Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Crazy cameron highlands

This school holidays has been really crazy here in Cameron Highlands. I guess the business community here must have made a killing. For two weeks there were loads and loads of people coming up here. As usual the traffic jam was horrendous. A four kilometer road from Brinchang to Kea Farm which normally takes 10-15 minutes, took one hour during this two weeks. Most people blame the local council or the police. But me being a resident of Cameron for the pass twelve years, I feel everyone is partly responsible. The jam is caused by people slowing down to see what's in the shops or stalls on the side of the roads. Why don't they just park somewhere and take a look around. After all you are on a holiday! Haphazard parking is also another reason for the jam. Everyone parks wherever they like. Buses park on the sides of roads, blocking on going traffic. So what do you expect a traffic snarl.


Also tourist should spare a thought for us the resident of the hill. The flat building where I live, some of the owners have converted their units into holiday homes. Well I think its ok with most of us, as everyone needs to make some kind of extra income. But what's not ok is this inconsiderate tourist throw rubbish everywhere, park everywhere and karaoke till the early hours of the morning. I know that you are on holiday but please spare a thought for those that need to work tomorrow or those that have little ones.