Sunday, February 6, 2011

My Chinese New Year

This year, I spent my Chinese New Year in Cameron Highlands.
Not much traditional Chinese Dinner & Red Packet but a lot of photography!

On my way to my Grandmother's home, It was 3 in the morning at it was pitch black
I left my shutter for 30 seconds to get this shot

Around 5 am, it started to get brighter


And finally, the sunrise at 6:30 am

Went for a walk in the park that afternoon

This amazing photo was taken at my grandparents backyard
Amazing luck I had on this photo!

The next day, we headed to Cameron Highlands
It was the Chinese New Year and lion dance troupe would earn extra bucks at this time of the year


Vintage Beetle


Tea is a common crop grown in Cameron Highlands due to the favorable conditions


The cold climate and wet weather allows the tea plant to thrive

Tea leaves




Beetle on my cousins spectacle

Orange millipede

The Highlands


This red bush really captured my attention



Night market selling tidbits and snacks


Vendor cooking

I specially like this picture because the focus is illuminated

Chinese sky lanterns that is sent to heaven

The next day, we visited an agriculture park
It is a nursery and a farm

Succulent that looks like a banana!

Hibiscus, the national flower of Malaysia


Orchids are also grown in Cameron

This orchids are very rare in Singapore



Dew from watering

Pot of green grass!

P!nk

Variegated leaves

Vegetables are also grown here





Strawberry souvenir

After the agriculture park, we went for a hike in the highlands

The forest is not so dense in Cameron but much more forest floor plants

Rapids

Waterfall



Trees are also different from the ones in Singapore
The bark is smoother and the trees have less leaves

Bright forest flower

Weevil hiding in between the leaves


After the waterfalls, I took a trail to see the cloud forest of Cameron Highland

As we got higher, the vegetation got lesser

The trees were shorter and twisted at the cloud forest

Trunks were covered in ferns

It is definitely a secret attraction of Cameron Highland

Moss grew on every trunk I saw


Bird-nest ferns also flourished here because of the shorter trees

Even the trunks are covered in moss




Small streams also flows through the forest



Cameron has the largest number of jeeps outside a military base

Many jeeps were very old and rusting

After the hike, we went for another walk in the night market

Deep-frying vegetable


Honeycombs were sold to be eaten as snacks

Old Mercedes taxi, would never find it anywhere else

The next day, we headed down to my great grandmother's house in Ipoh


The highlands

The farms

Wooden hut made for the natives who would walk out the road



I took a train back to my grandmother's home


But I decided to take a detour to visit the Petronas Tower

Reflection of it


Monochrome of a superstructure


Although I didn't collect much red packet, I was satisfied with my Chinese New Year.

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