<figure id="attachment_1181" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1181" style="width: 146px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1181" src="http://mymanggis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cameron-Valley-146x300.jpg" alt="Cameron Tea" width="146" height="300" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-1181" class="wp-caption-text">Have tea and cake</figcaption></figure>
<p>It was indeed a perfect day for a holiday on the Highlands and I mean any highlands. In Malaysia there is the Genting Highlands for the theme park and casino, Bukit Tinggi Higlands where you have Colmar Tropicale which I wrote about in March 2018, Frasers Hill if you are like going through a mid -life crisis and really need some time to be alone by yourself. This time we went to Cameron Highlands and the weather was really perfect &#8211; for a stroll in the tea plantation , for taking beautiful pictures , for breathing in the fresh air and for a nice breakfast at the tea house .</p>
<p>Some really go to Cameron Highland for a one day trip , but this highland famous for its cooling weather, strawberries , tea plantations etc. is work a day or two. One the way down we stop by a BIDOR, a small town in the state of PERAK. It was lunch time and we had Yong Tau Foo and bought some famous cookies synonymous with this town i.e. KAI CHAI PENG.</p>
<p>It was a very wonderful experience and we will definitely come back again. Have you tried tea with turmeric, which is well known for its many health benefits?</p>
<p>Legends has it that Cameron Highlands was initially discovered by British explorer Sir William Cameron in 1885 and gleefully reported back about their mild climate (at the time, temperatures barely exceeded 20°C). Sadly Cameron&#8217;s maps were lost and little came of his discovery, until a second expedition was sent out 40 years later. Led by Sir George Maxwell, another colonial explorer, the mission to rediscover the highlands succeeded and their future was soon sealed with plans to develop plantations, holiday homes for perspiring Brits, and even a golf course.</p>
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<p>Yong Tau Foo at Bidor, PERAK </div><div class="col-md-8"> Do you know that :</p>
<p>1) The three highlands mentioned are all located in the state of PAHANG. The biggest state in Penisular Malaysia.</p>
<p>2) Although the way up may be through other states . For Cameron it was only until recently you can only drive up there using a winding road via TAPAH, PERAK. Now you can drive up either via TANJUNG MALIM , PERAK and /or BENTONG, PAHANG.</p>
<p>3) <strong>HISTORY LESSON</strong> &#8211; Do you know that the Pahang Sultanate has its root to the Melaka Sultanate. Raja Muhammad who was the favorite prince of SULTAN MANSUR SHAH and earmarked to succeed was expelled from the land of Melaka and reigned in Pahang as the first sultan, called Sultan Muhammad Shah (c. 1470) in Pekan, PAHANG . This was due to an incident where he murdered the son of TUN PERAK ( a powerful and well known Minister ) during a sepak raga events, where the youth accidentally kicked the ball and knocked down the Prince&#8217;s headdress ( TENGKOLOK). This dynasty ended in the state of Pahang after Sultan Abdul Ghafur Mohayuddin Syah and his son, Raja Muda Abdullah were killed by a member of his family who also received the same punishment (c. 1614). Long story short , later down the road the in 1882, SIWA RAJA WAN AHMAD, the first Treasurer to become the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Al Muazzam Shah and its descendants till this date.</p>
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<p>Therefore do not forget to explore the small towns on the way up / down from Cameron Highlands.</p>

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It was a perfect day for the Highlands
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