Cameron Highlands (Part 1)

This time, I'm not gonna blog bout food, but 'bout travel! I was in Cameron Highlands for Taman Ujong Methodist Church's (Seremban) Family Camp as co-facilitator for the children's sessions. It was a really interesting & challenging experience for me as this is my first time getting involved in planning & conducting sessions for children!

The children range from 4 years old - 12 years old; just knowing their age range scares me to the bone *shivers* Aunty Patsy, the main faciltator, & I had to meet up on 2 occasions just to discuss & plan the activities for the children. It was rather interesting to work with her as she has so much experience with children :) Furthermore, I found out that I actually know her daughters personally as they were in my school & her younger daughter is my friend! Such 'coincidence'.

We left for Camerons late at night on Friday & arrived at Chefoo Methodist Centre around 1.30am. The journey there was really fun & interesting as we go to know each other better & had the opportunity to exchange ideas+share experiences.

Before arriving at Chefoo, we stopped by her husband's house in Camerons to get some stuff & had our little supper in the van! Yums! Dim sum!! *whoot!*


Hmm...I reckon I won't be talking much 'bout the camp on this blog. I'll just post up photos (I've SO many & I can't fit all of 'em in here!!) & share some stories along the way la... :P

Happy kids

Praying kids

Red flowers in a bush...lovely

Passion Fruit ('Buah Cinta' in Malay)

Cameron Apples - tastes like rock melon/honeydew melon

I just can't resist flowers & plants! Went totally bonkers & felt like I'm in some 'wonderland' when I arrived at one of the many nurseries there! *lol*

Fresh flowers for sale!

Rows of cacti too!

Strange but interesting cactus :)

Purple-puffy flowers! I love this loads!!

Sunflowers for sale...really pretty when it's in full bloom eh?

Interesting 'twirly' leaves

Cameron Lemon growing upright! How interesting!

More purple flowers! Sadly I don't know what it's called...

Pretty firey-orange flowers. I think it's some sort of lily, judging by its leaves

Deep purple orchids

After visiting the nursery/flower-crazee place, we went to the pasar malam (night market) & here are some items which I find interesting/amusing/nice/pretty!

Have you seen a Sea Coconut?? I haven't!!

Here's how the inside looks like. They're selling ONE coconut for RM6!! *faints* and there are only 3 fruits in one coconut :S

They're selling these Crystal Guavas, which taste REALLY sweet & has the crunch of an apple, but the fragrance of the guava...a really interesting combination. The price is VERY high as well...one crystal guava costs around RM6!! *faints* I just tasted the sample & walked off...can't afford it & in any case, some people mentioned that it's artificial sweetness

Queer looking pumpkins- for decoration & Buddhist prayer purposes only

Cameron Oranges- looks more like round-lime to me. It's not really sweet, slightly sourish + tasteless, has thick skin like a pomelo's, & looks just like a lime.

Strawberries! Cameron Highlands is famous for these! It's not that cheap though...a box of large ones costs RM15 (1/2 kg or around 17 strawberries only); a box of small/medium ones costs around RM8/box

Fresh vegetables- many stalls sell their vegetables pre-packed into small packets & selling it at less than RM1/pack

Buddha's Finger Fruit - This fruit works well as a medicine. It's good for sore throat & cough :) You'll rarely get to see the fresh fruit elsewhere. The plant looks like a lime plant.

After walking so much, we ended up at a mamak nearby, where I had to order the Strawberry-flavored tea! It's fragrant & a little sweet :) *yums* Lovely. A glass of ice strawberry tea doesn't cost much.

If you're in Cameron Highlands & you happen to be at the Brinchang pasar malam, make sure you buy yourself a packet of fried kuey teow! It's really nice & a big portion like this one costs RM5 only! Not bad!

Strawberry Moment is like Secret Recipe, except that it sells mostly made-from-strawberries food items :) I would love to try it out one day since I didn't have the time to try it this time :)

That's all for Part 1 of Cameron Highlands! Stay tuned for Part 2 & Part 3!!

- Ruth