Escapade to Cameron Highlands

When my darling wife (DW) and I married each other we both knew that were going to have great fun together. We had so many common interest, one of the shared interest was going for holidays. On our first month we had this very interesting conversation about our Love List, then we wrote down 7 non-negotiables we'd hope to keep.

This is something we wrote down for everyday. Everyday we touch, cuddle, kiss, hug, say ‘I Love You’, compliment each other, and laugh.I'll spare you the mushy, mushy details on what else we do... once a week, once a month, quarterly, and once a year but one thing we both enjoy doing is going on romantic escapades, and since the kids were on Chinese New Year holidays with my brother and his DH this past week, we decided to make an impromptu romantic escapade to Cameron Highlands. Yes, we packed our clothes, got our gears together, and drove up to Camerons Highlands.

We had a nice western menu for lunch at Bella's Cafe at Tanah Rata. They had this lovely music playing in the background, and with the nice cool weather , the atmosphere was simply romantic.

We walked-in to several hotels, but the one we really liked was Bala's Chalet. They had this really English styled chalets, and really gorgeous English gardens. They are known for their scones and English tea, and people would drive up to Bala's just to enjoy the tea.

The next morning we drove down to Cameron Valley Tea Plantation for breakfast. Had breakfast overlooking this gorgeous looking tea plantation. The atmosphere was just so idyllic,needless to say we enjoyed the lovely morning.

The tranquil atmosphere and its stunning beauty made the morning very special. Both my DW and I enjoy photography, and so we took lots of beautiful landscape photos. We tried using different apertures, shutter speeds, and lenses. It was just fun doing this together as a couple. My DW is really the pro. She has a photography page where she uploads her photos, and she has some really neat photos taken on this trip . You might want to check her out at http://www.facebook.com/JanetLuisonPhotography

Took these photos with my kit lens i.e. 18-105 mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED. I love the photo with the waterfall in the background. This photo was shot at ISO 800, focal length 58mm, exposure 1/1000 sec at f/5.0.

In the evenings we would spend the time in the English Garden. The beautiful fauna made the garden so idyllic , and we had a really nice strawberry fruit ice-cream in the nice cool weather. The photo with Janet in the background was taken at exposure 1/400 sec at f/5.0, focal length 52mm, and ISO 800.

It was really fun mixing photography and leisure holidays together. I'd love to do this again, together with the kiddos this time.