Fraser's Hill

Now that I've got your attention, time to head to Frasers.. our journey began with a healthy wholesome breakfast that day..Dim Sum at Kepong(is dim sum healthy?)..recommended by our local guy, KH, it seems that this place is the best around town..Ful Lai is the name to remember..but heck, the waiters here speak some kind of Chinese that none of us understand..luckily, most of the orders are done by pointing..else, its gonna be pretty hard..

We took a slow and easy drive that day, taking us about an hour plus to reach Frasers..i think we sampaied somewhere around 11 ..Surprisingly, Frasers is still cold leh..fresh air was mostly present along the way..the rest smelled like monkey dung sebab ada monyet berak kan..overall the air still fresh and cold lo..fresher than any part of KL to the very least.. During the journey, we bumped into dozens of monkeys and birds..One things for sure, Frasers is a place well known bird watching..some come from as far as UK and Japan..crazy fellows..haha..Unfortunately, bird photo shooting is outta my league unless someone can sponsor me to buy RM 10k camera lenses..But we did spot quite a few birds -lil wild parrots and robins..sweet~

Second, Frasers is popular for its old British buildings..I think the Brits during the ol' days of spice trade , bijih timah and all those history crap couldnt tahan Malaysia's hot weather . This was their breakaway.. For golfers, i think this place isn't bad too..air conditioned golfing..who wouldn't like that..

So we were here at Frasers after our plan to go to the Zoo failed miserably (else, you'd be seeing pictures of caged animals now)..but i'd think that it was a blessing in disguise, we had a great time ..A little hike..nice but expensive lunch (ol' english style)..down to the lake/river for a splash..great food for dinner..almost prefect~..(Acknowledgment: Thanks Lern for driving us around).. Why almost perfect? cos the hiking and the waterfall disappointing; hence, no photos was taken..hiking in Frasers might be a little bit colder than other forests we've been, which makes things a little pleasant, but there's really nothing much to see actually..We took the Bishop's trail, going a little further up Maxwell's...we got bored half way and decided to get outta the forest (squirming with leeches - i got my first bite here cos i wasnt expecting them; usually id take precautions)..We headed to down Ye' Olde Smoke House (YOSH) for lunch..which was a real nice place- worth mentioning,worth going..This place is designed like an old English Cottage (as seen in the collages) but its nothing more than a hotel actually..if my memory serves me right, i think its RM 302 min. per nite..And look what i did here; edited a photo of Ming taken at the smoke house - made it look antique..cool huh? ..Oh ya, this place has other branches as well in Cameron and in KL.. anyone been there, pls feedback =)

So after YOSH, we went to a nearby waterfall which was about 20 minutes drive down the narrow road..Gasp! pls dont go there!..super polluted..the worse is the waterfall; you have a whole bunch of ppl bathing upstream and yet, there are people bathing happily at the waterfall downsteam..yucks..C'mon, there might be ppl even peeing and washing their armpits up there..the water is murky and there is frothing bubbles at the side..Urghhh! Okie, enough said...Let's get back to something pleasant..Here are more pictures of the interior of Ye Olde Smoke House..Nice? Happy viewing... = )