After breakfast, we drove to Cameron Valley Tea Plantation. It is just a few minutes drive from Tringkap town (heading towards Kg. Raja from Tanah Rata). Nice place to stop by for a cup of hot tea.
After taking some photos, we went to my uncle’s house in Tringkap. I have not been to his house since school days. Reckon that it won’t be difficult to find since I went there many, many times moons ago and they have rebuilt their house to a three storey building (from a two storey wooden house and his neighbours either 2 storeys or single storey house).
Yes, I was right…found the house. My uncle, wife & their daughter and grandchildren were all at home. He then took us Rose Valley. It was nearby, so we walked there. Entrance was free for us, just a 'hi' greet by uncle to the person inside the counter. I must say… that place is awesome. I’ll recommend to anyone who plan to visit Cameron Highlands. Rows of rose plants, with different colour flowers. Each flower smells good, brings out a sweet fragrance. There are other types of flowers and cactus. You’ll find gigantic cactus grown there. Hibiscus also bigger here. Other than that, you’ll find also fruit trees like apple, orange, persimmon and grapes. There is also a row of tomato trees.
Our next stop was at The Boh Sg Palas Tea Centre. The turning from main road is somewhere in between Tringkap and Kea Farm. Beware! Road leading to Boh is extremely narrow and very stressful to the driver (and me). Looking around you’ll see hills of tea bush plants. There is quite a big parking area. There are two ways up. You can follow the road or use the tea bush walk to the Tea Centre. At Tea Centre you’ll be able enjoy the beautiful scenery and have a cup of Boh tea in a relaxing atmosphere.
But first we visited the factory. It is a very modern and small factory, with glass partition. Mainly for visitors viewing only. Can’t even smell the tea fragrance at all. To get that tea smell we had to have tea there! Ordered the original hot tea but was ran out of stock. So we have to drink teacino instead. Also bought some sandwiches which were yummy and seems healthy (a lot of vege) but quite expensive.
In the evening we drove around Tanah Rata. We were supposed to go to the park at Tanah Rata but it was raining and very wet. Then hubby drove us to The Smokehouse for a while. We managed to take some shots here before rain started again. Can’t afford dinner here. So we went back to one the restaurants at Tanah Rata to have dinner.
After dinner we just relax in the hotel and waited for the live badminton finals between Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan. Sadly Lee didn’t win but he did us proud to get a medal for Malaysia in the recent Olympics.
Hubby came up with an idea for the kids to play ‘football’! (See photo below)
End of day two in Cameron Highlands.
Day three – After breakfast (cup mee and drinks), and packing, we check out from hotel and make our way back to Ipoh. I needed a cup of hot drink so we stopped by Cameron Valley again. We ordered donuts, curry puffs, sandwiches and strawberry cake and a medium pot of tea (4 cups). Food - yummy, Tea - great, Price – reasonable.
It was raining throughout the whole journey down hill. The kids were sound asleep. I was half asleep and was trying hard to keep my eyes open. Extra pair of eyes on the road. We made it safe and sound to Simpang Pulai. Then sent my godsis to Clearwater Sanctuary for Pastor’s Wife Retreat (Methodist).
Overall, it was a very good trip, fun and relaxing holiday. Look forward to go to Cameron Highlands again, escape from our hot weather here and enjoy the cool air there.
Note : There is no photo of food here. Cause food in Cameron Highlands … nothing to shout about.
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