Cameron Highlands 2013 - Lavender Cameron

We started our day as early as 8.30am. Had breakfast in the hotel room. Budget hotel, remember, so no breakfast provided. We bought some buns, cup noodles last night and made do with them for breakfast alhamdulillah..malas nak breakfast luar :)

Went to the taxi stand 100m away to wait for 2 taxis to ferry us to Lavender Cameron and Sungei Palas Boh tea plantation. Negotiated with the taxi driver on the taxi fare and agreed at a price of RM75 per taxi - brinchang -> cameron lavender -> boh tea plantation -> brinchang ok la tu quite reasonable rather than paying RM25 per person for a leisure day tour where some places mcm temple tu tak perlu la kan..and then there's the nature tour RM60 per person wif lunch..sunrise tour RM65 ke RM70 per person pepagi nk kena kluar..abe toksa solat? >.< harga merepek kan..lebih baik go on our own, customise our own tour relek2 jalan no rushing hehe

Seriously there was nothing much at Cameron Lavender. Nama je Lavender Garden but there were just a few rows of lavenders. Nontheless, the place was nice for pix taking. Oh ya there's strawberry farm too in there, strawberry picking & they grow tomatoes too but we decided not to enter the zone since we had had enough of plucking strawberries yesterday. So it was just photo taking time :D

the taxi that we chartered waiting to ferry us to boh tea plantation next!

Cameron Highlands 2013 - Big Red Strawberry Farm

Big Red Strawberry Farm is located within walking distance from Hotel Rainbow. About 600m away and it's just next to the Cactus Valley, which we did not make an entry there. Tak ya la since pat Big Red Strawberry farm pon ade cactus per hehe no need to waste time. Must know how to save time & money & travel smart hehe

No entrance fee was required. However, for strawberry picking, RM25 for half kilos of strawberries at least, a basket for 2 persons only..buat baik je ngan yang jaga gate, kite 5 branak ganti2 petik hehehe maklom lah 1st time petik strawberries :P  So did my sis & family :D The kids had fun. Happy kids made happy mum & dad alright.

our fruits of labour

they grow grapes too! & lettuce & cabbage :)

We left the farm and shopped for stuffs at the many shops along the way. I guessed we must have stopped at every shop there was heheh

Got back to the hotel to check in to both rooms which, by then were ready for check in. Sis asked for a change of room coz it was unsatisfactory. Just for the record, we just did not feel safe with the tap water in the hotel, for drinking that is. Bought a big 5 litre of mineral water for boiling water, instant noodles cravings purposes. Better be safe than sorry. Health is wealth anyway.

enjoying their fruits of labour on the bed..adek muka cramp ok he doesn't like strawberries hehe

It was great to know that there's a masjid, Masjid Kayangan, within walking distance from our hotel,  :) alhamdulillah! At least we were able to know the exact time for prayer once we heard the azan. After solat zohor jamak ta'dim, we went out in search of food for our very late lunch.

And then after maghrib, it was time to take a stroll up the road where the happening night market took place, usually during fri & sat night, but it seemed that the pasar malam operates nightly during the school holidays. Alhamdulillah we had the chance to visit the night market even on a Wednesday night. Only at Brinchang! tak menyesal la kan choose hotel pat Brinchang..sumer ade..supermarket pat seblah..gerai makan banyak, KFC pon ade, souvenir shops woahh berbaloi la pendek kata hehehe

Went back to our hotel room with lotsa food!! Yes, food was aplenty, so many varieties to choose from. Da kenyang ape lagik, ngorok la! Another fun outing the next day. Lavender Cameron & Boh Sungei Palas tea plantation!