Cameron Highlands

Kang Travel and Tours Job Opportunity

Jan.PJ — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:43:00 -0700

Hello! Looking for a job in Cameron Highlands? Well here's some job opportunity for those who like to work in the highlands, Kang Travel is looking for drivers who have PSC License and Sales Operator for their office. If you think it would be interesting to work in Cameron Highlands, well you can give Kang Travel a call. Their telephone contact +60 (5) 4915828 So give a call and see if the

Jul 23, Blue Valley Flowers Farm Cameron Highlands

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:32:16 -0700

Blue Valley Flowers Farm Cameron Highlands is tucked away in between farms in the Blue Valley area of Cameron Highlands. The nursery here sells potted plants and you can pick your own strawberry! And they got chirping birds for sale too!

Jul 23, Green View Garden Cameron Highlands

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:49:34 -0700

Green View Garden Cameron Highlands is located along the Simpang Pular route. Here you can find various strawberry delights in their cafe, a nursery garden growing strawberries and flowers, and various strawberry jams and chocolates in their shop.

Green Tea Polyphenols and Catechine

Jan.PJ — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:45:00 -0700

Came up this discussion about the downside of drinking too much Green Tea. Although drinking Green Tea Polyphenols and Catechine has the good benefit of anti-oxidants which helps to prevent cancer and fighting against free radicals. Drinking too much has side effects that are no good for the body. Also to note that Catechine can be found in fruits and vegetables too. In everything,

Jul 2, Drive Travel from Singapore to Cameron Highlands

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:01:24 -0700

Travel from Singapore to Cameron Highlands. Directions and map to drive from south to north.

Jun 23, Cameron Highlands Essentials

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:06:29 -0700

Cameron Highlands essential information about planning your trip to the popular Malaysian highlands. About the weather, when to go, where to stay, transportation, banks in Cameron Highlands, petrol station, etc. General information to get you started on your holiday vacation trip!

May 27, Twin Pines Guest House | Cameron Highlands

Thu, 27 May 2010 03:18:33 -0700

Twin Pines guest house is a budget accommodation in Cameron Highlands located in Tanah Rata within easy walking distance to all the amenities. They consider themselves to be the friendliest guesthouse accommodation in Cameron Highlands!

May 27, Summer Coffee Tasting at Starbucks Coffee Shop location Centrepoint Bandar Utama

Wed, 26 May 2010 20:13:42 -0700

Coffee tasting at Starbucks coffee shops location at Centrepoint Bandar Utama and learned a thing or two about beginner coffee tasting tips.

Jamu from Rafflesia Flower

Jan Æ — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:33:00 -0700

Interesting how this traditional medicine ‘jamu’ using Rafflesia flower azlanii bud for reducing weight, to shrink uterus after giving birth and for supposedly sexual strength for men. The UKM study found out that it works in a way but there is a unfortunately cost to using this Rafflesia flower bud, it damages the liver and spleen. This highlight shows that using ‘jamu ‘ made using Rafflesia

Wesak Day coming up

Jan.PJ — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:37:00 -0700

Wesak day coming this 28th May. Will be a super long Malaysia holiday weekend . Quick checking, Singapore also got Vesak day holiday on 28th May, so make that a double super long Malaysia Singapore holiday weekend!And the verdict? A super traffic scrunch in good old ever popular Cameron Highlands resort holiday getaway travel destination!Better plan for another time unless you absolutely must go

May 24, A date with Summer Coffee Tasting at Starbuck Cameron Highlands Malaysia

Mon, 24 May 2010 02:49:49 -0700

Starbucks coffee shops in Cameron Highlands will be part of the A Date with Summer Coffee tasting promotion arranged by Starbucks Malaysia on the 26 and 27 May 2010.

Black tea for diabetics

Jan.PJ — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:22:00 -0700

Interesting. Black tea has another plus point for treating diabetes. It seems the researchers at Tianjin Key Laboratory in China found the polysaccharides (a kind of carbohydrate) in black tea helps inhibit the absorbtion of glucose. They also studied the other teas, green tea, oolong tea. All three have polysaccharides but the black tea inhibition ability is the best.So drink up more black teas!

May 5, Step In CH Vegetable Farm Cameron Highlands

Wed, 05 May 2010 09:23:24 -0700

Step In CH vegetable farm in Cameron Highlands is a pleasant small vegetable farm and garden visit. You get to learn some farm lessons too if the owner got the time to converse with you.

May 4, Newsletter #17 Rafflesia Hiking Adventure, Strawberry Farms and Homestays

Tue, 04 May 2010 09:41:43 -0700

Newsletter #17 about Rafflesia flower hiking adventure, strawberry farms and homestay Malaysia Cameron Highlands.

