Camerons Cruisers

Staying at home when your current status is still "unemployed" is really depressing, so a bunch of friends of mine who are in the same boat and I decided to take a trip to Cameron Highlands. It's probably the closest I'll ever get to sub-25 degree temperatures within the next 10 years or so.

So off we went in Jit's humble little Kelisa after lunch. The poor little car was so stuffed (4 guys and 4 bags only) that we had to put one of the bags in the backseat. I could only imagine how it would be like if one of our travelling companions was female. (cowers in fear). But still if it werent for that little tyke of a car we would not have made it out there.

The initial plan was to spend the night at the Malaysian Nature Society chalets which were located in the BOH Tea Plantation. But upon arrival, my friends shook their head in disapproval. They didnt like the fact that the car had to be parked at the side of the narrow road. But really I think that they didnt like how spartan the place was. Curses.... for RM35 per night? What did u expect?


Photographer's curse :(


Dinner was at a steamboat place in Brinchang. The dinner was good because nothing better to warm you up than a steaming bowl of tomyam soup mixed with condiments from a crash and grab job at the market.

After dinner, we set out to look for a "better" place to lay our heads. After dropping by some places we found this nice little place called Twin Pine Lodge and decided that it was ok for everyone. Hot water and a clean bed was my main requirement and it was met very nicely. Always good to be the first one to take a bath. You never know when the hot water's gonna run out. :p


I just wanna be like Grandma when I grow up!


The rest of the night was spent playing our new favorite pasttime, which is MAHJONG! Of all the games, I least expected to get myself hooked on it. It's really a lot more than just luck that you need. Of course I dont play for money because that's against my principles. A tad limiting since you can only play with 4 people, but we did so that was a non-issue.

The next day, we decided to visit some of the strawberry farms, gardens and fruit markets along the way out of the highlands. The guys managed to get tons of stuff like strawberries, biscuits and tea. But me being me, ended up with only one box of strawberries. I'm really not the type to buy and transport foodstuff. Take note, yea?


Tree that wards off mosquitoes. It's the citronella plant I believe.

Then we headed down to Ipoh to visit Yew San's grandparents. Sounds as if we care, right? But in actual fact we just blew off our budget by staying in that other place that we needed to find free accomodation. No one said a word about that, but I could tell.

Nothing notable happened in Ipoh apart from getting owned by Grandma the Grandmaster of Mah Jong. Still, it was a good trip overall and now I'm moping at home once again waiting for a phone call from the minions of the Jolly Green Giant.



Yellow Cherry Tomatoes anyone?