Last month, we made a weekend trip to Cameron Highlands (led by a couple of colleagues who had already been there several times). For most of us, our participation was "pay up" and "show up"; we paid some money in advance for the apartment we were renting, and for the food we were going to bring there (to make steamboat). Then after they had decided on a time of departure, we had to show up at that time.
We left at about two in the morning, because we wanted to get there in time to see the sunrise. (hence the worry that some people wouldn't "show up" in time :P ) Anyway...I'll spare you the details and show you how the sun looked like when we first arrived at the sunrise-viewing spot.
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| I hope you can see the tiny bit of sun |
It was raining a bit when we arrived in Cameron Highlands...so we went to the hotel and took shelter there for a while. Then when the rain stopped, we went to the sunrise-viewing spot, as I called it.
A little later...
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| the photography enthusiasts with their huge cameras and tripods (no, the leftmost one doesn't count :P ) |
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| we girls taking a photo while waiting for the sun to appear more |
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| as it got brighter, we could finally see where we were (and where we would end up if we fell down...) |
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| tea... |
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| It would be a long fall... |
After the sunrise (and after taking all the photos we wanted to), we went to a tea plantation. We had to wait outside for a while because it was still too early, the plantation wasn't open yet! There was a little waterfall thingy (can we call that a waterfall?) and some pretty flowers on the roadside where we waited...so some of us started snapping photos again.
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| I like this one...lovely rose, complete with dew on it ^_^ |
Then we went into the plantation...we had to walk up a bit to a little terrace-restaurant, where we had breakfast.
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can't believe I managed to catch the sunrays with my camera...those high-tech cameras the others were using must have captured them even better!
And yup, that's the terrace-restaurant I mentioned. |
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| this is the entrance |
There was a shop selling tea, a TV screen showing documentaries on the tea plantation (or Cameron Highlands in general?) and even a tea factory which we could visit...but we didn't go in, partly because we had to wait for the visiting time, and also because we weren't really that interested...
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| tea, viewed from the terrace |
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| On the way out, we saw people picking tea (click on the picture, in larger size you might see them!) |
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| or I'll just zoom in for you :P |
And then...since we had so many professional photographers with us, of course we had a few special shots. Here are all the girls, photo courtesy of our driver Philips :P
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| From left: Doris, yours truly, Nichole and Yi Yin |
He also took photos of us on the terrace.
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the guys after breakfast
From left: Beng Sun, Ch'ng, Frankie and Samson |
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| The table wasn't big enough for all of us, you see...so here are Wooi Kiang and Steven |
And of course, it wouldn't be fair to leave out the person who took all those photos... so here's a photo of him, courtesy of Frankie.
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| Cute, eh? Kekeke... |
There are more photos...I'm not sure how many, but this isn't the last post on this trip! ;)
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