While we were there, we spent the night at Bala's chalet, which is very close by Tanah Rata for convenience. There were not many pictures on the website, but from what I could see, it looked rather cozy and "British", plus the rates were fairly affordable, so I got the double room for RM180 per night.
The entrance to Bala's chalet is a lil dificult to find, coz its around a bend. You have to be careful to look for the strawberry...yes, a huge strawberry with the sign 'Bala's Chalet' and turn up a steep and narrow driveway. The slack part about this is that it's hard to park and there's trouble when there's two-way traffic. So remember to park wisely!
The entrace to Bala's Chalet was very presentable. The place is very much like the pictures in teh website - an English cottage, with beautiful flowers blooming everywhere.
This is the courtyard outside my room. Beautiful view from my room window! :)
Bala's chalet is one of the oldest colonial buildings, which use to be a boarding school for European Expatriate children.
My room had its own fireplace! And yes, it can be used for a norminal fee. :)
Factory tours are every half an hour. You can also walk the factory yourself as there are signs explaning every process.
After the factory visit, you can walk the corridor which tells you the history of BOH.
Finally, I made my way to the viewing deck. I was so excited, snapping away at the green (or well not so green - as in my pic) tea plantation below.
I wanted to have a seat to sip some warm tea (as it was really cold), while enjoying the view of the tea plantations.......
....BUT when I saw the line at the counter...I immediately changed my mind....skip please! 
Took some pics of this Lily on the way back to my car...couldn't help myself as there were sssooooo many beautiful flowers everywhere! ...even on the side of the streets. LOL!
Next, my wonderful bf brought me to Strawberry Moment. He said he googled placed to eat and found this place which offers a whole range of strawberry desserts freshly made with Cameron strawberries.
I had a tough time deciding but ended up with the Strawberry Strudel...yummy! Strawberry Moment also has a shop next to the cafe selling strawberry tea, chocolates and jam as well. If you're not a big fan of strawberry, don't worry - they have other things there as well.
I was starting to get a lil frustrated as throughout my entire trip there, it has been drizzling and raining non-stop. The bad part is that I have to worry about my camera...but the good thing is that its super cold....and guess what? I didn't bring and long pants....freezzing my ass off!
Next, we went to Tcafe (yes we are pigs).....T Cafe is well-known for their scones, so I had to get some for myself
Its a very cozy lil place with a few table - which is always packed, esp lunch...so make sure you go early.
For tea, I have tea and scones....very very yummy! A must try! And for dinner I had onion soup and lasagne....and for dessert - apple pie. :) The onion soup was nice esp coz it was so cold, but I must say that the lasagne was rather dissappointing. Apple pie was good.....also a must try.
It was yummy and definitely much cheaper than having banana leaf rice in KL. The whole meal was rather much the same if you were to have it in KL, but the thing that caught my eye was the banana they served as one of the veg dishes (the one in the center). V.nice! 
After feeding ourselved, we took a slow drive back to Subang with nice memories of Cameron's...wonder when will be the next time I head there again? Definitely gotta check the weather beforehand next time. :)
Bala's chalet is one of the oldest colonial buildings, which use to be a boarding school for European Expatriate children.
My room had its own fireplace! And yes, it can be used for a norminal fee. :)
The first place on my list to visit was the Cameron's BOH plantation. I have never been there, but have heard many nice things about the place. I was surprised to find the place very tastefully done. The architecture of the entire visitor building was spacious, airy and modern.
Factory tours are every half an hour. You can also walk the factory yourself as there are signs explaning every process.
The old BOH factory. Took this pic in B&W for more 'feel'. Hehe
After the factory visit, you can walk the corridor which tells you the history of BOH.Finally, I made my way to the viewing deck. I was so excited, snapping away at the green (or well not so green - as in my pic) tea plantation below.
I wanted to have a seat to sip some warm tea (as it was really cold), while enjoying the view of the tea plantations.......
....BUT when I saw the line at the counter...I immediately changed my mind....skip please!But I did manage to check out the prices, which were rather reasonable. No overpriced tea catered to visitors - thank goodness for that!
Took some pics of this Lily on the way back to my car...couldn't help myself as there were sssooooo many beautiful flowers everywhere! ...even on the side of the streets. LOL!
Next, my wonderful bf brought me to Strawberry Moment. He said he googled placed to eat and found this place which offers a whole range of strawberry desserts freshly made with Cameron strawberries.
I had a tough time deciding but ended up with the Strawberry Strudel...yummy! Strawberry Moment also has a shop next to the cafe selling strawberry tea, chocolates and jam as well. If you're not a big fan of strawberry, don't worry - they have other things there as well.
I was starting to get a lil frustrated as throughout my entire trip there, it has been drizzling and raining non-stop. The bad part is that I have to worry about my camera...but the good thing is that its super cold....and guess what? I didn't bring and long pants....freezzing my ass off!
Next, we went to Tcafe (yes we are pigs).....T Cafe is well-known for their scones, so I had to get some for myself
Its a very cozy lil place with a few table - which is always packed, esp lunch...so make sure you go early.
For tea, I have tea and scones....very very yummy! A must try! And for dinner I had onion soup and lasagne....and for dessert - apple pie. :) The onion soup was nice esp coz it was so cold, but I must say that the lasagne was rather dissappointing. Apple pie was good.....also a must try. 
On Sunday, after checking out of Bala's Chalet, we headed for some banana leaf rice at Kumar's.
It was yummy and definitely much cheaper than having banana leaf rice in KL. The whole meal was rather much the same if you were to have it in KL, but the thing that caught my eye was the banana they served as one of the veg dishes (the one in the center). V.nice!
After feeding ourselved, we took a slow drive back to Subang with nice memories of Cameron's...wonder when will be the next time I head there again? Definitely gotta check the weather beforehand next time. :)
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