Malacca & Cameron Trip Aug 2010

We had a short holiday to Malaysia early Aug. Much needed break after our last BKK trip in April. We made a stop at Malacca to have breakfast, as most shops are not opened yet, we paid a visit to Cheng Ho Museum. Boring place to me but dear is fascinated by such places. Our guide there was funny though..kept trying to scare us. We made it a point to have the delicious Gula Malacca Chendol. Din get to try the mutton soup recommended, but i'll be back someday to try. After a long drive, we finally arrived at Cameron around 4pm, at the risk of running out of petrol. Silly dear refused to pump along the expressway, and we ran out of petrol before we even reach the first town...lucky for reserve tank...we made it to the nearest petrol station. Cameron this time round was cold and nice...unlike previous trips where the sun was too hot. I enjoyed the cool weather and the fresh clean air. The view from our hotel was fantastic. We spent our 2 days there touring plantations, having steamboat for dinners and basically laze our day away. We should really do more of this...great way to destress and recover energy. I really miss the fried mushrooms and sweet potato balls we bought at brinchang market...yummy. Since i did not plan to shop for this trip, we ended the trip with lunch in Ipoh - the famous beansprouts chicken. I hated the chicken, too tough for me. But the beansprouts were good. This is my first time to Ipoh, but don't think I'll be back...it seems like another boring town. Then on our way back, we had Satay Celop at Capitol in Malacca. A lot of Singaporeans were there. As it was a Sunday night, there was a long queue. We waited close to 2h for our seat. Overall conclusion, not worth the wait. I've tried better satay celop during my last trip...shall go there in future.