UPDATED : if u like to have more scenic views of Cameron, do hop over to javapot’s post on Cameron
This was by far the most adventurous school holiday that we have ever had.
It wasn’t exactly the location that we travelled to but the number of places that we covered within those short 2 weeks. And having a 4 months baby tagging along really awed us.
A week after our Penang trip, we had booked a night stay much earlier (considering it was a school holiday) at Genting Highlands PURELY for a day of FUN & THRILL at the theme park for Sean & Scot !!
But just 3 days before departing for Genting, my mom suddenly ‘ajak’/invite us to go Cameron Highlands. Just as we thought it was not possible to get an accomodation at such last minute, we were surprised that the agent that we used to engage still has an apartment to let. Meaning to say:
-Sunday we departed for CameronH for a night stay…
-Monday arrived home, unpacked…..and packed again…
-Tuesday departed for GentingH.
Come to think of it, our mind must have not functioning properly then :P. Thank god our little baobei was such a resilient baby, following us up & down numerous hills
Eventhough CameronH has not many attractions to certain people, our family like visiting it just for a quick change of air, temperature & serenity. We especially loves the ORGANIC charcoal steamboat. And mom would buy lots of veggies & fruits down too. Unfortunately being a school holiday season, that steamboat restaurant that we used to patron was full house, jam packed with tourists. We were left with no choice but to eat at another steamboat restaurant. It was really a huge turn down as eating steamboat was a major agenda of the entire trip. Just like our previous trip, we strolled the ‘pasar malam’ after the dinner & got more snacks to stuff our stomachs!!
Since our last visit was also on a festive season, the boys didn’t get a chance to self-pluck strawberries at the strawberries farm as it was closed. I reckon it was an activity that the kids should not missed doing at CameronH. So this time, we finally made it.
The boys getting ready with their box to load strawberries


*** The strawberries somehow tasted sweeter, haha ***

On our way to the bee farm, we stumbled upon a crowd of people by the road side & decided to pull over to check out what was interesting.

Not sure if it was the season, there were lots of SEA COCONUT for sale. I’ve eaten them before but never get to see the fruit in its original shape. So i had a good time with the fruits. We had the juice as well as eating the flesh fresh from the fruit.
It looks very appetizing & refreshing to me but actually tasteless lor…..haha

It was a Monday when we decided to drive up to BOH tea plantation to sip a cuppa hot tea while relaxing BUT then again we were dissapointed. Hey listen guys, they CLOSED on Monday.
Resting & enjoying the view of the GREEN tea plantation from atop.


Sadly to say, we were greeted with much dissapointments this time compared to our previous trip. We call off the trip late in the afternoon & headed towards Tanjung Tualang for seafood before routing back to KL.
Time & again, the food didn’t amazed us…..we definitely can find something much better back in KL so why waste time driving all the way there. I believe it should be our last meal there. My uncle in Ipoh has already warned us that nice seafood has all been eaten up at that place……supply has been scarce apparently. Being a local, he highly recommend seafood at Setiawan instead. We will have to check that out one day.
Here are the BIG BIG prawn that we were expecting

By the time we finished our dinner it was already close to 6pm & it took us another 2 hours to reach home. So imagine upon reaching home, i need to KEEP my mind strong as there were loads of chores awaiting. Settled the kids esp baby first. Then off to unpack the luggages. By the time i got myself clean up, it was already late at night. I told the hubs, i’ll pack the luggage for Genting the next morning….really ‘bolat’ !!
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We took our sweet time the next morning to pack our stuffs (with a baby, u can’t get any simpler) as i didn’t wana stress too much. Told hubs no need to go so early….coz all we are interested in is A Day at the Theme Park. Nothing much to look forward. Hence, we left home close to noon & reached Gohtong Jaya for late lunch.
I’m not sure how many of you are as BLUR as me. I came to know that only Genting’s First World & Theme Park Hotel are open for booking by the public. The rest of the higher class hotel like Genting Hotel, Resort Hotel & Highland Hotel can only be booked by MEMBERS (at least silver member above) !!! Even if you are willing to pay, you don’t get to stay there….what crap is that??? I was very much upset. Yet i still booked Theme Park hotel (being the best available) since we have promised the boys on this trip much earlier. And it came no cheap too….if i’m not mistaken about RM245 a night. We have all heard too much about how terrible these hotel rooms are so i was so NOT-LOOKING-FORWARD to the stay actually. Especially so when i’ll be taking care of baobei myself & spending most of the time at the hotel room when the boys & hubs are in the theme park.
But I TELL U, the entire stay at the hotel turned out to be a SURPRISE to us !! BCoz the whole hotel has been refurbished & it looks like a WHOLE NEW hotel to me. Everyone of us went gaa-gaa-gaa in excitement the moment we stepped into the room.
So what else ………..high time to SHARE the photos
see the little tauke on the bed

New bed, new TV cabinet, new chair, new sofa, new carpet …. what else to expect. Yeah TV was kinda cartoon, but who’s interested to watch TV 1,2,3 & NTV 7 right?

Toilet was clean & spot-free ……..thumbs up !!

There were 1 king size bed, 1 single bed, 1 sofa & a babycot…just nice for the 5 of us

We were all very pleased with the changes to the hotel. Theme Park hotel, we shall be back
My 2 very different twins….look at their styling taste. Scot can be a bit overboard at times….sometimes go pasar malam also wana wear long sleeve but i’m happy that i managed to groom him that way. But but i’m really speechless when it comes to Sean’s taste. He only goes for comfort & would need to be forced when it’s really time to dress up, sometimes even needs bribe & threat….haiyor kik sei ngor

Enjoying at the Theme Park. Weather was pretty good….cooling, windy but thankfully didn’t rain on the day we went theme park.




Finally overcome the fear of trying the adult bumper car….**my chicken boys**

Again practising bowling !!

Eventhough baobei was as usual an angel when we were out on travel, i must say it was kinda boring for me as i was carrying him on a carrier thus couldn’t joined the other 3 boys who were having heaps of FUN. Both baobei & I really missed the fun….i really can’t wait for baobei to grow up, silly me !!
His favourite car seat, one of our best investment.

Now that we are more confident bringing baobei along on our trip, we’ll definitely plan for more. Another long holiday is coming up soon, HARI RAYA Puasa in Sept. Plan is on the way ….. how about you??