Little Foot Steps

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

A leisure family trip

We had a driving trip up to Malaysia before the school term starts. Decided on Cameron Highlands. Since Tien is not travel friendly, we stopped by at KL for one night, so that the travelling in the car will not be too much for her to bear. Same thing when we came back down, but stayed for 2 nights instead. It was a nice, relaxing trip for everyone. I had supper with hubby every night at our hotel room. Haha! Something which I definitely won't have time or mood for when I'm in Singapore.

Yeah! All ready to go!

It was raining cats and dogs when we reached KL. As usual heavy traffic jam.

This was what the kids and daddy were doing as soon as we got into our hotel room.

Went over to Mid Valley Megamall, after a short rest, for dinner and shopping. We ate at the Chicken Rice Shop.

Stayed at Century Pines during our visit to Cameron. The room was clean, big and had beautiful view from the balcony. There's a DVD player in the room which kept the kids entertained at night. Breakfast provided by the hotel was pretty decent, which surprised me, as the occupancy level wasn't high. Very glad that I did not switch over to Equatorial (they were having an attractive promotion), after driving pass and saw it wasn't as attractive as shown in its website.

Daddy having fun with the kids after lunch, along the streets in Tanah Rata town.

The playground park was just opposite our place of stay. Big open space with three playgrounds. We left the place only when it started to drizzle.

Had super yummy strawberry ice-cream at KHM strawberry farm, after walking the Robinson Fall trail. The pics on the trekking will need to wait, cos' it's all taken using hubby's film camera and has yet to be developed into hardcopy photos.

Daddy doing marketing! Forget about the strawberries, though almost everyone will link Cameron with that, you should try out the sugary sweet corns. They are edible in raw form and sugary SWEET!

Lunch at the famous T-cafe. We ordered spagetti with minced chicken in tomato sauce for Eu, daddy had lasagna and mushroom soup, while mommy chosed yee-mee in claypot.We had chocolate and banana milk shakes too! The food was good, but I wouldn't recommend to anyone that does not like to wait more than half an hour for their food. Luckily, Tien was fast asleep when we reached the cafe, else we would had to walk out with empty stomach. And from observation, I do agree with comments on the internet about the owners giving better service to ang-moh tourists. There was this caucasian couple who came more than 15 minutes later than us, but got her claypot dish at the same time as me! No, she definitely did not call to order in advance, as I saw the boss attending to them almost immediately after they had sat down. We waited almost 10 minutes before the lady boss had the time to take our orders.

11 Comments:

  • The Yee Mee looks yummy!!! I have not try eating corn raw before, does it really taste good?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6/7/06 07:21  

  • I find that in Cameron, the pace of life is slower compared to KL. People think e.body has more time..

    Looks like a fun holiday for you.. Aaaah.. maybe I should go to Camerons for a holiday before I popped!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6/7/06 07:34  

  • CM: Don't think the normal corn is edible raw, but the corns produced in Cameron is. The whole corn is not just yellow, but had white and yellow. That's how you distinguish whether are they real stuff or the fake ones. And they tasted just like they had been dipped in sugar water!

    ZM: Not everyone fancy Cameron as a holiday destination. But I find it to be a wonderful place to unwind. Many of colles were wondering what on earth was I doing in the mountains for so many days?! :P

    By Blogger ky, at 6/7/06 09:21  

  • You're right abt Cameron not being a choice holiday destination. Hubs gives a mock yawn whenever I bring it up, and a double yawn when I mention Frasers' Hill.

    Glad your family had some bonding.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6/7/06 09:25  

  • Sounds like a nice trip with loads of nice food. And more ice creams! Must not let my Gavin see this...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6/7/06 09:26  

  • MS: Hahaha... actually this was don't know how many time I suggested going to Cameron. I thot I heard wrongly when he said yes. He always says it's too stressful for the CAR to make it to the top. Ya, he and his car!

    Sesame: Warning! Some more ice-cream pics coming in part 2!

    By Blogger ky, at 6/7/06 10:22  

  • Wow..looks like you had loads of fun! One of my colleague just went there last week and he told me it's so relaxing...i'm just afraid of the winding roads up the hill...*shudders*

    Tien and Eu look so cool with their shades on..:)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6/7/06 15:34  

  • that was alot of fun isn't it? I doubt Hubby would wana drive up when we get our car...:(

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6/7/06 22:10  

  • Eileen & Fannie: There's now another alternate route up from the usual Tapah route, Simpang Pulai. It's two exits away from Tapah. The road is much wider, and not all turns are sharp, but could be a longer way, depending on where you are staying.

    By Blogger ky, at 7/7/06 11:18  

  • Looks like a lovely, laid back holiday. It is a bit tough driving so far with Tien, isn't it? I get a little nervous about driving long distances with little children.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 16/7/06 22:29  

  • Eu was ok with travelling since small baby, but not Tien. This clever little monkey had recently learnt to use the trick of saying her bottom painful, so that she can be free from her car-seat.

    By Blogger ky, at 17/7/06 13:58  

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