When the Lone Ranger travels...: Fraser's Hill Feb 2007

Almost Europe : Fraser's Hill Feb 2007

a 3d-2n holiday at fraser's hill during early february this year truly refreshed our minds. we did nothing but walking, walking, n walking in the greens. the public buildings n private residences here resemble a lot of old english style, while we were walking in the thick mist n looking at the bangalows along the winding roads, we imagined n almost believed we were at the countryside of england...

we stopped by a sleepy town on the way up to fraser's hill. kuala kubu baru is a very unique small town, the street is so clean u can even sleep on it (ya a bit exaggerative here but it's really clean). nice landscapings r found everywhere n trees r planted in front of each shop. it is so quiet here we felt like entering a twilight zone. in fact i hav a chill on my back comes to think of it now, kind of creepy actually...

trees in front of the shop • kuala kubu baru - the sleepy town • restaurant where we had lunch there

the journey to fraser's hill was not so bad, i survived the winding road n swallowed back the food that already reached up to my throat. we checked in to the hotel, which is right at fraser's town centre. there r few shops, restaurants, a police station, a post office, a tenaga national office n 2 banks, these conclude the town.

view from the room balcony, overseeing the town n the golf course.

it was already afternoon after we settled in the hotel, we went out to buy some junk food, n checked out the town a bit. apparently this is not a place for you to shop n dine, the food options here r generally disappointing. the hotel's coffee house seemed to be our only choice for food. we drove around following the map, finally we stopped by a hut overlooking the endless mountains n talked nothing but nonsense there... till our brains r waken from the bullshit by the cold wind, we headed back to the hotel in the evening.

a nice restaurant but remained closed at all time • a handsome cat in the local grocery shop
• the clock tower, symbol of the town • the endless mountain n my signature post.

we had steamboat for our first dinner there, the soup was ok, but the ingredients were not. however i was still happy, steamboat is always my favourite especially in cold weather like that. we were not adventurous enough to roam around when the sky turned dark. the shops closed quite early leaving the town dead. we watched tv in the room, n often had some self-tortured act by standing in the balcony n freeze ourself in the cold wind, n sometimes romanticized the situation by holding a glass of red wine in hand. it seemed boring but surprisingly we liked it a lot.

the second day was more fulfilling, we decided to go jungle trekking after breakfast. as i didnt bring the proper attire for jungle trekking, we chose the easier n shorter trails. i was a bit nervous before entering the jungle, insects r my no.1 enemy in the whole wide world, a single bug would easily got me killed there. luckily the jungle is not as uncivilised as i imagined, there r steps, ropes n road signs every here n there as guide. tho it's quite a easy trail to walk but when we were out from our first trail - hemmant trail, we were so happy, as if we conquered mount himalayan. 2 foolish people cheering n gave each other high 5 at the end of the trail. quite stupid now i'm thinking of it, haha...

we check out a few bungalows turned public accommodations along the way before we entered the second trail - bishop trail. in fact i agreed to go in after long persuasion by the other one. this trail is much longer n with more obstacles than the hemmant trail, but it's still consider as a safe n easy one. at the end of it am glad i did it, i never thought walking in the jungle under cold weather could be such a breeze. i doubt i wil do the same if the venue change to a hot n humid jungle. after finished the bishop trail we walked pass the horse riding centre n almost half the hill before reaching the hotel at noon.

we cleaned the mud on the shoes then we had ice-cream at the small strawberry farm. we headed to the hut where we talked nonsense before with our take-away lunch, we had keropok ikan, pisang n ubi goreng upthere. most of the tourist spots like jeriau waterfalls, allan’s water r closed. we don play golf so it left us nothing much to do next besides taking a loooong nap. we woke up for a nice dinner around 7.30pm, we walked to the mini market to buy ice-creams n chilled in the dark street. i hav a stupid thought when i was there, i believe the moon is bigger there becos we r at a higher ground so we r closer to the moon. the night ended in silence...

leaving the trails of...