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 Cameron Highlands, Malaysia travel tales
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| M Wagner |
18 August 2002 |
Stayed at Strawberry Park Resort - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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Cameron Highlands is a nice place with cool temperatures. Don't expect too much from the villages up there, most of them look like those skiing resorts in summer, which probably most of us have visited once before by mistake. Don't miss to visit the Sungai Tea Estate, probably the most photogenic area in the Highlands.
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| J Lommerse |
18 August 2002 |
Stayed at Strawberry Park Resort - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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The Cameron Highlands are well worth a visit. The drive from Tapah to Tanah Rata is quite an experience - 60+km of bends! The scenery en route is fantastic.
The Boh Tea Plantation is worth stopping at - although slightly off the beaten track. If you're into hiking, there are some good routes.
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| B Oke |
17 August 2002 |
Stayed at Lakehouse Cameron Highlands, The - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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After the PLUS, the road to Ringlet is a bit challenging. The road is narrow and winding and is the main route to and from the Cameron Highlands. Commercial trucks tend to travel at unsafe speeds taking corners at the absolute limit of adhesion to the road. The ubiquitous 70-90cc bikes also attempt suicide, overtaking on blind corners and cutting off the unwary car driver in an attempt to save 30 seconds on their journey. Once you have braved the desperate traffic, the landscape unfolds to some stunning scenery. The small towns of Ringlet, Tana Rata and Bringchang offer limited restaurant, shopping and entertainment facilities, but this place, after all is where you would come to get away from it all. Brilliant scenery, tea plantations and jungle walks.
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| M Stelbrink |
09 August 2002 |
Stayed at Strawberry Park Resort - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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If you like tea, landscape views and temperature below 20°C (!!!) it's the destination to go (avoid weekends and public holidays) as many attractions are quite small and ould be no fun with millions of other people...
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| R Johnson |
04 August 2002 |
Stayed at Smokehouse Hotel, Cameron Highlands - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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The Cameron Highlands are absolutely beautiful. We loved them & hope to return. (Bring a sweater - this may be Malaysia - but it is very cool and rainy at times.)
We drove a rental car from Kuala Lumpur, & would warn people to start earlier in the day than we did. We started about 3:30 p.m. & didn't get there until just after dark - which scared me (my husband seemed to enjoy the adventure, though) - since the roads are Very curvy for at least 2 hours to the top, and the rain could be rushing down the hillside & you don't know what you will encounter around the corner. (It's a good idea to honk before you go around some of those corners.)
In the daylight (and if you enjoy heights) there are some awesome sights! The tea plantations up there make for gorgeous scenery. The BOH Tea Plantation is the only one (I think) that gives tours of the factory & it's very interesting. I was very glad we were on our own, though. I heard from other people that they were less than happy with some of the tours, but I'm not sure why.
The 2 towns that are close enough to explore (Tanah Rata & Brinchang), are very small & only have a few shops to really enjoy. The Malay people are very warm & friendly though. We had some local food that was very good, and some that was not; but, that's really a matter of taste. I'm not crazy about Chinese steamboat, while others are. I can't take spicy Malay food, but my husband loves it. Surprisingly, there are quite a few places where you can get a Western breakfast, and the coffee is very good up there.
It was enjoyable for us to just drive around & see the countryside (something I'd been dying to do after a year in Singapore!) The golf course looked very nice, but we didn't use it. Other people seemed to be very happy with the hiking.
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| N Lutz |
28 July 2002 |
Stayed at Strawberry Park Resort - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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The teaplantation was great and wonderful to see and also the butterfly garden was very nice but not very good kept. Unfortunately.
The way up to the top is not very good signed, so we got lost.
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| A Huwaiseen |
24 July 2002 |
Stayed at Strawberry Park Resort - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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the hotel it self is out of town . it has a very good restorants . but very expensive . the hotel can arrange tours .
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| H Garbett |
11 July 2002 |
Stayed at Lakehouse Cameron Highlands, The - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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We had one night in the Cameroon Highlands so couldn't take full advantage of the walks etc.
One of the tea plantations 10 mins north of the Lakehouse is well worth a visit.
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| L Soo soo |
07 July 2002 |
Stayed at Strawberry Park Resort - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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The journey to Cameron Highland is worth travelling, the weather is perfect. The steamboat is full of free and fresh vegetables and cost only RM12 per pax. I bought lots of cheap roses, plants, fruits and vegetables where you can find along the way at Brinchang and higher.
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| T Yong hui gordon |
16 June 2002 |
Stayed at Strawberry Park Resort - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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The Old Smokehouse is a really charming restaurant... the place is reminiscent of a old english town...beautiful and peaceful...the meals were a little on the high side but well worth a visit.
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