Bitten by the travel bug - Day 6 (Cameron and Melaka)

Rise and Shine!!! We took off at 7.30am because we didn’t want to be caught in the traffic.  Yes, there was still a lot of people even it’s a Monday because school holidays have already started.  We left without breakfast because once again, the scones at Sungai Palas were calling our name.  Haha.  As we drove off, my nephew said he forgot his glasses in the apartment!!  Gosh… had to climb up again, and no end to our lecture on carelessness!  Delayed leaving by about 20 minutes.  But still there weren’t that many cars.  It was a nice cool morning as we reached Sg. Palas Boh.  However… IT WAS CLOSEDDDDDD!!!  Yes, they open on Mondays during school holidays but… they will only start doing so in December!!! HUAAAAAAA…. SO SO SO sad!  After taking photos just outside (still lovely view) we drove down to Cameron Lavender.  It’s supposed to open at 9am so we were in good time.  Good thing we had lots of food in our van – bread, fruits, corn etc.  So that’s breakfast.  So much for scones.  Huh.

There were already so many people waiting to go in Cameron and once we were in, mom went like WOWWWWWW…. And that my friends, is what I live for.  Mom is a green person.  She loves flowers and anything like that.  We spent maybe 2 hours there, till about then the stomach started to growl.  Mom said she wished we spent 2 nights there in Cameron, so that we don’t have to rush and she could visit more places… next time ya mom!  We couldn’t go to BOH but what’s a visit to Cameron without the tea, so we decided to have tea at Cameron Valley Tea Center.  By now, missing the junction and turning around is normal for us.  Haha.  We missed the junction to this roadside shop too!  At least we still got there… The journey and the getting lost is part of the fun!  Grabbed some tea as souvenirs and had a quick drink.  Time to go everyone!  Melaka is calling our name!  We need to reach Melaka by 4pm so that we can maximize our time there!

So off we went.  The highway seems to go on and on and on… I wanted everyone to try having a meal over the road – restaurant jejantas R&R was my target.  So when we passed through Sungai Buloh, we dropped by for “lunch”.  There’s an A&W there and we the older folks all love the float, so we decided to have our food there.  The kids don’t know A&W because there’s none in Kuching anymore.  Since we will be staying at a “hotel” where the food might be expensive, we decided to just tapau our food from here, to save the hassle and the expenses.  Plus, it would mean we had food in the car should we get lost or anything like that.  Remember, the kids and the older folks can’t be hungry…

On towards Melaka… in the KL traffic.  All the best Desmond!  Hahaha.  Waze brought us till Melaka safe and sound, and what should we see by the roadside but DURIAN!!!! Weeee!! We all love durian!  But not now, we need to check in ASAP.  Waze guided us to a deep kampong road and it went deeper and deeper, arrived at a small hut and said, you have arrived at your destination.  Whut?  We were supposed to go AFamosa Resort, not AFamosa kampong!  Out to the mainroad again, just another 3 minutes drive and we arrived at the REAL destination.  YAHOOO!!

We arrived about 4.30pm, had to drive to a few “reception” to look for the exact check in place, finally checked in and went to our apartment.  WOW!!!!  It was huge and luxurious!  We loved it!  Again, it was a 3 bedroom apartment so we all had our own rooms.  Nice.  Golf course, greens, pools… oh lovely!  Everyone off to the shower and grab a quick bite – we need to get to the Old West Theme Park before the first show starts!  But before that, let’s visit Free Port and see what we can get there… oh loooookkkk!!!! What’s that I see?  Someone munching on Auntie Anne’s?!  As usual, cut the chase and just ask WHERE is the shop – even if it means talking to strangers.  Even if it means embarrassing your son.  Why should you waste time to look if you can ask right?  Right.  So yes, eat your fill!  The Freeport was all full with branded stuff at good price.  Tried a few shoes from Camel Active and said we will come back tomorrow afte sleeping on it.  Noel was still on the hunt of watches.  Guess how much was the watch he wanted? RM450!!!! (with 60% discount) – but NO WAY.  That is enough for another holiday boy!  We then rushed of because the Red Indian show was going to start soon. 

Off to the Old West Theme Park.  Throughout the trip, ever since Langkawi, Noel and I are used to have our photos taken and at the exit point, the staff will ask if we would like to purchase the photos (at a crazy cost).  Same happened here.  We were handed cowboy hats and guns for the boys and CLICK.  Then they took back our hats!  Haha… we thought we could use it throughout the visit in the town! 

At the entrance, it stated that if it rains, the show will be cancelled and no refunds will be given.  Well, let’s hope it doesn’t rain.  There will be 3 shows – Red Indian Show, Parade and Street Carnival.  We got ready for the Red Indian Show… It isn’t as grand as the photos you see online, but it’s still fascinating as you see “the chief” blowing, breathing and putting out fire through his mouth!  Then… raindrops starts falling on my head…!!! Oh dear!! It was going to rain afterall!  And rain by the buckets it did!  Everyone had to run inside because the show was held openair.  We had to wait for the rain to subside.  In the meantime, they distributed raincoats for free and released the goats to “entertain” us… As the rain slowed down, everyone moved out to the theater again, but the red indian show couldn’t continue because it mainly involves fire.  Whilst I was not so impress with the show, I will definitely give them credit for still going through with the show despite the rain, in their costumes and all.  So we had the street carnival show and ended with the fireworks nonetheless.  However, because of the rain, as we walked out from the theater and into the “old town” almost all the entertainment was closed.  At the exit, they showed us the photo they took of us earlier and dad decided to buy 2 of it.  Memento said he.  It was still pouring as we head back to the apartment and called it a night.