Apr 27, Kang Tours and Travel Cameron Highlands

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:04:11 -0700

Kang Tours and Travel agency Malaysia in Cameron Highlands provides travel services, tours, accommodation and transportation to explore the Malaysia highlands.

Apr 27, Cameron Highlands Blog

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:47:30 -0700

Cameron Highlands blog and reflection about my recent trip, 4x4 off road hiking adventures and viewing the Rafflesia flower plant and work life balance.

Apr 27, Fort Brooke Ulu Kelantan Cameron Highlands

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:30:42 -0700

Fort Brooke Ulu Kelantan Cameron Highlands was a stronghold against the communist during the Emergency period. However it is now dismantled as it is no longer required.

Apr 26, Marrybrown Restaurant

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:05:18 -0700

Marrybrown Restaurant, a franchise business in Malaysia Cameron Highlands has been around Tanah Rata for sometime. Head out to this eatery for a variety of fast food meals.

Apr 26, Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchise Business in Malaysia Cameron Highlands

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:58:12 -0700

Kentucky Fried Chicken aka KFC franchise business in Malaysia Cameron Highlands, Brinchang is where you head out if you have no idea what else to eat.

Apr 26, Taman Sedia Cameron Highlands

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:51:25 -0700

Taman Sedia is where you can find homestay programs in Malaysia Cameron Highlands. This a peaceful Malay kampung village and has an interesting folklore background.

Apr 26, Starbuck Coffee Shops | Cameron Highlands

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:23:56 -0700

Find yourself a Starbucks Coffee Shops, location in Cameron Highlands Malaysia. If you need your daily coffee lattes in the highlands then head on over to Tanah Rata

Apr 24, Homestay in Malaysia Cameron Highlands

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:34:17 -0700

International cultural homestay in Malaysia Cameron Highlands. Homestay programs supported by tourism Malaysia for a unique cultural homestay international experience.

Apr 23, Strawberry Farms

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:11:31 -0700

There are many strawberry farms in Cameron Highlands. Looking for pick your own strawberry farms? Find a u pick strawberry farms in Cameron Highlands as an activity to do in this popular Malaysia highlands!

Apr 19, Rafflesia Flower

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:26:03 -0700

Rafflesia flower plant in Cameron Highlands, some simple facts about the biggest flower in the world!

Apr 14, Rafflesia Flower Hiking Adventures

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:09:52 -0700

Rafflesia flower hiking adventures trail, guided by the Orang Asli of Cameron Highlands, we get to see the Rafflesia plant, largest flower in the world!

Trip to Cameron Highlands

Jan.PJ — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:46:00 -0700

It’s been awhile since I posted anything on my main Cameron Highlands Destination website. Time to get more info about Cameron Highlands. So tomorrow after I’ve done all my work, I’ll be off to good old CH for some updated info. I’m going alone this time coz my wife is expecting and not so good to come along. Beside, I’ll be going for some jungle trekking and hopefully the whether is good and can

Malaysia Holidays School Term Break

Jan Æ — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:13:00 -0800

Watch out! The Malaysia holidays school term break will start from 13th March to 21st March. And for a double whammy, the Singapore holidays school term semester break also falls on the same date. As you know, Malaysians and Singaporean simply loves to go Cameron Highlands for a getaway vacation. Because it is cool, a chance to get away from the blistering dry spell and hot weather lately, so a

Cameron Highlands Current Weather

Jan Æ — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:09:00 -0800

This hot weather in Malaysia is getting unbearable. Wish I got a chance to head out to the hills. Of course no choice gotta work to pay bills and save for the future. Recently the newspaper highlighted the hot weather situation in Malaysia. A quick check with the Meteorological website and found out that the day time Cameron Highlands weather temperature is about 25°C.However that is based on the

MATTA Fair 2010

Jan Æ — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:17:00 -0800

There will be a MATTA travel fair from 12th-14th March 2010 at the PWTC Kuala Lumpur. Perhaps for those who are looking for some special cuti-cuti Malaysia travel holiday packages, you might want to check it out and see if you can find anything for Cameron Highlands.In previous MATTA Fair I did come across some promotion for hotels like Lakehouse Cameron Highlands. Perhaps they might have

Sam Po Kong Temple in Brinchang

Jan Æ — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:55:00 -0800

I haven't got a chance to blog about Sam Poh Kong Temple or the other places of worship although it was in the back of my mind for some time. One reader asked me where is the Buddhist temple in Cameron Highlands. There are many Buddhist temples around Cameron Highlands. Somehow Sam Poh Kong is the most popular and it is usually featured in the commercial Cameron Highlands map.Anyway, how to go to

