It seems inevitable that the energy changes as I near the end of a holiday. There are more frequent thoughts of home, I typically get that urge to check my work email, and I find it more challenging to stay in the moment. This was even more the case when we pulled into the Cameron Highlands and had a negative first impression. The bus ride was longer than expected, the landscape filled with ugly greenhouses, and the main town seemed very touristy. Plus it’s much cooler here and dumped a torrential rainshower when we were walking around to scope out the sights.
But you should never judge a book by it’s cover. We woke up early with the plan to hike ‘Trail 10’. It is a steep jungle path that leads up to a beautiful viewpoint. I think we must have been channeling RobO because a street dog came with us for the entire 3.5 hour hike (we named him Freddy 2.0). On the way down we stopped at a strawberry farm for invigorating strawberry juice and fresh berries, then made our way back to town along ‘Trail 4’. The photos don’t really capture how beautiful it was.
The guidebooks said that the hike signage is difficult to follow. We had no problem with RockyB using a sweet maps.me app and, of course, Freddy 2.0 showing us the way.
In the afternoon we went to the Cameron Bharat Tea Plantation. In true British fashion we treated ourselves to tea and scones white looking over the magical viewpoint.
Final verdict of the Cameron Highlands is that I’m glad we came here, but the 1 day that we had was sufficient. I definitely prefer the heat!
This has been an A+ holiday. RockyB and I share the same travel values, which makes for easy companionship. We spent a lot of time walking, eating street food, avoiding tour groups/tourist traps, and playing a never ending stream of ‘would you rather…’ questions. I’m quite sure that Rock-Awn will ride again one day!
The next blog update will be in July when we venture on my surprise birthday trip. You can ask RobO where we’re going for that one, then feel free to pass the info over to me!