My trip to Cameron Highlands
I am from Cameron Highlands, leaved there my whole life and moved to the city about 6 years back. It was good to go home and enjoy the weather, food and the people there. If I could find something to do there in IT I would move back now.
The trip was fun but at the same time I felt sad to see my once beautiful hometown now being transformed into a tourist attraction. There are shops all over the place now like mushrooms, prices going up, buildings coming up all over the place blocking the beautiful views, camping grounds being changed to food stores and souvenirs shops, waterfalls disappearing and much much more……..
The only thing left to enjoy now is the cold weather and the clean air. This will not be for long, over the past 6 years the temperature has raised about 3 degrees. So, imagine with all the new destruction in the name of tourism what would happen in the next 10 years.
O ya one more thing, Camerons once boasted that it was a favorite amongst foreigners but not anymore. I hardly saw any foreigners this time. They come for the nature, you take it away and they have no reason to come back. It’s all for the local tourist now. They come, mess the place up and leave. sigh………….
See come pictures from my trip on the next page.
abi | November 16th, 2007 at 6:10 am #
It still looks awesome man! I think they should take care of Camerons or rather position Camerons like they do with Perhentian Kecil! Let Genting be the Redang where there is entertainment value..We dont neccesarily have the brightest people who make the decisions man so fingers cross and hope they dont ruin cameron’s
Ruhaizad Daud | November 16th, 2007 at 9:15 am #
I suppose you know my uncle, Dr. Ayob in Klinik Ayob at Tanah Rata?
Cheers!
Danny | November 16th, 2007 at 10:08 am #
Hi Ruhaizad,
Yup I certainly know him. Maybe you can check if he still remembers my dad Mr. Mano. He might know him as PM. PM=post master
Danny | November 16th, 2007 at 10:09 am #
Abi, I feel you man… we have to save the world… “quoted from Heroes”
abi | November 16th, 2007 at 4:07 pm #
I hope that it still can be saved or if we shld all just do our thing and just hope we are war free and safe..Sad that we are like 3rd class citizens in the very place we are born!! Now i know how those foreign workers feel