Century Pines Hotel Tanah Rata

Jan Æ — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:06:00 -0800

My brother-in-law finally checked in Century Pine Hotel in Tanah Rata. Now he is very particular about service, after all, he is also in the service industry. The Century Pines Hotel service leaves much to be desired. Apparently during this peak period they are rather short handed I suppose. Still so far I have heard many complaints about most of the hotel service in Cameron Highlands. I guess

Century Pines Hotel vs Heritage Hotel

Jan Æ — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:04:00 -0800

The other day my brother asked, "Century Pines Hotel vs Heritage Hotel, which one better?"My brother was trying to find a hotel in Tanah Rata and was deciding on one of the star rated hotels in Cameon Highlands. Heritage Hotel has been long established while Century Pines Hotel was refurbished. After staying in each hotel I liked Century Pines Hotel. I think in terms of star rating Heritage got 5

Jan 26, Cameron Highlands Malaysia -- Comments/Replies 2010

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:25:33 -0800

Year 2010 Cameron Highlands Malaysia comments/replies submitted by readers/visitors of Cameron-Highlands-Destination.com website/blog. Travel destination feedbacks.

Cameron Highlands is to relax

Jan Æ — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:02:00 -0800

"So how far is it from KL to Cameron Highlands?" my boss asked."About three hours by car and an additional one hour or two by bus." I replied."What is there to do and see there?""Well, there is the tea plantation, vegetable farms and markets, countryside views."After thinking awhile, he thought the time and effort to go over to Cameron Highlands may not be worth the effort. He was planning a trip

Yong Teng Cafe - Pancakes

Jan Æ — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:53:00 -0800

I like pancakes. And you could find some cafes here and there in Cameron Highlands serving them. Here's one bit of info that I found in The Star, pancakes from Yong Teng Cafe. Will try them out next if I ever go up Cameron Highlands. Looks reall yummy too!Yong Teng Cafe PancakesStall No 4 at the Majlis Daerah stalls (diagonally opposite Bank Pertanian Malaysia), Tanah Rata. Open 8am-5pm.Head to

Cameron Highlands Weather

Jan Æ — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:32:00 -0800

For those who are wondering about Cameron Highlands weather around this year end, no need to wonder. Typically it is the year end monsoon season with wind blowing in from the North-East to South-West bringing along with it the moisture laden atmosphere from the sea. When the moisture laden warm air hits the cool climate of the mountain range in the central area of Peninsular Malaysia it would

Dec 15, Newsletter #16 Uncle Chow Kopitiam, SPM Resort Home Apartments, Kang Travel

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:26:43 -0800

Newsletter #16 Cameron Highlands updates. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This issue some recap on Uncle Chow Kopitiam, info about SPM Resort Home and apartments and Kang Travel.

Cameron Highlands Info

Jan Æ — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:52:00 -0800

Goodness gracious! My website is just information and review about Cameron Highlands. I do not do hotel accommodation apartment bookings, I do not sell organic vegetable products, I do not provide travel and tours services, I do not sell flowers! My dear fellow netizens, I can't help you on the above because I don't do them!Cheers!

Oct 30, Destination Wedding Photos

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:13:08 -0700

Cameron Highlands destination wedding photos for your romantic bridal photography in the Malaysian Highlands!

Oct 29, SPM Prima Villa Apartments in Cameron Highlands

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:36:19 -0700

SPM Prima Villa Apartments in Cameron Highlands is well furnished and comfortable to stay in for a large group looking for accommodation in Cameron Highlands.

Oct 29, SPM Resort Home Arabella Cameron Highlands

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:54:49 -0700

SPM Resort Home in Puncak Arabella is a bungalow in Cameron Highlands, a guesthouse accommodation with a warm homely feeling to it.

Types of Tea

Jan Æ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:09:00 -0700

There is so many different types of tea and yet they all come from the same plant known as Camellia Sinensis, how the tea leaves are processed determines the type of tea.The taste of the tea itself on the other hand is different story. It is determined by many factors. Like wine, it is influenced by the environmental conditions of the region in which it is grown, such as climate, soil and

Boh Tea Production Process

Jan Æ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:05:00 -0700

Here's some interesting information about Boh Tea production process. This will give you a fair idea of how Boh make their perfect savoring cup of tea for your enjoyment. I know, I love tea and nothing like a cup of English tea for a relaxing day!Harvesting: Tea bushes are harvested approximately every three weeks. The leaves are packed into sacks and sent to the factory for processing.Withering:

Oct 22, Malaysia Holidays 2010 and School Holidays

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:19:37 -0700

Malaysia Holidays 2010 and School Holiday breaks for your vacation planning trip to Cameron Highlands

Oct 21, Strawberry Moments Dessert Cafe | Brinchang Cameron Highlands

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:00:54 -0700

Head on over to Strawberry Moments Dessert Cafe and enjoy some strawberry desserts, cakes, strudels and other delicious strawberry themed cakes in this little shop in Brinchang, Cameron Highlands.

