea (Plantation, café and souveniour shop)

Glory Steamboat House @De La Ferns Hotel

Nyonya Restaurant @Tanah Rata

Rose Center (you can get a bundle of roses at a fraction of cost here- but we skipped this)

A bit of help:

Red roses- love, respect

Deep pink-gratitude

Light pink- admiration, sympathy

White- reverence humility

Yellow- Joy, gladness

Orange- enthusiasm, desire

But you might want to stick to orange, medium red, medium/ dark yellow or medium/ dark pink for they dry well and retain bright colour. J Hope it helps! Genius I know :P

And so after habis lawat all these good places, you can happily call it a day. But be sure to naik Brinchang at very early in the morning or else you will be stuck in traffic for hours. Just so you know, we shoot at 8.00am and sympathetically watched pple struggling their way up at 11.00, when kita dah lepas dah enjoy all the view up there tanpa susah payah because kita pergi awal pagi. Strawberry kita pun kita petik yang 1st batch punya jadi kita dapat paling besar and paling merah. 

Last Chapter: Our last day at Cameron L

 So since semalam dah puas jalan2, hari ni kita relax lah sikit. Our last breakfast di hotel and manager dia very sweetly datang just to entertain us. So we all had breakfast together but it went a bit draggy as bapak and he had a good long talk about Lynas project and many other adult stuffs. Dah siap semua benda kita pun balik tapi mama still nak singgah kedai2 along our way downhill to lengkapkan her shoppg list. Final touch: We had our very last stop @Bharat plantations me had earl grey with lemon tea :)

Muah and Peace out !