Toddling @ Taiping

Despite school closing Mid November, I had to push another month in holiday classes for Daddy couldn't stand seeing me laze around at home. No complaints, it was well worth the time but once that's was done with ... I went all out to enjoy the remaining 2 weeks.

At the North bound highway, Tapah R&R with my stopover buddy. While on the way to the Sleepy Town Taiping, we stopped for breakfast here on day 1.

The longest tunnel drive was another awesome experience.

Give and take 3 hours later, we reached Taiping and went straight to the hotel hoping to chill a while before stepping out for lunch. Daddy had compact 3 day itinerary in hand.

A simple, quiet town with lots of one way streets so missing a turn costs a long drive back.

We bunked at the Flemington which was conveniently located walking distance to the Taiping botanical gardens. Very comfortable but just a little narrow here and there.

 

Here are some of the notable places we stopped for our meals throughout the 3 days with the rest being takeaways and some light munch. The Chetty Nad had authentic Indian cuisine and the 'Ais Kacang' place had the best Popiah in town for evening snacks.

Yut Sun for some fabulous Hainanese lunch and of course the Su Hean for vegetarian meals. Both these places had dishes unheard of in KL so we stuffed ourselves to glory as the prices were very reasonable.

For fun activities, I got busy with all the major attractions in Taiping starting at the Taiping Equine Park for a lovely horse ride. Quite pricey for an enjoyable ride...

 

I finally overcame my fear of touching them thanks to their friendliness. Riding them on the saddle don't count since there's no direct contact .. ;-P

Water activities were all at the Botanical gardens.

I was trilled at both the Swan pedal boat and the 20 pax ferry ride. Getting on it crossing the age old jetty was frightening more than the actual ride.

We also made it a point to visit a temple which was so serene it brought that unknown calmness in me for about 30 minutes while I was there ...

Yet again, comparing with Singapore, I visited the Taiping Night Zoo. Not a bad effort but certainly lots to develop for their ride was super short lasting 20 minutes only.

Another first was a late brunch bite I took at the famous steamed turtle bun locally known as 'Mee Koo' bun. I simply enjoyed every bite of it.

Took an afternoon off for swimming at the hotel roof top pool. I'm a little sensitive in staying long in wet hair so a quick fix was the bathroom shower cap. Loved every minute of the trip and will definitely come back for I missed the Maxwell Hill visit this time around.

Here are some shots of the lovely Taiping Botanical Gardens.