Oct 19, Brinchang Night Market in Cameron Highlands

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:48:15 -0700

Brinchang night market in Cameron Highlands, a quick video tour of this pasar malam roadside vegetable market.

Oct 16, Kea Farm Vegetable Markets

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:59:42 -0700

Kea Farm vegetable markets is located along the roadside on the main road between Tringkap and Brinchang. Here you cay buy various vegetable produce including potted plants and strawberries.

Oct 16, Brinchang Night Market

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:39:15 -0700

The Brinchang Night Market (pasar malam) is a very popular tourist attraction of Cameron Highlands where you can buy vegetables, souvenirs, and various delicious food.

Oct 5, Kang Travellers Lodge and Hotel | Cameron Highlands

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:51:58 -0700

Kang Travellers Lodge (Daniel's Lodge) is a simple, warm budget hotel accommodation in Cameron Highlands. It may be scruffy as Lonely Planet puts it, but its warm hospitality more than makes up for it!

Sep 17, Cameron Highlands Apartment

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:53:02 -0700

Cameron Highlands Apartment destination guide to help find the right apartment for your next trip to Cameron Highlands. Apartment accommodation are affordable and can house your entire family for a vacation travel.

Cameron Highlands Weather

Jan Æ — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:35:00 -0700

Cameron Highlands weather is somewhat more wet this year. Seems like every trip I made to Cameron Highlands, I will experience rain. The last weekend trip was no different. Using my Casio watch which has a build in temperature meter, I noted that day time temperature was about 26°C while night time temperature was about 21°C. Gets kinda cold when it rains too.This time round we stayed in Desa

Sep 8, Newsletter #15 Cameron Highlands Travel Destination Latest Updates

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:30:36 -0700

Newsletter #15 Cameron Highlands travel destination latest updates. Some tourism Malaysia update about Taiping, Bukit Larut, destination wedding photos, and the revised hotel directory list.

Aug 26, Hotel Rosa Passadena | Cameron Highlands

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:14:27 -0700

Hotel Rosa Passadena is conveniently located in Brinchang Cameron Highlands. A star rated hotel easily spotted when arrive Brinchang as the hotel towers above other shop building.

Aug 17, Bukit Larut Map (Maxwell Hill Map)

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:35:40 -0700

Here's a Bukit Larut Map (Maxwell Hill Map) giving you a quick guide to the smallest Malaysian Highlands.

Aug 14, Taiping Sights and Attractions

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:40:40 -0700

Spend a day to explore the various Taiping sights and attractions including the popular Bukit Larut and other old heritage buildings around this peaceful town.

Aug 14, Taiping Golf Resort and Hotels

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:45:22 -0700

There are Taiping hotels and Taiping golf resort and other accommodations to stay over to explore the town and Bukit Larut.

Aug 14, Bukit Larut Rest House Accommodations

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:17:32 -0700

Here's a list of Bukit Larut rest house accommodation in case you want to stay over and enjoy the peaceful surroundings of Maxwell Hill.

Aug 13, Benefits of Honey

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:35:56 -0700

Here are some health benefits of honey. If ever you decided to buy some honey in some honey bee farms like Ee Feng Gu, at least now you will know some of the benefits of honey.

Jul 21, Tourism Malaysia Pictures: Bukit Larut

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:34:08 -0700

Tourism Malaysia pictures: Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill). I cobbled together a series of photos of my trip to this small hill station in Perak. Hopefully it would provide some insight about Malaysia smallest and oldest highland.

Jul 17, Taiping, Perak.

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:07:22 -0700

Taiping, Perak is the town where Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill) is located next to it. A visit to the hill station is not complete without a visit to Taiping town.

Jul 17, Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill) in Perak

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:00:57 -0700

Visit Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill) in Perak, Malaysia smallest and oldest hillside resort. Let's see how it compares with Cameron Highlands, eh?

Jul 16, Travel to Penang and Taiping

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:53:50 -0700

We took a weekend break and travel to Penang, Taiping and Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill) for short tourism Malaysia getaway holiday.

