Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Family Trip to Cameron/Malacca ~ Part I

1st August 2008, 8:30am... we set off from home to drive up to Cameron Highland for our annual family trip.

We had a stopover at Machap, an R&R station before YongPeng. It's pretty clean with a nice playground, much to the delights of the kids, and a foodcourt with Malay stalls.
Next stop, Mid Valley at Kuala Lumpur. We were behind time but couldn't resist staying longer. Justco was having sale.. just nice as we left Jay's jacket behind at home. Managed to get a nice one at a good price.. seems like i had been shopping at their annual mega sale for the past years. The kids had fun at the kids' arcade and later lunch at KFC. Their original flavour is definitely better than those served in Singapore.
The sun was setting when we once again hit the road for Cameron. Oh gosh was I anxious and panicky... thinking of the ride uphill in darkness. Mark was concentrating hard on manoveuring through all the turns uphill with no lamp posts to assist. I was running through strings of prayers in my mind.
But it's definitely worth the experience driving up at night! (I'm not sure if Mark shares the same enthusiasm though) Imagine previous trips up Mersing, camping at Ubin for all the stargazing... none can equals the sight that greet me when we were winding up to the top. Scorpius was next to me and for once, stars really felt within reach. (To Mark, the lack of barriers on the side means the cliff is definitely within reach) Even Jerome when we finally reach the resort exclaimed,"Look! So many stars!! So beautiful...."

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