Ok, its school holidays again. So off we went with our children to their granny's hometown at Taiping. Four days in Taiping (May 31 - June 3, 2008) and this is where we spent the time.
1. Taiping Lake Garden
The beauty and serenity of Taiping Lake Garden. It was established in 1880 and covers 62 hectares with huge lakes which were formerly tin mines. Taiping Lake Garden is 128 years old now.
A beautiful sight. Huge century-old rain trees that grow by the lake. You will notice the tree branches that stretch across the road and dipping into the waters of the lake.
Monkeys roaming free at the lake garden.
The concrete children slides were presented to the children of Taiping by the 2nd Batallion of New Zealand Regiment in 1961.
2. Taping War Cemetery
Many soldiers, including Royal Malay Regiment, Gurkha, British and Australian troops, were killed during the Japanese Invasion of Malaya. This graveyard was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. There are now over 850, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site, more than 500 of whom are unidentified. This is the most well-kept and neatest grave I have ever seen. I salute to the people who keep the Commonwealth War Cemetery in such a beautiful condition.
"Their name liveth for evermore"
1. Taiping Lake Garden
The beauty and serenity of Taiping Lake Garden. It was established in 1880 and covers 62 hectares with huge lakes which were formerly tin mines. Taiping Lake Garden is 128 years old now.
A beautiful sight. Huge century-old rain trees that grow by the lake. You will notice the tree branches that stretch across the road and dipping into the waters of the lake.
Monkeys roaming free at the lake garden.
The concrete children slides were presented to the children of Taiping by the 2nd Batallion of New Zealand Regiment in 1961.
2. Taping War Cemetery
Many soldiers, including Royal Malay Regiment, Gurkha, British and Australian troops, were killed during the Japanese Invasion of Malaya. This graveyard was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. There are now over 850, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site, more than 500 of whom are unidentified. This is the most well-kept and neatest grave I have ever seen. I salute to the people who keep the Commonwealth War Cemetery in such a beautiful condition.
"Their name liveth for evermore"
The plots of Muslim and Gurkha graves on your left side of the road if you are coming in from the main road and ....
... the Christian graves on the opposite side across the road.
A grave inscribed with the words "A Soldier of the Indian Army is honoured here"
3. Bukit Larut hill resort
The welcome signboard at the foothill of Bukit Larut.
Colorful Land Rovers take visitors on a 30-minute ride to the hill top.
Info :-
You can only go up the hill via the Land Rover jeeps managed by the Perak government. The jeep can take between 8 - 11 persons and service runs every one hour. Current fare is RM6.00 to the hill station. Children 5 -10 years old RM3.00 Need to pay an extra ringgit if you stay at the chaletss & bungalows further uphill. There are only 5 units of chalets & bungalows for rent.
Going Uphill - First service starts at 8.00 am, last service at 4.00 pm
Going Downhill - First service starts at 9.00 am, last service at 5.00 pmGoing Uphill - First service starts at 8.00 am, last service at 4.00 pm
4. Hawer food
Taiping is famous for it's cheap delicious hawker food. The best cendol in town is at Kedai Makanan & Minuman Jameema in Jalan Barrack. Business first started in 1940 under a tree near the present site which is now runned by the fourth generation children of the founding father.
The famous "Kai See Hor Fun" or Shredded Chicken Kway Teow Soup located on the first floor of Plaza Perbandaran along Jalan Chung Thye Phin. Look for Stall No.5
5. Perak Museum
View of the 125 years old Perak Museum. Built in 1883, the Perak Museum is the oldest museum in the country.
Statue of Col. Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker, on the grounds of the Perak Museum. Col Walker was the British Resident of Selangor and Perak.
The Tebuan ground-attack aircraft. The Royal Malaysian Air Force ordered 20 Tebuan (which means "Wasp") aircraft from Canada in 1966 as "Counterinsurgency" (COIN) aircraft . The Tebuan entered service in 1967, serving for over 20 years, before they were phased out in 1986.
The museum grounds has this locomotive. Taiping had the first train service in Malaysia. These trains were used to carry people and tin from Taiping to Port Weld (now Kuala Sepetang).
In British colonial days, horse carriages were the mode of transport.
Ancient perahus or canoes on display.
An old anchor on display.
Well preserved skeletons of many kinds of animals.
An elephant skull on display.
6. Taiping Prison
View of Taiping Prison as seen from across the road opposite Perak Museum. Built in 1885, it is the first prison built in Malaysia to jail troublemakers who were involved in Chinese gang fights at the tin mines.
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