Tea in the green.

The journey to Cameron highland started on a bus from Kuala Lumpur, and took roughly 5 hours. The weather was nice, 15degrees and all clad up in jackets and hoodies, we didn’t rush to the apartment, but to have a nice hot meal.

The apartment we rented was a bit further away from the town, up on a little hill. As we reached the building we could see that it was a developing area, since we saw construction and the roads looked very new too.

Cameron Highlands is the most extensive hill station in Malaysia. It’s beautiful and very green, making you feel very close to nature when walking around the city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Highlands_District

One should never miss the tea plantation when in Cameron Highlands. As you drive around you see the scenic views of green on green, spreading as far as your eyes can see. One of the main tea plantations are by BOH plantations, which is the leading tea grower in Malaysia and 95% of the tea produced in Cameron is used in Malaysia.

From the tea plantation we went up to the highest point of Binchang. If it had been upto me I would have walked up even if took a few hours. But the teenagers seemed a bit reluctant to do it so we drove all the way up the winding narrow roads to the top, and climbed up the tower. It was cold and windy but what a site it was…

The mossy forest is another popular site in Cameron highlands. The unique amazing moss covered forest is located at the Batu Gangan Forest Reserve of Cameron Highlands, 2031 meters (6,700 feet) above sea level.

The pictures do not do justice to what you actually see. It looks mystical. Like a scene from one of these Lord of the Rings movies.

No wonder the kids didn’t want to get their Vans and Converse dirty.

I knew Cameron had a lots of trails and due to the rainy seasons some of these trails are closed to public for safety reasons. I asked a tour guide which trails would be open and he told us that trails 2 and 3 were open. Though we were new to the place, with the help of a map and Google Maps we identified the entrance to trail 3.

It started from a main road, and as we walked up it looked like a narrow winding street up, with no sign of a forest. But we walked up and at the top we found a beautiful house surrounded by a garden.

And right in front of the house there was a sign saying “Forest walk 3”. It was a very narrow entrance but we kept on. The cool breeze, the sound of nature, and the rays from the sun, it was just… amazing…

We walked for about 2 hours into the forest and we started seeing signs that lead to route 2 as well. But we were not very sure as to where it would lead, so we decided to turn back.

On the way back I saw this house which was actually quite further away… but imagine living in this house surrounded by all things green…

I was really glad that we took an apartment away from the city, because we got to explore the surrounding area on foot. While walking we came across this beautiful little street; with a hotel and a restaurant and it looked like a page out of a story book.