Alida Greyling
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Cameron Highlands..so beautiful & peaceful! - 2007/08/06 03:13
My bf and I went to Malaysia in March 2007. Our trip was to start at the Cameron Highlands as I won a competition here in South-Africa. We stayed at the ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Cameron Highlands Resort for 6 nights. The hospitality and friendliness we experienced there could not have been better. If anybody needs to know where to stay and is looking for 5* service and accomodation...this is the place. The food was spectacular and the spa is unbelievable. We organised a few sightseeing trips through the resort and went to the BOH teaplantations, which is a MUST SEE. I didn't want to leave because it was so beautiful. I remember sitting on a rock and just staring at the amazing landscape. So peaceful and relaxing. We also went to see the Hydroponics farms and Watercress farms which was very interesting. One of my favourite outings was to go and pick our own strawberries which were smaller than we are used to, but 20 times tastier than we are used to. They were so sweet and delicious. I bought 10 bottles of strawberry jam to bring back to South-Africa. Our tour guide was amazing and so informative. The stories he told us was so great. One thing that was quite scary was going to the Pasar Malam on the Saturday. I think because Cameron Highlands is so small, the people there arent too used to seeing tourists and I felt very wierd as we were walking through the market. Everybody was staring at us and getting a taxi was a nightmare as most people didn't understand english. However, we survived  . Also something that was a problem for me was the drive from KL to the Highlands. The windy roads made me very nauseas and thankfully our fantastic driver took us on another route when we went back to KL. I have to say that the Cameron Highlands was really great. If it were not for the Cameron Highlands Resort and the wonderful manager, Ben Quah, we would've struggled alot more. It was truly relaxing, so peaceful and the most fun was that we could just sleep, eat and walk around as we pleased. Truly amazing and I would love to visit there again! Oh and if you are planning to go there, be sure to bring BOXES of tea back. The tea is superior and I am regretting that I only bought 2 boxes back.
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