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Tea versus Strawberry....... Cameron Highlands

Cameron Valley tea plantation near Tanah Rata Looking for holiday destination? Why not try one of the Malaysian Highlands, Cameron Highlands. CH is one of the popular highland holiday destinations. Its boundary touches Kelantan at the north, Perak at the west and Pahang at the northwestern. The usual means of transfer from Kuala Lumpur to CH is by car with two main routes either via Tapah which approximately 200 kilometers and via Simpang Pulai which about 300 kilometers. Although the different between distances is about 100 kilometers, the journey time for both routes usually takes 3 1/2 hours. Simpang Pulai route is wider and less steep compared to the Tapah route which is well known for choking narrow road, nauseating corner and breaking neck steepness. Narrow road to BOH tea centre and traffic jam near the 'S' corner. The very green scenery of tea tree at Cameron Valley, Tanah Rata Why Malaysian love to spend their weekend in CH? The main re