Mercedes BenZ!

BenZ:

Whee! Level camp was really fun!! Probably the best school camp yet! This is because it’s my second time going to Malaysia but it’s my first time taking the bus there! It was really exciting going across the causeway, thought it was a really short bridge, but it was a nice experience.

Bus journeys were really long throughout the trip but there was actually nothing wrong with that. Because the buses had great and comfortable seats, the perfect chairs for a nice sleep for a long bus journey. The chairs are wonderful. I LOVE THOSE CHAIRS!!!

Ok, so we arrived at Yong Peng. This was the first ‘shopping area’, where we got to know how cheap and expensive some things were. Every one grabbed lots of food and snacks as they were real cheap. WHEE! And then we had lunch at a country club. The food there was acceptable and it was the first time I experience the Chinese restaurant cultures in Malaysia. It was there that I learned that we have to finish all the rice and food served and also that the more mess we make on the table signifies our enjoyment of the food. But we did not mess the table up on purpose just to show our appreciation. Then we went to Mini Malaysia, where we could explore the traditional Malaysian architecture. It was fun exploring the grounds into the different traditional houses. Some of them had 2 stories, others backyards etc.

That night, we stayed at the Grand Continental Hotel. I slept in the same room as zenn. And sadly, our room’s air-conditioning system was not functioning. So after about 1 hr of liaising with the hotel management staff and the repair man, we got a room replacement! Yeah!! Air-con!

I enjoyed the 2^nd day because we went shopping at this GIANT mall!!! It had like central, north, south, east and west atriums. So it was 5 times bigger than the average Singapore mall. We were like unleashed dogs, roaming around the grounds of the mall, hunting down good bargains and buying lots of stuff. I bought a wallet, even thought I did not even need one. But it was a good buy XD!

Day 3, we went to a bat cave. It was really beautiful inside as we can see all the amazing cave structures. We are all awed by the beauty of these stalactites and stalagmites. Even though, it was bat cave, we did not see many bats as they were all in their dormant state. However, the cave had a really strong smell of bat poop. We had to climb staircases up and down the cave so as to look at the various marvels of the cave. There was a wind tunnel which was the best part of the cave explorations as the cave was humid and hot. The wind tunnel was obviously windy and really cooling.

After that, we departed for the Cameron highlands.

The Cameron highlands to me are the peak of the entire level camp. It has the perfect cool weather, if only Singapore could have it. Sigh… we saw huge beautiful landscapes, hills and hills of tea plantations. It was just spectacular. We stayed in the Equatorial hotel. It was a great place to stay in. The rooms had great and scenic views of the surrounding. Even though there were lots of bugs lurking around outside, the hotel rooms are specially designed to keep them out.

The trip was a rather fast one. I guess it was because of all the traveling on the bus which reduced the time spent sightseeing. However, it was a very enjoyable level camp!!!!! I would want to go visit Malaysia again, especially the Cameron Highlands!!

BenZ