We had a 3-day 2-night vacation to Fraser’s Hill recently.

With a “temperate” climate and an average temperature of 20 °C (68 °F) during the day, the hill resort perched at 1,534 meters (5,033 feet) above sea level on the Titiwangsa Range is a mere two-hour drive from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tin was the reason people flocked to the hill in the late 1890s. The hill was tucked in lush tropical jungle. It was named after accountant-turned-prospector James Louis Fraser who used to buy tin from Chinese prospectors and transported the ore to Kuala Kubu by mule train. After acquiring a small fortune from his trade, Fraser vanished after last seen trudging on a jungle path, hauling a team of mules laden with crude tin ore. His disappearance remains a mystery to this day.

This hill resort has been described as an engineering marvel of the British when they started the idyllic township in the clouds that had been likened to ‘mini’ England. It is a quiet town, you can walk on the street.

These are my heart - eating ice cream in a cold weather!