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West Malaysia 2024 — Ipoh Makan & Shopping Finds
Round the winding hills, taking it slow.
“STOP THE CAR!” Aunty cried with glee,
At last, green hills and endless tea!
Goodbye Ipoh… Cameron Highlands, Here We Come!
After exploring Ipoh, it was time to leave the city behind and head towards the cool hills of Cameron Highlands.
Me: “Okay everybody, next stop — Cameron Highlands!”
Son: “Still got quite a drive leh.”
Me: “Never mind lah. Sit in the car only mah, how difficult can it be?”
Famous last words.
At first, everything was fine. Then we started climbing.
Curve here… curve there…
Left… right… left… right…
Me: “Aiyoh, why this road never straight one?!”
Hubby: “Mountain road what.”
“EVERYBODY SECURE YOUR LOOSE BODY PARTS!”
Me: “Curve again!! Hold on!”
Hubby: “Sit properly lah.”
Son: “Mum, we're only turning.”
Mama: Sitting peacefully in her seat, watching the circus again.
Everybody suffering, and she looked like she'd bought front-row tickets to the Cameron Highlands roller coaster!
Little did we know, the curves were only the appetiser.
One Hour Up… Then Turn Back?!
We had already been winding our way uphill for almost an hour, dreaming of the cool Cameron Highlands mountain air.
Curve here, curve there, left bend, right bend...
Then suddenly, we discovered there was a detour because of a road cave-in!
Me: “Okay lor, detour… how?”
Hubby: “Have to turn back.”
Me: “TURN BACK?! We already drive ONE HOUR uphill leh!”
Son: “Need to use another route.”
Me: “Another route means start climbing all over again ah?!”
At that moment, I think my soul got out of the car and continued to Cameron Highlands by itself!
So down we went again, before taking another route and starting our uphill adventure Part Two.
By the time we finally reached the top, forget about taking lots of photos.
Our bodies arrived, but our heads were still somewhere inside the clouds!
Hubby: “We're here.”
Me: “Good. Please collect my brain from somewhere along the first route.”
Then I saw the beautiful tea plantation.
Then I saw the scones.
Me: “Wahhhh…”
Me: “Okay… head slowly coming back already.”
Son: “Because you saw food.”
Me: “Correct. Scone is my recovery medicine!”
Me: “Okay. Everything forgiven!”
A Long Road… But Worth the Scones!
Son: “Hungry already.”
Mama: “Makan makan!”
Ahhh… the two magic words that could revive this family!
So we sat down, ordered our tea and scones, and finally enjoyed the cool Cameron Highlands air, surrounded by beautiful green hills.
Me: “After travelling so far, this scone better be good.”
Hubby: “Just eat lah.”
Me: “Cannot. This is not ordinary scone.”
Son: “Then what?”
Me: “SURVIVAL SCONE!”
Looking back, perhaps that's why we didn't take many photos that day. We were too busy surviving the journey — curve here, curve there, detour here, turn back there.
If anyone had dentures, I think the dentures would have reached Cameron Highlands before us!
Luckily, Mama had nothing to worry about.
Mama: “Lucky ah, I got no teeth!”
And with our stomachs full, our heads finally back where they belonged, and everyone's teeth accounted for, we continued our Cameron Highlands adventure.
What a journey… but at least there were scones waiting at the end of it!
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