Cameron Highland - 20-July-2008 - Day 2

Check out the beautiful man-made scenery of tea plantation behind me.

Early morning, we drive through the narrow winding road to the BOH Tea Centre at Sungei Palas. The person in charge for reforestration program then send us to the destination using another van as the road is harder to drive.

Here we are. Need to do some hiking. Unlike Mount Kinabalu, this is rarely visited and the path is full of grass even though there's helpers to clear it from time to time.
Demonstation on how to plant the TEATREE.
Hey, I plant a few trees, hope got chance to come and see it grows one day. Kim Chuan's trees planted a few months ago still can be seen and already grown higher.

Group photos after the not so hard hardwork. :)
Next visit is the famous Mossy Forest. The humidity is very high, hence the trees and ground are filled with moss. Even the ground are soft as it is made by layers of decomposs. This is believed to be the biggest mossy forest in Malaysia. Yet, I think it just cover a very small area.
Here, you can travel between Pahang and Perak in miliseconds, even both at the same time.
After the trip, we back to the BOH Tea Centre again to enjoy a cup of fresh brew tea in this glass restaurant. Nice..........

Cameron Highland - 19-July-2008 - Day 1

Charity day

Got up about 5am, after final packing leave at 6.30am to Subang Jaya to meet the rest, but then get lot around Subang for about 20mins, yet I am not the last to reach. :P Well, only 7 of us and divided into 2 cars.

First stop was Bidor Chicken Biscuit restaurant for breakfast break. Then we headed to Hutan Rekreasi Kuala Woh, near Tapah, before start the journey up the hill. Beautiful morning, and this river has some hot spot. I was with my jeans and sports shoes, not convenient to give a leg a nice hot water bath lo.

Next station, the waterfall on the way up to tanah rata. Forgot to get the name for the waterfall, should be something like Air Terjun Iskandar. Just drop by awhile for photo session, then we moved on. The last time I went to Cameron Highland was Dec 1999, about 9 years already. My impression was the road not as nice as what we are having now.

Here's the Cameron Tea. Cheers!

Lunch at "the T Cafe" which KC recommended as having the best scones in Cameron Highland. Nice. This cafe is just on top of Marry Brown at Tanah Rata.

Here's where we stayed, Anthulum Apartment. a duplex unit with 3 rooms, enough for 8 person.

After a short break and nap, we visited the Training Centre for Children and Adults with Special Needs. We had donated some money to buy them toys and food for tea breaks. KC and Gloria also had planned some simple games. After the break, we plan to have some dance session, but the kids are not so active in the song prepared by KC. The teacher said they have their own music and they had music session every week also. To our surprise, the songs are clubbing song!with the boom boom music. They all dance so happily and we joined the crowds. Haha.... when is the last time I been for clubbing? About 3 years ago??

Attendance list... not the mask but the one on right hand side. They are educated in Malay Language.

Art work from the special kids.
Tea break session.
Work from Gardening session. They were thought by farmers on how to plant. We bought a few as the donation to them. In fact it is much cheaper than selling outside. :)
Then, we went to Brinchang Saturday night market. Plenty of fresh fruits and vege. Since we will be eating out tonight, then just bought some back to KL.

Creative use of Cabbage.

Sabah, Kota Kinabalu - Day 7 (30-June-2008)

Time to Say GoodBye

We all took early flight back. The Penang flight was about 1 and half hour earlier than mine to KL. So, continue with my book while waiting in the airport. This trip gave me plenty of wonderful memories. You guys are really great travel mate!

Sabah, Kota Kinabalu - Day 6 (29-June-2008)

Journey to the Top

Waked up at 2am, took an expensive buffet breakfast, then started the journey to the Top at approximately 2.45am. The temperature was about 10degree Celcius. All of us were very well dress expecting the temperature to be colder on top of the mountain. However, about 10 mins after we started, we took off a few layers of the clothes, as we felt suffocated! As we move on, we sweat, and it is easier to walk with lighter clothing.