Jul 3, Destination Wedding Photography Tips

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:01:45 -0700

Travel destination wedding photography tips, where to take that beautiful wedding reception photos in Cameron Highlands.

Jul 1, Cameron Tringkap Bee Farm - honey bee hives

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:26:16 -0700

Want to see honey bee hives? Visit Cameron Tringkap Bee Farm in Cameron Highlands and learn about honey bees and perhaps find out about the health benefits of honey while you are browsing through their exhibits.

Jun 24, Kavy Hotel Boutique | Brinchang, Cameron Highlands

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:07:56 -0700

Kavy Hotel style itself as a boutique hotel accommodation with a Tudor theme. Located in Brinchang Point, Cameron Highlands you can have quick access to the Brinchang Night Market when it is on. Tourism Malaysia hotels.

Water disruption?

Jan Æ — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:55:00 -0700

One of my readers mentioned that there will be water supply disruption around 12 July 2009. This was informed by the staff at Hotel Equatorial. However it was not clear whether the water disruption will only affect Equatorial Hotel or Cameron Highlands in general. It could be a schedule maintenance by the water works department. As I was informed sometime ago, the water shortage situation in

Jun 20, Cameron Organic Produce Restaurant | Products, Farms, Vegetables

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:34:10 -0700

Cameron Organic Produce Restaurant not only provides healthy steamboat meals using organic vegetables, they also sell organic products in their restaurant shop. Make an appointment and go for an agro-tourism Malaysia organic farming tour!

Jun 9, Hotel Flora De Cottage | Brinchang, Cameron Highlands

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:17:12 -0700

Hotel Flora De Cottage, Brinchang, Cameron Highlands. Looks small accommodation but can take in a full bus load of tourist. Tourism Malaysia hotel.

Jun 8, Ho Organic Farms, Agro-Tourism, Restaurant and Apartments

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:12:52 -0700

Ho Organic Farms has restaurants, apartment and agro-tourism tour of their organic vegetable garden so you can learn about benefits of eating organic vegetables then go for their charcoal steamboat with organic vegetables!

Jun 4, Uncle Chow Kopitiam, Cameron Highlands tourism Malaysia

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:46:14 -0700

Uncle Chow Kopitiam is the first of its kind in Tanah Rata Cameron Highlands. With its coffee shop style and delicious Nyonya foods and local fares, a refreshing change from the usual steamboat restaurants, tea and scones and western styled cafes.

Pereskia sacharosa / saecnarosa (Jarum Tujuh Bilah)

Jan Æ — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:45:00 -0700

Pereskia sacharosa/saecnarosa (Jarum Tujuh Bilah)Idil passed this info about this herbal plant that has medicinal properties. It is said to have the ability to cure cancer especially colon cancer, nose cancer and several other disease like high blood pressure and diabetes. It might help my brother-in-law who is now battling nasal cancer.This Pereskia Sacharosa / Saecnarosa or in Malay Pokok Jarum

Hot, hot, hot

Jan Æ — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:50:00 -0700

I really want to go back Cameron Highlands for a holiday. Especially to cool off! The weather down in the lowlands is really sweltering hot. The meteorological department recorded rising temperatures around the country. They measured a 35.6°C on the 8/May/2009 last Friday in Subang Jaya. In Pahang at Batu Embun it was 36.2°C. That's way too hot!According to the meteorological dept, this hot spell

Refreshing Trip to Cameron Highlands

Jan Æ — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:59:00 -0700

At first we wanted to head out to east coast and go visit the Terengganu sea beaches. However the weather in Kuala Lumpur was just way too hot for the past several weeks; so we decided to head to Cameron Highlands instead. So much for tourism Malaysia. The highlands is still fine by me. And this time, my parents-in-law, Kenny, Rebecca and Lindy was in tow too. It was a big group and so Lena

Time to go Cameron Highlands soon

Jan Æ — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:09:00 -0700

Lena decided it was time to take a break. And so this Labour Day long weekend seemed like a good opportunity to go Cameron Highlands to take a break, not only from the hotspell lately but also from work. It was a hustle and bustle of activity as she went about to get the various food stuff ready. We are going to have a steamboat in Greenhill apartment which she managed to book. There also some

Cameron Highlands here I come again!

Jan Æ — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:22:00 -0700

Yes, going to Cameron Highlands again. The weather down here in Kuala Lumpur is just way too hot. I think it has not rained for three weeks already. Perhaps global warming is taking its toll on good old Malaysia...This time round, I don't expect any rain up there. So hopefully I could get some good photos of places to go and hopefully got chance to visit MARDI Agrotechnology Park.Kenny and