Last Sunday morning was hot and humid in the Kinta valley so my hubby and I decided to take a drive up Cameron Highlands via Simpang Pulai. From Ipoh, where we live it takes us just about 15 minutes to reach the foothills at Simpang Pulai. The climb is really gradual and you won't even notice that it's climbing until you look down and see how high up it has climbed.
The scenery though still very beautiful has been spoilt by the many "scars" on the mountainside due to rock blasting. Was really sad and annoyed to see the destruction on nature, done so blatantly and with no guilt and all for the sake of money . We arrived Kg Raja about 40 minutes from Simpang Pulai and headed straight to the garden centres. The air was crisp and much fresher than down in Ipoh city and the many green veggies was a feast to the eyes. Although it's still cool and nice in Cameron Highlands , hopefully something will be done asap to stop too much so called "development". It's becoming a concrete jungle. I can still remember the Cameron Highlands of my youth and I mourn the demise of that beautiful Highlands that I knew not so very long ago.
There are some really distasteful looking apartments that seemed out of place in such a nice and scenic setting. My only hope is that the authorities will do something to protect the scenic beauty of Cameron Highlands and preserve it as a tourist attraction.
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