The break

another break to Cameron Highland (CH). 5,000 ft (1,500 m) above sea level, cool climate, with temperatures no higher than 25 °C and rarely falls below 12°C all year-round and being the raining season now, the temperatures falls slightly lower. Yes, it was cold and wet this time.

A bit of its history. The Highlands were named after William Cameron, a British colonial government surveyor who discovered the plateau during a mapping expedition in 1885. The fame of Cameron Highlands then grew during the colonial era when British planters realised the potential of its fertile mountain slopes for growing tea, then a prized commodity. Cameron Highlands is still home to many tea plantations, being Malaysia's largest tea-producing region. With its many vegetables and flower farms the area is also known as a major supplier of such. There are a total of eight towns in CH with their individual attractions activities.

The market place is a must to visit. I noted that there's a bit of a different varieties from our last visit including the flowers except the corns, strawberries, cacti which seems to be available all year long.

This break coincides with the Raya Holidays where the entire nation had at least a 4 days weekend off for most people, so the traffic was a bit heavier than our previous visits which makes getting a car park a bit difficult and big crowds at all places of interest.

MIL and FIL at the Tea Shop with the tea plantation as the background

FIL is not an adventurous person, he don't travel much except within the comfort of his vicinity.
We and a friend of his, schemed up a plan to coerce FIL to come along on this trip ( in a gentle way of course) during his 80th birthday recently. So, he can't backed out on his words
And he is such a good sport everytime I asked for a photo, he obliged willingly. I later found out that he was here some 40 years ago. LOL

My all time favourite place, I have shown this at least twice in my previous posting already, yet, I just had to take another shot at this, since I can't bring all the flowers home with me.

the kids with the tea plantation background

And Mary came along with me, made a bit of a progress during my stay, stitching in the evenings while it rained. Here, Mary is photograph on the Boh Tea Plantation . Still on Part 3
I sincerely thank you all so much for the well wishes for my mom. The repair is now done and the Doc had cleared her to be good, she sees better now too. Its now up to mom as she has to remember the dos' and the don't and she still needs my assistance daily for the least a couple more weeks to come.

Chinese teapots