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!