Found these 2 SMS from the news, "SMS your views". Read for your info. As for the high cost of tea, would be good if the SMS info the place or restaurant overcharging for all to note. Then again, the establishment may end up fuming take up an axe and come after my blog. Anyway, do ask about pricing before eating if their prices are not displayed. I think one or two black sheep restaurant in Cameron Highlands, and one notorious one in Brinchang (received many complaints about that restaurant but I can't mention it because they were angry with me saying they worked very hard lah and all that and I spoil their business, blah, blah, blah... well have reasonable and competitive pricing then won't get black marks from the tourist la...!)
Imported vegetables (25/2/2012)
Cameron Highlands traders pls don’t take tourist as fools. If product from China, Indonesia or imported, just admit it & don’t claim its frm CH - Dinda Remy
High cost (26/2/2012)
A glass of plain tea at a Cameron Highlands tea plantation costs RM5 and above. It spoils the tourist business. I vow not to drink there.
Highlands has lost its charm (Tuesday March 13, 2012)
Cameron Highlands is a popular holiday destination but due to over-development it has lost its charm. – Subra
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Swiss-Garden International Hotel & Residences in Ringlet Cameron Highlands
Found this news about Swiss Garden International Hotel. It seems they will be adding some properties in Ringlet Cameron Highlands. The news wasn't clear whether it will be hotel or apartment or both. Will wait and see.
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Swiss-Garden to manage sister hotel in Malacca
Saturday February 25, 2012
SWISS-Garden International Hotels, Resorts & Inns signed an agreement to manage the Swiss-Garden Hotel Malacca that is being developed by Kerjaya Hotel Sdn Bhd. Swiss-Garden International was represented by its presiden Andrew Wong, while Kerjaya Prospek was represented by its chief executive officer Tee Eng Ho. The signing ceremony was witnessed by chief minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam.
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Swiss-Garden to manage sister hotel in Malacca
Saturday February 25, 2012
SWISS-Garden International Hotels, Resorts & Inns signed an agreement to manage the Swiss-Garden Hotel Malacca that is being developed by Kerjaya Hotel Sdn Bhd. Swiss-Garden International was represented by its presiden Andrew Wong, while Kerjaya Prospek was represented by its chief executive officer Tee Eng Ho. The signing ceremony was witnessed by chief minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Mossy Forest Boardwalk to Gunung Brinchang being repaired
Mossy Forest Boardwalk to Gunung Brinchang being repaired and should be ready in a months time. Great to give this a go for some outdoor adventure hiking. And yes, people have lost their way resulting in a search and rescue so the boardwalk serves as guide to stick to the path and avoid getting lost. Now that it is under repair they have closed the mossy forest jungle trail for now. According to news, it would be ready by end month February. So March onwards, mossy forest hiking ho!
Improved scenic boardwalk to be completed this month
By Fong Kee Soon
Friday February 17, 2012
A LOOP is being added to the Mossy Forest boardwalk at Gunung Brinchang in Cameron Highlands to prevent visitors from getting lost.
Regional Environmental Awareness Cameron Highlands (REACH) president R. Ramasamy said the loop leads back to the entrance of the 200m-long boardwalk.
"In the past, some visitors lost their way because they wandered off the boardwalk amidst the misty environment.
"Missing planks and vandalised ropes along the boardwalk's wooden platforms are also being replaced," Ramasamy told The Star.
Mystical: A view of the Mossy Forest in Cameron Highlands.
Renovation works, which started since October last year, should be completed by the end of the month, he added.
Improved scenic boardwalk to be completed this month
By Fong Kee Soon
Friday February 17, 2012
A LOOP is being added to the Mossy Forest boardwalk at Gunung Brinchang in Cameron Highlands to prevent visitors from getting lost.
Regional Environmental Awareness Cameron Highlands (REACH) president R. Ramasamy said the loop leads back to the entrance of the 200m-long boardwalk.
"In the past, some visitors lost their way because they wandered off the boardwalk amidst the misty environment.
"Missing planks and vandalised ropes along the boardwalk's wooden platforms are also being replaced," Ramasamy told The Star.
