More Rain and More Jams, Among Others at Cameron Highlands

We have big plans for our day 2 in Cameron Highlands. We were thinking about visiting the Rose Valley, checking out teas, grapes and cactus and stuff….. but alas, almost all did not materialize. Marred by bad weather and bad traffic, we could barely find time and the strength to make it to 2 attraction stops!

We checked-out from our hotel after breakfast and made our way further up the hill.
Although it’s already a weekday then, the holiday crowd there still had yet to disperse. It was crawling snail once we reached Brinchang. After what looked like an eternal drive after 2 or so kilometers we decided to turn into the next tourist stop we saw and made a u-turn back to Brinchang.
It was Sconers (or something that sounds alike) Kea Farm then,
we stopped by,
checked out the market,
got ourselves some strawberries cheese cake

checked out the mushroom farm
and u-turn back.

Back at Brinchang, we found our way to the Cactus Valley; also known as (or renamed to, we are not too sure) Taman Agro Tourism.

Love this spontaneous shot of Samuel

We got to see how these vegetables are grown

The obligatory strawberry shot :p

The place is huge. It took us quite a while to find a parking and a very long while to walk from the top to the bottom where the Chinese Restaurant is.

We took our lunch there; food was so-so but super reasonable. Less than RM40 for a fish dish, a claypot dried Bak Kut Teh, eggs and rice and drinks :O

After lunch….
yes as ‘ya guess it, it rained.

Most of the areas in the valley are sheltered but the walk to our car park was not. We timed ourselves and tried to make it to our car when the drizzle seemed to stop but still missed it by a couple of meters. Samuel was happy to run in the rain….. it was us worrywart adults that’re a tad distressed.
We left our umbrella in the car ‘ya see.
And we certainly wish not the kids catch any bugs.

Anyway, we made it safely and fairly dry to the car. We decided then we had enough of Cameron Highlands for that trip and made our way back.

Both the kids tired out and slept almost the entire journey. It was good that we reached Bidor early as Mommy really needed her much required rest. It would another long day the day after that.

We checked ourselves back into the same Bidor hotel later that evening.
Samuel, as though recognizes no tiredness when it comes to playtime with his cousins, spent the night at Po Po’s place and played till past midnight before calling it a day.

And what’s more…:O
He woke up before dawn the next morning for Small Jiu Jiu big day.
:O :O