Cameron Highlands

We traveled to Cameron Highlands this past weekend. Cameron Highlands is about 4 hours north of KL in the middle of the Malaysian peninsula. Even though it is fairly close to KL, it is a totally different world. KL is hot and humid with temperatures between 75 and 90 everyday. Cameron Highlands is cool and often cloudy with temperatures between 50 and 80 and no humidity. It is a great place to escape the heat and do some mountain walking. Cameron Highlands ranges between 4000 and 6600 feet which is why it is so nice and cool. They also grow all kinds of vegetables, fresh strawberries and tea. Many of the hills are full of mazes of tea plantations. The tea leaves are still often picked by hand.


The Mossy Forest on Gunung(Malay for mountain) Brinchang. The mountain top is reachable by a very narrow road. The first day we went up, we were in the mist and drizzle.
























The maze of beautiful green tea plantations.


























Everyone in Cameron Highlands wears warm weather gear. We saw kids wearing ear muffs and gloves.





Tea and snacks at the Sungai Palas BOH Tea Plantation. A beautiful view and the sun was finally coming out!





















Helen and Alex picking strawberries. No CPR needed today!!(Joe's mom once saved a man having a heart attack in a strawberry patch. Then proceeded to get herself thrown out of another one for complaining about the prices!)












Sunset over Cameron Highlands.













Night market in Brinchang. Pumpkin balls were our favorite along with chocolate covered strawberries.



A beautiful view from the top of Gunung Brinchang, 6600 feet.













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