Camlands Cheer II: Traffic Jam, Not Strawberry Jam

The Good 'ol Days
Swiped from williamnyk.

Our day started at 8:15am. Dragged ourselves out of bed and freshened up for breakfast. The buffet spread included nasi lemak, fried rice vermicelli, fried flat noodles, nuggets, sausages, toast and porridge. Better than I expected. Finally, I tasted the cool air. The sky was overcast. It was drizzly. Out came the sweater from my knapsack. Our first stop was at Agro Tourism Farm, just around the corner from the hotel. Plenty of butterhead and red coral planted hydroponically. Strawberries too. But they were all so cinonet. It just wasn't the season. And the rain was a factor it seems. And just adjacent to it was Cactus Valley. The steep climb left us winded. Need to improve my stamina! We then headed to the Time Tunnel beside the Kok Lim Strawberry Farm. The entrance fee of MYR5.00 was well worth it. A very well-laid out slice of the good 'ol days in the Cameron Highlands. Never seen so many antiques and everyday artifacts from a bygone era in one place. Perfect for camwhoring. Don a pagoda T-shirt. Put on a blank stare. BnW post-processing. Voila! A blast from the past.



Next was the Water Cress Farm. We had to brave the jams to get there. So ridiculous. All due to the lack of parking at the popular attractions along the road. And for some peculiar reason, ambulances were zooming up and down the whole day. Well, the water cress farm was a big disappointed. Just a whole lot of water cress in pools of water. Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting naked hunks in pools of water, but at least the place could have looked more tidy. That aside, we decided to have lunch there as well. For MYR60.00, we ordered their set lunch of fried beancurd, stewed chicken, stir-fried water cress with preserved beancurd, fried egg with gourd and dumplings. Even got ourselves some water cress drinks. Then we went to the Ee Feng Gu Apiary. There's no guided tour of the bee farm, so all you can see are the flowers and boxed hives everywhere. The only interesting thing we saw there was a super-hiau girl who braved the cold winds in just a thin sphaghetti strap blouse and hot pants. >_________<"



If you've seen one farm, you've seen 'em all. So we ended our day at Cactus Point. I was more impressed with the flowers than the cacti. Munched on some sweet corn and sweet potatoes. Yummy. Before dinner, we did our grocery shopping at the market. Strawberry Moments Cafe came next. Ordered their strawberry strudel and strawberry white coffee. Not bad. For dinner, we met up with an ex-coursemate cum ex-schoolmate cum ex-colleague of mine, Fu. YY was the one who spilled the beans about him. Such a small world hor? No surprises, for dinner we had steamboat again, but this time at Kowloon Hotel (nearby is Rainbow Hotel, the only gay-friendly establishment in Camlands, :P), recommended by his friend, DL. Van-loads of Thai tourists were dining there. Amazing. It was a scrumptuous dinner and the service was impeccable as DL was a regular. And the best thing was dinner was on DL! So generous. Post-dinner, we camwhored again. Calling it a night, SK and I went back to our rooms, while Pikey and Bear decided to go paktor (I'm sure you can read the yuk ma details at their respective blogs).



Turned in early that night after packing half of my stuff. It was cold... Missing KH's warmth...