Anyone driving up to Cameron Highlands tomorrow?

[Roadhogger]

I will driving up cameron highlands tomorrow. Anyone also driving up tomorrow?

[Enye]

I went there last weekend. Big jams near all the attractions and markets due to lack of sufficient parking.

 

I will not plan to go during weekends in future.

 

My advice ....use the old Tapah road instead of Simpang Pulai and you should get to tanah rata quicker if you stay there. If you stay in Brinchang, good luck!!

 

I experienced heavy traffic on NS highway from Tapah to Simpang Pulai and heavy jam near to tringkap all the way to brinchang from the Simpang Pulai route.

 

 

 

 

[Byond]

try the fried yasai vegetables...

similar to jap style...

 

buy the crystal guava..very nice

try the fried sweet potato...quite nice also.

 

hmm...

steamboat dinner...nothing fantanstic lah..i would rather u try the zhi char...

more worth it

 

i been there last weekend..

very jammed...petrol station also jammed

 

[Karu]

Always wanted to go there. Which hotel / resort is good ? The cameron highland resorts looks pretty good.

[Boooon]

try the valley view bungalow. quiet and good for a restful holiday

 

[Karu]

How many days to spend there? 3 day 2 nights should be suffice?

[Bommii]

Lasttime i planned to stay 2 nights, but nothing much to do, got so bored, packed and left to Genting the next day!!!

[Karu]

Lasttime i planned to stay 2 nights, but nothing much to do, got so bored, packed and left to Genting the next day!!!

 

Key thing is relaxing & doing nothing... So I suppose the facilities of the hotel /resort is important...

 

Will be a good idea to plan at least one more stop-over malacca or KL in between. Otherwise drive all the way there for just 1 or 2 nights. How long is the drive? 8 hrs?

[Dafansu]

How many days to spend there? 3 day 2 nights should be suffice?

 

1 day of full morning to afternoon is enough for u to visit all the places.

[Roadhogger]

try the fried yasai vegetables...

similar to jap style...

 

buy the crystal guava..very nice

try the fried sweet potato...quite nice also.

 

hmm...

steamboat dinner...nothing fantanstic lah..i would rather u try the zhi char...

more worth it

 

i been there last weekend..

very jammed...petrol station also jammed

Which Zhi Char is good?

[Fondue]

I went there last weekend. Big jams near all the attractions and markets due to lack of sufficient parking.

 

I will not plan to go during weekends in future.

 

My advice ....use the old Tapah road instead of Simpang Pulai and you should get to tanah rata quicker if you stay there. If you stay in Brinchang, good luck!!

 

I experienced heavy traffic on NS highway from Tapah to Simpang Pulai and heavy jam near to tringkap all the way to brinchang from the Simpang Pulai route.

 

Well, 5/6 of Jun is ahgong's birthday , ofcourse jam like mad .... its super peak !!!

Edited June 16, 2010 by Fondue

[Roadhogger]

Well, 5/6 of Jun is ahgong's birthday , ofcourse jam like mad .... its super peak !!!

I just returned last evening....Traffic quite bad also

[Ev0lutionz]

Go by Tapah. Pretty nice road to drive though very curvy. Simpang Pulai too far liao. I only went down via Simpang Pulai.

[Byond]

any zhi char is good...dont try steamboat

although may be considered cheap at 18Rm per pax..but the ingredients are ordinary

not really worth it

 

i rather eat the small little snacks...more worth it

[Byond]

i went up by tapah....

went down by simpang pulai also

 

not too bad...

quite an enjoyable drive

 

[Solar]

anyone stayed at cluny lodge before? heard that one owned by sg gahmen and only open to singaporean for booking

[Byond]

two days 1 nite is good enough

 

take the lst day to rest well when u reached there

then nite time is pasar malam time

then next morning, go to market early morning to walk walk see see look look

 

go by tapah when u going there

along this route, got the waterfall also

 

my journey as such

 

fri nite, go to Batu pahat as my gf is staying there, we going with her family

left sg at 6pm, reach there 9pm plus

then

sat morning 3am wake up

4am left for CH

520am stopped at one stop just before farmosa,

eat kfc for breakfast

then 7am left for ch

along the way, stopped alot of times for toilet breaks, refuel, blah blah blah cos got 7 children on board

2 vehicles

 

then reaches CH at about 11am plus, stopped again at waterfall area at 12pm

have lunch...then holland abit around the town area

2pm check in apartment

then sleep till 5pm, go have steamboat dinner

 

7pm plus plus, walk walk pasar malam

till 9pm plus

ate alot of snacks..not bad...

then went back apartment

 

then 2nd day, woke up 8am plus

check out 9am

go to the same pasar malam area, market place

walk walk...eat breakfast

my gf's mum bought alot of vegetable

enough to last 5 full days....

then travelled down pulai simpang, visited the boh plantation, some strawberries farms....etc etc...

then stop at one farm along the way...lobo lobo abit

then all the way straight to ipoh, eat chicken rice at 4 pm plus at its town centre, then u turn back to KL, down to yong peng 9pm to have dinner then down to batu pahat 11pm plus....

[Bullterrier]

anyone stayed at cluny lodge before? heard that one owned by sg gahmen and only open to singaporean for booking

 

 

Stayed at Cluny a few times long time ago. LKY and family used to go there too when LHL and siblings were kids. Its owned by SG garmen so open to civil servants in the different ministries. Supposed to be via balloting but of course some officials have their ways to get it whenever they want. Place is good and peaceful cos it sits on top of a hill overlooking some part of town. There are a few rooms in the bungalow and it has its own little garden surrounding the house.

 

Its not very cold these days due to deforestation caused by the many developments there. You can drive there to visit the place - the caretaker is OK for you to stop and look at the views as long as you dont disturb the guests.