Cameron Highland Trip

Egg boiling, hot spring style!

Rainbow touching anyone?

Last weekend, 12th December to be precise, I went to Cameron Highland for a mountain getaway with my family. It was planned a few weeks earlier when we had dinner and talked about a simple holiday with the kids since it's school holiday.

So, we gathered at our house early morning, 8:00a.m and sets off in two vans. Our first destination before heading to Cameron was the Sungkai Hot Spring. It is operated by Felda which to me did a decent job in turning a palm oil estate into a resort.

Once we reached there (after a two hours drive from KL), we booked 2 private jacuzzi pools. The usage is free if you opt for a Aryuvedic massage therapy. Debbie, Yvonne, Eddie and myself went for a hour-long massage each while the children played in the pool. The massage was good. Our masseurs came from India and I must say my first "Indian-styled' Aryuvedic massage is quite nice albeit oily. Maybe I'm not used to being oiled all over my body..... Nearly slept during the course!

While we're enjoying our dip in the hot spring and massages, the kids thrill themselves with boiling eggs in the hot spring. Got to say the eggs is tastier and more springy! Nice and yummy!

By the time we depart from this place, it's already lunch hour. So we stop by Tapah for a simple lunch. Nothing special.....

We reached Cameron Highlands about 5p.m. On the way, we seen something special. There was a rainbow, well, nothing special here but the rainbow was at our eye level! My son was asking if he can slide down it or not! Truly breath taking view!

It was chilly and the 1st place we stopped by is at a road-side market. Buying vegetables? Not really. We just stop by to collect the keys to our rest house that we rented from our friend. It was his childhood place, old and a bit run-down but it's still ok.

Dinner is steam-boat. Nice and it complements the chilly air perfectly. Then, basically it's chit-chat and went to bed early. Our next morning starts with a visit to the most well-known tourist spot in CH; BOH factory. A simply must go for any visitor especially the factory visit. Then we went for tea-break. The view is just amazing. Sipping tea, looking over the tea bushes and enjoying your piece of cake or scone is just perfect!

Another place highly recommended is the Smoke House. So English, and the scones is just the BEST! Expensive though.

The highlight of our tour is a cabbage plantation visit. The farm is operated by Debbie's friend, Moon. He took us through the rough terrain in his 4 X 4 and I must say this is by far the most exciting ride I've ever experienced! The kids simple loved it. Moon showed us his farm and some explanation on the art of seeing money grow on soil! It's really hard work being a farmer. By the way, Moon is a certified Chartered Accountant.

It was a nice trip for all. I really enjoyed the trip and looking forward for another trip with my family.

Macao trip

Finally, the final part of my trip to Macao/Hong Kong with my family on the 26th to 30th May 2008. It was a trip well worth; despite throwing up on board the ferry from HK to Macao. Hehehe... tapau my dim sum! Even our return flight was delayed due to the bad weather (airport was temporary closed). Maybe Macao loves us too much to see us go back!

Anyway, it was a trip my kids will remember for a long long time. I'll never forget Xu Hom's face when he pretended to be a "statue" at Venetian.

Enjoy the photos, til we travel again!

HK Disneyland photos!

Sorry for the late posting but got it done; at last! I do hope you enjoyed it as much as I do! Wait for my Macao's photos, ok?

A trip to remember.....

Went for a holiday with my wonderful family members last May. The trip was planned long ago when AA had a promo. So, a return ticket to Macau was booked (26th May-30thMay) and off we go! It was a trip everyone deserved; especially the kids, something they looked forward to ever since we confirmed the trip. Why? Because it was a trip to DisneyLand Hong Kong!

The trip was all about Mickey and friends. We spent 2 days exploring and having fun; well... lots of it!. There are people who criticized the place; saying it was being too small for a Disney theme park. Have none of those nonsense! It's a magical place to be. Just like the plaque that states "Here You Leave Today and Enter the World of Yesterday, Tomorrow and Fantasy!" Trust me. When you're connected with the inner kid of you, YOU WILL HAVE GREAT FUN in DisneyLand HK! The kids were excited when they saw their fav cartoon heroes while for us the adults.... well, it's time to be kids again! We (the kids and us)truly had fun exploring out there.

Other than the rides, we enjoyed the live shows and of course can't missed the 4D movie! My son had fun "grabbing" pieces of gold coins, rubies and diamonds (wished it was real) as well as getting wet when Donald got thrown into the water! Not to mention the fabulous parades as well! The one thing I can't understand is, what's so special about High School Musical anyway? The teens went wild when they say HSM's parade. They sang and danced and waved to the crew members, whom I must say were pretty good dancers. Maybe it's the generation gap.... after all, I'm no teen.

Time flies when you're having fun. Before we knew it, it was time for the fireworks display meaning it's time to say goodbye to Mickey. We went to the theme park (again) the next morning and spent the whole evening there before taking the train back to HK... I mean back to reality. We round up our trip to DisneyLand with a shopping spree there! Bought souvenirs for our friends and family members back home.

It was a trip most of us will treasure for life. Having great silly fun with our children means so much more to each and one of us. After all, it was OK for the parents to be as crazy and silly as our children.