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Cameron Highlands, Pahang: Savoring Venison (Deer Meat) & Steamboat Hotpot at Rosette Café [SP]

Posted on June 24, 2012

Ready to start cookin’ with the steamboat hotpot – a Cameron Highlands specialty Our dinners at Cameron Highlands were spent at a lovely cafe called Rosette, which was a stone’s throw from our hotel along the main road of Tanah Rata. Interestingly, Irene, the waitress, was Filipino – she is one of only eleven Filipinos working in Cameron Highlands – so we really felt at home dining at this eatery, of course, on top of its cozy country ambience and convenientRead More→

Cameron Highlands, Pahang: Strawberry Overload at Raju’s Hill Strawberry Farm! [SP]

Posted on June 24, 2012

Strawberry overload – strawberry milkshake and strawberry yoghurt cheesecake  After exploring the mossy forests of Gunung Brinchang – supposedly the last stop of our full-day tour of Cameron Highlands – we had a couple of hours to spare, so our guide threw in a free additional visit to one of the most popular strawberry farms called Raju’s Hill Strawberry Farm. Aside from planting hectares of tea, the high altitude and soil condition of Cameron Highlands are very ideal for growing strawberries. ThereRead More→

Cameron Highlands, Pahang: Dreamlike Mossy Forests of Gunung Brinchang [SP]

Posted on June 23, 2012

Fairytale-like mossy forests of Gunung Brinchang. Big Bad Wolf not included. A diversion road from the junction to the BOH Tea Plantation and Factory leads to the dreamy forested slopes of Gunung Brinchang (Mt. Brinchang), the second tallest peak in Cameron Highlands at 2000 meters high. A four-story high observation tower, flanked by telecommunication towers, tops the summit of the mountain, providing a fantastic vantage point – most especially when the weather is clear – to survey the nearby forests, countrysideRead More→

Cameron Highlands, Pahang: Tea-riffic Time at BOH Tea Plantation & Factory [SP]

Posted on June 23, 2012

BOH Tea Plantations at the foothills of Gunung Brinchang, Cameron Highlands Nothing says “Cameron Highlands” like the undulating landscape of manicured tea hedgerows as far as the eye can see. Naturally, a visit to the plantation of BOH Tea – Malaysia’s largest producer of premium black teas – is, without question, a must. If the traffic jam of weekenders leading to their tea center is any indication, it is also Malaysia’s No. 1 preferred tea brand. Visit the BOH TeaRead More→

Lojing Highlands, Kelantan: Blowing Darts at an Aboriginal Senoi Village [SP]

Posted on June 23, 2012

Learning darts, aboriginal-style! After our two-hour return hike to see the Rafflesia blooms, we detoured to a small resettlement village of the Senoi, one of the orang asli or aboriginal groups of Malaysia for a demonstration of their blowpipe hunting skills. While there are no more real aboriginal villages in Lojing Highlands, the government has provided resettlement villages for displaced families, where some of them earn a living through eco-tourism and handicraft-making. There were 22 families living in the villageRead More→

Lojing Highlands, Kelantan: Jungle Trekking for Rafflesia, the World’s Biggest Flower! [SP]

Posted on June 23, 2012

Rafflesia in the flesh at Lojing Highlands, Kelantan! A closer look at Rafflesia kerrii, second largest in the genus Driving an hour north of the popular hill resort of Cameron Highlands, our full-day adventure started as soon as our 4X4 Land Rover detoured to a bumpy dirt track that lead to our jump-off point to a quick jungle trek to find the Rafflesia, the largest flower in the world, which I’ve been trying to see for years.  The forests ofRead More→