We left KL Friday night for Cameron, and left Cameron around Saturday late afternoon back to KL, a very impromptu trip decided on a day of two before, stayed in 2nd floor of shop house converted into a spacious apartment with 3 rooms. 2 of the bedroom are with 2 queen size beds, while the other one with a single queen size bed.

spacious hallway

kitchenette with a toilet next to it

Yummy noodle with sourish soup for breakfast

Visited an orang asli settlement which will leads to rafflesia blooming area – Temiar Rafflesia Sanctum

The ugly light color on the left in rafflesia yet to fully bloom

Rafflesia “past its prime”

Old Frens Cafe for lunch

Fried beancurd sheet with fish paste

Fried vermicelli

Fried rice

Steamed kampung chicken

Fried paku

Tofu (soy beancurd)

On the way back from Cameron to KL, we took the old way through narrow road leading to Tapah town, stopped by Hutan Lipur Kuala Woh

The water is crazy hot in some spots of the river bed, cold water flowing from upstream will become hot when passing through this area.

Bakso stall in Tapah town

Beef meatball with pepperish soup, not bad

satay

A very popular food stall

a cute little cafe in Brinchang, Cameron Highlands

strawberry crepes

my strawberry salad, RM7.90, nicer than i thought it would be, crunchy salad with light sweetness from the strawberry

Address: Strawberry Moments

24, Jalan Angsana Satu, 

Brinchang Point,

39100, Cameron Highlands,

Pahang,

Malaysia

Website: Strawberry Moments

starting on a trail, look at the patch of tea tree on the hill

hills in cameron highlands, Pahang

want to climb up?

another look at the beautiful rolling hills, trekking toward MNS (Malaysian Nature Society) which is situated on the hills of tea tree, beautiful serene hills

on top of the world

reaching MNS after trekking down steep slope, BOH-MNS Field Study Centre

Fully paid up MNS members can book a dorm looking room in MNS which accomodates 30 bunks, or 4-person chalet(with attached bath and kitchen), for more details, refer to MNS site.

some meals to recharge before cycling up Cameron, in S A Bamboo Curry house along Jalan Ipoh. Above is rice with fried chicken, baby squids and fried gourd(i think)

potato and tofu maybe

chicken curry and fried gourd

2 bicycles racked to the car, looks odd don’t you think

is this how it suppose to look like, dangling out from the car.

ummm… nice ass… haha

2 cyclists 🙂 posing at 5am, ready to cycle up Cameron from Simpang Pulai rest stop, approximate time to reach destination 4 to 5 hours.

set to zero

bicycle 2: set to zero

dangling again

looks odd, but we made it safely home 🙂

a stall selling deep fried oyster mushroom, vegetables, inoki mushroom etc, this stuff really addictive!

a display of food they deep fried, RM2 – RM2.50 each box

some strawberry ice sticks contraption

yummy, sourish sweet strawberry ice stick for only RM1

dinner at a nearby corner coffee shop, the toufu/beancurd is from Tualang, Perak(place famous for fresh water prawn), yummy tofu

steamed fish with soy sauce

steamed chicken(nice solid meat)

vege soup

fried “paku-pakis” two-style