Chinese New Year Trip
Posted on 02.06.09 12:43PM under Cutest Baby, Family, Health, Iron Condor, Pictorials, Travels
GONG XI FA CAI….
Well well this CNY to me was a long long holiday. Prior to CNY was awy from office since 15th Jan - 23rd Jan to fullfill my obligations to the nation…. YEAH!!! In Camp Training (ICT) aka reservist… Our office had a long break only to start work on the 8th day of CNY (02 Feb 2009 Mon) Muahaha…..
Where was i during the CNY holiday?? hmmm i can say i’ve been to 1/2 of Malaysia… Started with a long drive from SG - KL, KL - Cameron Highlands, Cameron Highlands - KL, KL - Bentong (Pahang), Bentong(Pahang) - Seremban (wife’s hometown), Seremban - Johor, Johor - SG. Phew….. i bet i have clocked a mileage of minimum 1500km those few days.
Overall the trip was quite great (someone please erase my memories of the jam in malaysia, KL, Cameron)… Yeap on day 1 (26th Jan 09) we started out from our house in SengKang approximately 4.45am? Reached my friend’s (Winson & Janice) place at 5am and we headed straight to Tuas Checkpoint. Relatively smooth without much jam at both the the checkpoints (not much drivers awake on the 1st day of CNY). After the Customs we took a leisure drive to KL, at around 11am we were in KL looking for food. Alas the dim sum which i frequent was closed on CNY day 1… bahhh… settled for some roadside stall at Jalan Alor instead.
After our lunch we started what i label the “saddest thing to happen on CNY day 1″ - We virtually spend the whole CNY day 1 in our vehicles… Believe it or not we left KL around 1-2pm and arrived at our resort in BrinChang, Cameron Highlands at 9pm. Well there were some confusion after lunch where my car which was leading the way lost “the sheep” (Winson & Janice). Had a hard time locating each other in the end we decided to head to Simpang Pulai toll on our own. Somehow we got onto the highway by different toll.
Upon exiting Simpang Pulai toll we met up and began our journey up the hill. Was around 4-5pm and i estimated we would be able to reach our resort (Strawberry Park Resort) by 5.45pm. Well we did reach Kampung Raja or was it Tringkap by 5.30pm though and GPS indicated approx 15mins more of drive at the most. Little did we realize Cameron Highland is so crowded during the peak seasons mainly the holidays and weekends and there happen to be a famous “Pasar Malam” (Night market) smack right in the centre of the town Brinchang. Well everyone on cameron highland seem to be heading there at the same time and that resulted in a jam of near 3 hours for a mere drive of less than 10km. (Lesson learned #1 - do not head into bringchang from tringkap after 4pm on peak season days when the Pasar Malan opens. #2 - do not head out of bringchang to tringkap after 11am on peak season days especially if that day happens to be the end of most 3 days 2 nights holiday in Cameron Highland. #3 Make sure you have enough fuel before heading up to Cameron Highlands from the Simpang Pulai route as the nearest petrol kiosk (Shell & Petronas) is located just slightly after the Pasar Malam of Brinchang.)
Upon arrival at our resort all of us were grumpy, hungry, butt-sored and tired, went for a quick dinner at the resort’s restaurant knowing full well that it is sooooo expensive. Below are some pictures taken on the 2nd day in Cameron Highlands. Not much as the battery was almost flat and i did not have my charger with me.
My boy is cute….. no one can deny the fact!!!! 
Still as pretty as before 
Tea leaves anyone?
The mini “lounge” beside Strawberry Park Resort’s Reception, I like the painting of the resort surrounded by greenery and look closely at the “sun” it is just the spotlight :P”
Having Steamboat dinner the 2nd night on Cameron Highland, brrr cold + steamboat reminds me of my winter days in australia
Tristan aka DanDan’s favourite move…. Shaking his head
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