Finally after a hectic May of rushing through assignments and reports, I had a good break going for a short trip to our neighouring country, Malaysia. I set off last Saturday (9th June)night and I reached Cameron Highlands on 10 Jun morning and I was greeted by the scenic view and simple lifestyle of this 30,000 people population town while travelling along the way up to the hotel. The hotel was situated >5000m above sea level and it took the bus 1 hour plus to reach the hotel from the foot of Cameron.
Summit
The afternoon trip was more of a agricultural tour where we were brought to their famous vegetable plantation, chrysanthemum nursery, popular strawberry farm and the exotic cactus farm. We tried their lovers fruits which always come in pair (that is the reason for its name), another fruit which taste like honeydew and their very popular and extremely sweet Jargon (i.e. corn). We ate it raw.
Strawberry Farm
Cactus Farm
This ends the trip for the day and the next morning 11th Jun, we woke up in the wee hours to catch the sunrise. We were tired but excited along the 15 minutes ride up to the summit. It was pitch dark when we reached the summit which is >7000m above sea level and the temperature was freezingly cold but the tour guide said it was not the coldest that day. At around 7.02am, the sun rose from the horizon and the view was simply awesome. You can watch the video on the previous post. After capturing the sunrise, we rushed back to the hotel and had a quick breakfast before leaving for Kuala Lumpur.
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