On the road bets

We went up to Cameron Highlands on Christmas Eve. 

The land of boh tea and strawberries

I picked Gary up at 7.40am. 

We reached our rented bungalow at 2pm!!! 

So yeah, you can imagine the long, long ride. 

But sitting in the car with Gary is never boring. We are pretty much self-entertaining people. 

So these are some of our bets! 

(10 points per bet)

Do you stick that on for fun?

Noob!

P drivers are drivers who received their learner's permit less than 2 years ago. 

Gary's theory is there aren't a lot of P drivers on the highway. 

Bet: How many P drivers are there on the highway?

He's so wrong. 

Gary's guess: 15

My guess: 45

Closest wins. 

Answer: 63

Whenever we reached a highway rest area, it was like a buffet of P driver cars! Gary was so mortified. And the most hilarious thing is we drove around 3 rest areas because the first two were PACKED with cars even though we circled the place we could not find a parking! So every time we entered a rest area I was licking my chops and Gary was groaning in horror. 

How cold is it, damnit? 

C'mon, Cameron Highlands isn't that cold. 

I don't know whether it's because I've gone through the harsh winter of Manchester but Camerons is nothing man! 

Every time we passed a small village on the winding road up, there would be a massive jam due to cars slowing down. So at one particularly painful jam, we noticed there was a huge flea market on our left. Many people were walking past our cars. 

The first thing Gary and I joked about is how people are wearing jackets.

Then we started laughing when people walked past us wearing ski caps. 

Soon we saw people wearing mufflers!!!

It was incredulous!

Hence the bet: How many people are wearing winter gear? 

Strawberry mufflers!!!

Gary's guess: 15

Michelle's guess: 3 

Answer: too many!!! It was more than 20 when I lost count. So yeah, Gary takes this one. 

It was pretty cold at night, by the way. But there was never one second when I thought I needed mufflers. Long pants instead of shorts, yes. Mufflers? Come on. 

One strawberry, two strawberries

If anyone ever decided to rename Cameron Highlands it'll probably be Strawberry Town. 

We saw around 8 of these 'Hell yeah i'm a giant strawberry'

It's famous for having strawberry farms which is difficult to find anywhere else in Malaysia due to our hot climate. 

So strawberries + I-want-to-con-the-living-daylights-out-of-stupid-tourists = hundreds of shops selling strawberries and strawberry related items. 

And I'm talking about strawberry mufflers (ditto), strawberry balloons, strawberry umbrellas... -____-

 Our bet: How many times can we spot the word 'strawberry'?

They intend to stuff strawberries into you until it comes out of your butt

When apples and oranges take the backseat

Gary's guess: 50

My guess: 15

The large discrepancy was due to the fact I've noticed we were at the edge of the commercialised villages. 

Which was right, because the moment we drove past the villages we barely saw any 'strawberry' words other than the multiple signs pointing us to 'stawberry park resort'. 

Answer: 18 

Whee! 

Women take the wheel

This is simple.

Bet: How many women drivers are there on the highway?

Because I was too lazy to take pictures of women drivers.
Besides, it's creepy. 

This was when there were only 50km left in our journey. 

Gary's guess: 15

My guess: 4

Answer: Too damn many!!!

We both lost this one because it was waaaaaay above both our guesses. 

I can't believe I guessed 4 wtf. Hahahahahaha. 

End of Cameron Highlands bets

Score:

Gary: 100 points

Me: 140 points