Wednesday's Anchovies

Taiping, a small town located in Northern Perak, Malaysia. Based on wikipedia, it is also the wettest town in Peninsular Malaysia which has led to a picturesque view of flora and raintrees in the Taiping Lake Gardens. As this was my visit to Taiping, we spent around 4 hours leisure driving from KL. Navigating places in the area was easy with Google Maps. Travel We headed to Maxwell Hill first and found that we missed the last ride going up the peak. From the driver, the last ride is at 530pm and the journey took around 30 minutes. At bottom of Maxwell Hill  Second stop at Taiping Lake Garden. We spent around 3 hours loitering around the area. The row of century-old trees standing by lakeside made up a photogenic scene. We saw the locals jogging around lake, couples making their pre-wedding shoots, families taking swan boat ride, it was surely an absolute experience for everyone. Photo-shooting for wedding couple Stone slide... Taiping lake view ...

The first Sunday of August 2015, the day for Taiping Cross Country 2015. It is aimed at creating awareness amongst runners towards running in green. Prior to race day, the participants were requested to carry their own hydration pack to reduce the water cup usage while running, as part of “Save the Rainforest” initiatives. Taiping Cross Country 2015 "Save the Rainforest" Thousands runners were gathering at Hua Lian Secondary School on that morning. Two competitive categories of 15 km and 7 km were brought in. The 15 km category flagged off at 7 am. Pose (Photo source:  TCC Facebook ) Soon enough the runners find themselves passing by the serene Taiping Lake, mesmerized with expanse of calm water behold (for more race route details, please click here ). The race course has successfully set the participants running in various terrains, grass fields, tar road, hill trek, rocks, river stream and bridge crossing. Furthermore, we had to trek up the hill or...