Mystical: A view of the Mossy Forest in Cameron Highlands.
Renovation works, which started since October last year, should be completed by the end of the month, he added.
Collecting Cameron Highlands Hillslope Water for Health
Often when I go to Cameron Highlands, I see people collecting water from the hillslope. I have heard that the water is considered healthy because of the perception of being sourced naturally from nature. Yet on the other hand we do not know the actual source and whether there is any contamination to the water collected. Of course people want to improve their health wherever possible and if it worked for them, they will collect it and drink it. Personally I'm not so keen to drink it unless absolutely no choice (such as going jungle hiking and camping), Anyway it is good to know and keep in view.
Frequent water collectors speak of its boost in energy
Story and photos by Fong Kee Soon
Friday February 17, 2012
FOR more than a decade now, people have been flocking to collect free mineral water from a hillslope at KM10 of the Simpang Pulai-Kampung Raja road leading up to Cameron Highlands.
They believe that the water is therapeutic and can ease joint pains as well as able to boost the energy and stamina of those who consume it.
Auxiliary policeman Zaine Mohd Silan would head out to the spot once a month with enough plastic bottles to collect some 100 litres of water. It is a chore the 56-year-old has been carrying out for the last 10 years.
For consumption: Nor Suhaimi showing two large
plastic bottles filled with the mineral water.
He believes wholeheartedly that the water is safe as it is crystal clear and leaves no residue at the bottom of the containers even after some time.
"Rice cooked with the water also stays fresh longer," he claimed, adding that the water had never made him sick.
The water, added Zaine, has never stopped flowing all these years.
Frequent water collectors speak of its boost in energy
Story and photos by Fong Kee Soon
Friday February 17, 2012
FOR more than a decade now, people have been flocking to collect free mineral water from a hillslope at KM10 of the Simpang Pulai-Kampung Raja road leading up to Cameron Highlands.
They believe that the water is therapeutic and can ease joint pains as well as able to boost the energy and stamina of those who consume it.
Auxiliary policeman Zaine Mohd Silan would head out to the spot once a month with enough plastic bottles to collect some 100 litres of water. It is a chore the 56-year-old has been carrying out for the last 10 years.
For consumption: Nor Suhaimi showing two large
plastic bottles filled with the mineral water.
He believes wholeheartedly that the water is safe as it is crystal clear and leaves no residue at the bottom of the containers even after some time.
"Rice cooked with the water also stays fresh longer," he claimed, adding that the water had never made him sick.
The water, added Zaine, has never stopped flowing all these years.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Confusing signs on the Camerons road
Confusing signs on the Camerons road
Wednesday February 15, 2012
RECENTLY, my family and I went on a trip to Cameron Highlands. We travelled via Simpang Pulai and on the way we observed two road signs that kept appearing along the road and the two always appeared together (as seen in the photo) [editor: didn't find the photo...].
The first road sign, a white circle with a black diagonal stripe always comes first and a few metres away, is a road sign indicating a 50kph speed limit.
My dad recognised the first as a sign indicating the National Speed Limit, which means the speed limit for cars is 60mph on single carriageways and 70mph on dual carriageways and motorways.
May I ask the Road Transport Department why are the road signs contradicting one another? The road to the Camerons is the only road where I have observed this particular placement of such road signs.
PEACH,
Shah Alam.
Wednesday February 15, 2012
RECENTLY, my family and I went on a trip to Cameron Highlands. We travelled via Simpang Pulai and on the way we observed two road signs that kept appearing along the road and the two always appeared together (as seen in the photo) [editor: didn't find the photo...].
The first road sign, a white circle with a black diagonal stripe always comes first and a few metres away, is a road sign indicating a 50kph speed limit.
My dad recognised the first as a sign indicating the National Speed Limit, which means the speed limit for cars is 60mph on single carriageways and 70mph on dual carriageways and motorways.
May I ask the Road Transport Department why are the road signs contradicting one another? The road to the Camerons is the only road where I have observed this particular placement of such road signs.
PEACH,
Shah Alam.
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