After about 1 and half hour of climbing up the stairs, trail became rocky, where our Kampung Adidas played an important role. In the dark, we had to follow the white rope to climb up the mountain. As it was very dark, we very much follow the rules and move very slowly. Sometimes need to stop as there was a girl crying in the middle, while there are some people just gave up. We felt so exhausted that every few steps we move, we were in fact looking for nearest big stones for rest. As the sky clears, we managed to see the path better and eventually move faster. Advice from my Dad, do not sit down for rest, just stop and stand to rest, then can regain the energy to move faster. It really works!

This 8.5km signboard shows that Low's Peak is only 200meters away. However, it took me about half an hour to go up.
Yeah! We all reached alas!

We stayed at the peak for about half an hour. Thanks to Maxis, I managed to make a phone call to my parents. It was so touch to hear my parents voice while I am on the top of Mount Kinabalu. Quite unbelievable that I can really make to the top. The view is breathtaking and spectacular.


If this picture was taken years back, maybe I will be at the back of every Ringgit Note.

The same rope used to go up. To reduce the pressure on our knee, we get down the hill like SDU.



After lunch, we all changed to Kinabalu T-Shirt, and ready for the trail back. We walked pretty fast down the hill. Best record is about 10mins per half a kilometer.

When you can see this waterfall, yes, the only water fall at the Timpohon trail, then you are very very close to the end of the trail -> Timpohon Gate.
Kok Hui welcomed us at Timpohon Gate. Hoo Yin was the first to reach in our team. Ee Leng and I were partnered to get down together.

Prove of the trip... 2 certificates showing that we managed to reach the top using Masilau trail to go up and Timpohon trail back.

At night, we checked in North Borneo Cabin again, and repacked our luggage, ready for flight back tomorrow early morning. Very tire, massage with Counterpain before we sleep. Cannot sleep well again.

Sabah, Kota Kinabalu - Day 5 (28-June-2008)

Where the Journey begins..

In the morning, we got boiled water to brush teeth for those who cannot get used to the icy cold tap water. The morning is crisp and the air is light.
Common area in the resort. Nice ley....

Checked out from the room and ready to go!

My backpack, the lightest among all, 5kg.
All of us very concentrate when the guide brief about the hike and the route.

To keep moving ahead, every half a kilometer, there is a sign board. Nearly every kilometer also has a hut for rest. Hence, every half a kilometer completed, I will award myself with a photograph session. On average, we took about half an hour to complete half a kilometer. Eventually we split into 2 groups also. Eddie, Kok Hui, Hoo Yin and I are the later group.
Missed the 3km sign due to heavy rain and wearing rain coat is not convenient to take photo.
Helped to carry Kok Hui's backpack as Kok Hui was very sick since the beginning and Hoo Yin got to take care of him as well.
Ouch.. I am like a hunch-back-pregnant lady....
When the clouds cleared, we stopped to enjoy the spectacular view. Frankly, there is not much moment that we can catch nice view as the whole day is quite mistly and foggy due to rains.
So many people having lunch at the same hut, and the hut is very muddy. We end up eating in the rain outside the hut. Got to use the cap to protect the bread so that it will not soak by rain water.

After lunch, Eddie and I move faster, and told Kok Hui and Hoo Yin that we will wait for them at the Simpang, which is about 1.5km ahead.


Here's the Simpang that we promised to wait for the rest. Waited for one hour before we can see the guide who then told us that Kok Hui cannot join us to Laban Rata. We then separate my bag with Kok Hui's, as both of us share the bag carried by the portal. At 4.30pm, we continue our journey.

After the meeting point, the counting starts from 4.5km again. Sigh... still got 2 km to go...


After 2 hours, we reached Laban Rata Resort at 6.30pm. The sky was getting dark. Just in time for the dinner before it closed counter. When Hoo Yin reached, we knew that Kok Hui cannot make it and sent to Hospital immediately. Our Hero Hoo Yin did the job as the portal also to carry our stuff up while the guide carry Kok Hui to Hospital.
Before we sleep, we put on alot of counterpain and took Panadol. The counterpain caused us hard to sleep as our muscle being excited. However, still able to rest the body for a few hours before we get up at 2am tomorrow.