Cameron Highlands

My biker buddies from BMW Motorrad invited me, a non BMW bike owner, to join them on a weekend ride to Camerons. Apprehensive at first, but then I thought; what the heck! How often does a Ducati owner get invited to ride with the Beemer boys? Besides, I'll stick out like dogs balls and that's what 'living' purposefully is all about.
So off I went on Saturday morning, after a hectic, congested, work filled week, I was off, like the wind, to join 30+ other BMW bikers on a ride up the deliciously winding slopes of Camerons. The virtually mishap free ride took about 2 hours with petrol stop at Tapah rest. Quaint little streams and spectacular waterfalls still dot the route up the highlands but the tight and sometimes long corners make the ride worthwhile.Of course the large acreages of vegetable farms and tea plantations make a grand vista.
The spanking new Century Pines Hotel we stayed in was small enought to be personal yet big enough to accomodate all of the bikers and bikes in the front courtyard. There was a karaoke cum sports bar that we bikers ended up drinking when we were not admiring each other bikes in the courtyard. Oh. Did I also mention that it was also a trip to celebrate Oktoberfest? Yes the German beers were flowing all right. And the German MD of Auto Bavaria I was with, Mathias Heimann was scintillating company as we conversed and connected on a level that transcended 'time and space'. A man who enjoys his beers as much as he enjoys biking and the business of 'not selling cars'. It was indeed a memorable night, even with all the beers in my head, what was on top of my mind as I turned in, at way past 3am that night, was a question that will almost always be a mystery posed to me by Mathias;
Where are you when you are travelling? Cue music (twilight zone)

I am eagerly awaiting the ride photos from fellow biker/photographer Norizan. Watch this space.