Cameroon Highlands!!!

Thank You!!!!! :) For your lovely entries for MBP :)

And also for a whole lot of emails and comments asking when my cam is going to be back!!!! It feels nice when you know that someone is missing you. :) My cam should be back by next weekend (I hope so) all hail and hearty :) or else I go ahead and buy a new one!!!!! :D

I have one recipe already clicked and on my laptop before my cam decided to fall sick, but before I post that let me show this beautiful hill station in Malaysia where I went last month for a short holiday :) . The Cameroon Highlands!!!

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Its a beautiful hill station, about 2 hours drive from Kuala Lampur and because of its wonderful climate it is rich in its plantation of flowers and fruits and one of the largest producers of tea in the South East Asia. A much pleasant nature view compared to the concrete jungles in the big city!!! :)

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The climate was just AWESOME!!! It was cold and foggy, and everyday the sun was trying to peep out of the clouds, but never managed to come out. :)

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The scenic and lush road up to Cameron Highlands and then to our hotel was dotted with fruit, flower and vegetable farms. These are a few which were planted in hotel garden.

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When I saw this plant, I felt it was a monkey sitting on the pot!!!!!

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The tea plantations were all over the place!!! Anywhere you look, you can see a lush green carpet spread out below the foggy sky!!!

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These are the freshly plucked tea leaves collected and kept for delivery to the factory. They no longer pluck the leaves by hands. Its only done with machine. Only the most delicate ones are plucked by hands and sold as the premium quality tea. And according to them, the workers who can best do this job are the Indian workers!!! :)

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Thats the hotel sitting right up on the mountain!!!!

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One morning when I got up, this is what I could see from the hotel room balcony!! Absolutely nothing!! BLISS!!! It was like sleeping in the middle of the clouds!!!!!

So that was my wonderful little trip to Cameroon Highlands!!!!!

On a last note, let me remind you again about the MBP (Incase you are lost in the clouds :P ;) ) Do send in your entries by the 20th of this month and I will do the round up in the final 10 days. All you have to do is dig into fellow bloggers posted recipes and make anyhting based on the theme of the month. This months theme is “Around The World” . So get going!!!!

Just a note to all those who have already posted for this event. I can see the post on your blog, but just so that I don’t have to go digging everywhere, kindly send in the details to blogcoffee at gmail dot com . :)

So see you this weekend when I take you on a trip to ITALY!!!!!

Comments

12 Responses to “Cameroon Highlands!!!”

  1. supriya on January 16th, 2007

    breath taking scenary… lush green… must be quite romantic han?
    wow girl… trip to Italy??? i must show ur post to K… hope he gets the hint;)

    Oh yes, Romantic thru and thru….. and for the icing on the cake…… we were there on my birthday!!!! Now can anyhting get better than this!!!! :D
    By trip to Italy, I meant Italian food :P Don’t stress your husband simply. ;)

  2. Asha on January 16th, 2007

    Beautiful pics!As?!! Hey! that looks good too!:)) I see you had a great break.Good for you.

    YUP!!! :D

  3. burekaboy on January 16th, 2007

    looks like a wonderful place to visit, especially since we just got our first REAL snow here. now it’s FREEZING cold!! :))

    looking forward to seeing pix when the camera is finally fixed ;P

  4. burekaboy on January 16th, 2007

    whoa! didn’t see that “monkey” plant!! i want it :)))

    what’s with “don’t touch the chickens” sign?? that’s odd.

  5. Vani on January 16th, 2007

    Wow! What a beautiful place! The tea plantation pictures remind me of Darjeeling. Beautiful!

    Oh yes!!!

  6. Manasi on January 17th, 2007

    Ohhhhhh! breath takingly beautiful! Must have been too good to resist !! Those tea plantaiion slopes remind me of Munnar…. awesome pix! And Belated (but warm)Birthday wishes!

    You bet it was!!!! Thanks for the wishes. :)

  7. sandeepa on January 17th, 2007

    Beautiful place. Green and with the mist rising, It’s beautiful Coffee
    A great treat for your B’Day and a Very Happy though Belated BirthDay Wish

    Thank for the wishes Sandeepa!!!!! Yes, its truely beautiful!!! :)

  8. Dilip on January 17th, 2007

    Wonder place, great pictures, I was in Kuala Lumpur few years back but never visited the country side. I wish I had now…seems you had a fab time..yes bliss indeed…thanks for sharing…take care ben…catch you later…~smile~

    So you have a reason to come to KL again!!!! :)

  9. sra on January 19th, 2007

    Happy Belated Birthday! Nice that you went on this break - I’m green with envy!

    haha!!! Thanks dear :)

  10. Coffee on January 20th, 2007

    Thanks for the wishes everyone!!!!!! :) It ’s a wonderful place, no doubt in it!!!! Hope you all loved it :)

  11. seema on January 23rd, 2007

    Coffee,
    Lovley place dear. Myself and my hubby and both nature lovers. So much feel like loading a backpack and start hiking. Lovely.
    Thanx for sharing
    -
    Seema

    Its the best place for you then!!! :)

  12. Meeta on February 1st, 2007

    Can’t believe I missed this!! The pictures are lovely. Oh a belated Happy Birthday from me too! Hugs!

    Thanks dear :)

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