Flowers... Cameron Highlands

I'll let the pics talk... flowers. 8) One can be really bowled over by their beauty... This is at the private farms, made possible by an old friend...

John and Chris' (Forum Mamasan) farm. And they specialize only in one type of flower - chrysanthemums! We were fortunate cos this is not your usual touristy farm. And we had the boss and his wife to show us around.... 8)

I never knew that they were so many types of chrysanthemums... and that Amsterdam is the place to go for all the newest breeds.

These are still under experimentation... really beautiful! Never seen a green chrysanthemum with such fine petals.

A tour round the farm... areas which are awaiting replanting.

The nursery... more than meets the eyes. I learned that there were many different types of chrysanthemums just under this one roof!

We learned a lot about flower farming... From here, John drove us to his friend's orchid farm.

With the proprietor whom we discovered also had a penchant for photography. 8) With so many beautiful flowers around, how not to.

The slipper orchids caught my attention... it's supposed to look like a slipper but I see faces in these orchids. This looks like a squirrel... a chipmunk, maybe. 8)

Liono???

Yosemite Sam and his missus???

This reminds me of one of those flying chipmunks.... Halloween!

Bugs bunny??

This is the road leading up to the farm. Notice the old Land Rover? There are many such Land Rovers all over Cameron Highlands with CH plastered at the doors. They are probably the old JKR, TNB, Police Land Rovers which have found their way here. They're handy for the terrain but pollute the environment!

Back to the road... it was perhaps one of the scarier rides we've had. But because we were in competent hands (John was driving), it didn't feel so bad. Other Half said, it beats the Roller Coaster rides. Most of the time, it was only wide enough for one car to pass (ngam-ngam only). In some places, it was quite bumpy and when you look to other side, it's a sheer drop. But I am more convinced that I should consider getting a 4WD after this trip too!

This was a point of conversation... pokok duit-duit. We used to put it in our books and wait for them to grow anak-anak. There were of course many other types of orchids, many of which I had not seen before. Thanks to Chris and John for it... and oh ya! I came back with 2 orchid plants too...