Taiping - A Visit to Taiping 2015

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

Food

After collecting the race pack for the Taiping Cross Country 2015, we headed to Larut Matang Hawker Centre for lunch. The place was so big that we have no idea which food stalls to go for at the first sight. We tried the famous char kuey tiaw, chicken feet, three meat platter in the afternoon. We had returned to the same spot on the next day to continue hunting for food. The naturally-ventilated environment, great food that is worth every cent and its humble people in town made up a pleasing dining experience during my two days in Taiping.

I love Taiping Food #1 Char Kuey Tiaw

We went to Mr. BBQ for dinner as the restaurant is known for its decent ikan bakar (grilled fish) in town. However it took us more than 30 minutes waiting to get all the food served and some of them were already cold by the time. Would explore for other restaurant instead next time.

Dinner at Mr. BBQ

We’ve very much enjoyed our 2D1N at Taiping. A lovely small town with much to offer, this is another place worth to visit again in near future.

Birthday Cake for August Babies :)

Taiping lake view #2