Thursday, June 16, 2016

FABULOUS FLOWER GARDENS IN CAMERON HIGHLANDS---A QUICKIE DRIVE FROM CAMERON HIGHLANDS RESORT, THE EXCLUSIVE, LUXURIOUS BOUTIQUE HOTEL WITH 56 ROOMS, SUITES, SPA, LOUNGE, READING ROOM, HIGHLANDS BAR, GONBEI RESTAURANT, THE DINING ROOM AND JIM THOMPSON TEA ROOM.

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CAMERON HIGHLANDS IS FAMOUS FOR ITS COOL CLIMATE RANGING FROM 20 TO 25 DEGREES CELCIUS WHICH IS PERFECTION AND SO IS EQUALLY KNOWN FOR ITS FLOWER GARDENS, STRAWBERRY FARMS, VEGETABLE PLOTS AND OF COURSE BOH TEA.

Yet I stumbled across a large nursery specialising in what I did not expect---cactus! I thought catus plants thrive in desert or semi-arid climes whereas Cameron Highlands is cool, wet and rainy! 

 I was stunned by this bulbous plant that looks like it was about to explode any minute!
 REALLY EXOTIC! MAJOR TOPIC OF CONVERSATION 
THIS IS EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR---A DOUBLE PLANT! 
 SURE COST A BOMB
 STUNNING 
 CACOPHONY OF CACTI!
 LOVE THE SYMMETRY
 LOOKS LIKE THEY ALSO ABOUT TO BURST




 CACTI HAVE FLOWERS TOO

 LOOKS LIKE HAIRY WORMS
 LOOKS LIKE LAN CHIAU A BIT




 WOW SO ROUND

 STRAWBERRIES




 SO CUTE AND FURRY LIKE A POODLE YOU WANNA CARESS AND STROKE IT! BUT THESE ARE PLANTS!
 THE CUTE AND CHARMING 'GOLDEN CHICKEN'!
 ANGEL'S TRUMPET. IT IS SAID IF YOU SLEEP UNDER THIS SHRUB, YOU WILL NEVER WAKE AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO EXUDE POISONOUS FUMES! BUT THIS IS AN OLD WIVES' TALE AS THEY ARE WIDELY GROWN AS ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
 THIS PLANT IS POISONOUS AND IF INGESTED, GIVES YOU A HIGH SO WHY DOESN'T ANYONE MAKE CIGARETTES OUT OF THEM AS YOU MAY SMOKE THEM LEGALLY AND GET HIGH? 
 ORCHIDS AT LUTHERAN MISSION HOUSE
 OH LOVE THIS VIVID HIBISCUS
 FAB COLOR!
 ANTHURIUM
 WILD BAMBOO ORCHIDS
 PRETTY
 MORNING GLORY
 EVERGREENS



 FISH AND CHIPS AT JIM THOMPSON TEA ROOM AT CAMERON HIGHLANDS RESORT
 BENTO LUNCH BOX
 YUM DESSERT
MY FAVORITE!
 CAMERON HIGHLANDS RESORT AT NIGHT (OBVIOUSLY!)




 PIANIST AT LOUNGE




 GONBEI SERVES BEST STEAMBOAT IN CAMERON HIGHLANDS






 I ATE 2 PLATES OF STRAWBERRIES
 CHICKENS LAYING EGGS AT COUNTER
 SEE?
 MEAT SELECTION


 
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE PREPARES TO GORGE
 STEAMBOAT FEAST AT GONBEI
 MINE, ALL MINE!
STEAMBOATING IS VERY POPULAR IN CAMERON HIGHLANDS AS IT WARMS THE BODY NICELY IN THE COOL CLIMATE
 AFTERNOON TEA AT JIM THOMPSON TEA ROOM
 THE BEST TRADITIONAL ENGLISH AFTERNOON TEA IN CAMERON HIGHLANDS
 DELICIOUSLY DELIGHTFUL



SERVED LIKE A LORD OF THE MANOR 
 TO THE MANOR BORN
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE FEELING ARISTOCRATIC
 SCRUMPTIOUS!
 LOVELY VIEW TOO
 FRIENDLY STAFF AT HIGHLANDS BAR
WARM WELCOME GUARANTEED! 
 BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM


YUMMY WAY TO START THE DAY!

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