Taiping, Perak

Beautiful old trees saw in Taiping

On my way to Taiping, i wanted to see Teluk Intan .I found the tower quite easy. Next was Kellies' Castle in Batu Gajah. The best part was finding the castle which tested my PR skills. Had to ask for directions many times since I was hopeless reading the map.My friend ( my GPs) was not in a good mood so I decided to try my luck.Found Malaysians to be really helpful.

After all the searching, I found it.

In Taiping, stayed in quite a new hotel;;; fleminton near the lake.Reasonable price.Dinner in a local hawker stall eating Yong Tau Hoo. Nice and cheap. Had a long long walk in the lake since the lake was BIG. The trees are really old and huge.

Friendly creatures 

After breakfast the next day, we were supposed to leave for Penang( assam laksa here I come)....went back to the local hawker stalls, had Curry Mee which was good. I was so surprised to get a cup of black coffee for 80 sen. Wah... that was cheap.As we were driving round, saw a beautiful place called Sentosa Villa. Went in and they had friendly staff that allowed us in. I fell in love with the garden of trees and the..... stream flowing from Maxwell hill. I never knew that such places existed in Taiping. I assumed that it was a   sleepy town.

Stream from Maxwell Hill. Water is awesome.

   

Look what I saw in Taiping

We voted and I won. I stayed another nite  in this Villa. Since it was holiday, no rooms so had to take up the villas. Quite pricey but trust me, it was worth it.My Villa( sound so nice) is facing the stream... cool but the best part , this villa is surrounded by durian trees. Luckily, one of the nearby tree was bearing fruit, We could smell durian when the wind blew. Priceless. 

Sentosa Villa

My villa for the nite only

It was shared.

Next, we took walk round the villa. Saw fish pond with big fish like kelah. My freiend said delicious if we get one and steam.. Surely fresh. Sorry not allowed. Took a dip in the stream. Real cold and refreshing. The water is directly from Maxwell Hill, so it was like in a spa.After two long dips, my friend is now rosy red and CANTIK.

Curry Mee in hawker stall.