Cameron Trip: Day 1

Woke up super early today, at 430am to be exact, in order to catch the first train... However was still unable to board the 1st train to Kranji at 517am., caught the next train instead and reach Kranji at 550am, around 10 minutes late... The rest, E, S, XY and YM were already there... We all decided to meet this early as we were afraid that there might be a jam at the customs... Barring a bit of slow traffic just before Woodlands Checkpoint, all of us managed to breeze through the JB custom at around 715... Now we got so much time on our hands before boarding the bus up north, which was at 930am... Went for 2 rounds of breakfast then waited at the shop where we bought the bus tickets...

It was a long long journey with stops in between here and there... It was already 430pm when we reached Tapah...Then went to a KFC nearby for some refreshments before going up to Cameron on a local bus at 6pm... The road uphill consist of many twists and turns, and the bus was non air-con, coupled with uncomfortable seats (looks like those Singapore buses in the 80s)... and halfway up the hill at Ringlet Town, we had to change to another bus... Finally we managed to arrive at Tanah Rata Town at around 830pm...

Upon reaching, we went to a local travel agent to purchase the return bus ticket, as E and YM were coming back on the 26th... At the same time, we decided to sign up for a half-day tour the next morning... The boss of the shop was rather blur but helpful, he brought us to a steamboat restaurant for dinner and waited for us to finish our dinner before driving us back to the place of our accomodation for the trip, KRS Pines Retirement Homes... Though it was a retirement home, there were only 4 residents in house and most people who stayed there were guests like us...

By the time we checked in, settled down and washed up, it was almost mid-night, and we all gathered for our mini gift exchange programme (suggested by YM)...

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