Our Taiping half day trip

hmm....it was always bored in Kampar & there's not much that we can do in here....n so i need a quick getaway ....as adventurous as i can be.... i wanna visit some interesting place...so...i choose to follow my friend back to his hometown to have a look... For additional places to visit you can refer to my 2nd part :Things to see in Taiping

Location: Taiping town
day: 30/11/2012

depart: 7am frm Kampar 

reach: 9.30 am in Taiping area.

so we started off our journey from Kampar where we follow our friend going back to his hometown for the weeks before the final exams.... n thanks for being our tour guide & driving us around for the half day... :)

our journey started when we reach Taiping was to have breakfast...n so my friend bring us to the old town where some food stalls are located. It was nearby to HuaLian sch if i was mistaken and also nearby to the Taiping lake as well...n as usual in Perak area,Taiping accepts coupons for the car parking too...so we park there for 30 min to hunt for good food....Then i notice there's a food stall there selling mee basah which kinda looks nice n we ordered. hmm...as expected...it really taste good ~!!!... then the guys doesn't fill full for it...so we ordered another plate of Chu Cheong Fun...n the taste was acceptable...cause it's something alike with the Penang flavour & the lady boss put the fried onions as the topping ..taste sweet n savory i guess...haha...nt bad afterall...n compare to Kampar style ...i like Taiping style better...,n in Kampar Chu Cheong Fun is either put curry sauce or some soy sauce at it....for me...Seremban was still the best thou... anways...while driving around the town area my friend told us that in Taiping there are many things tht were 1st build here, like the clock tower & train railway, roundabout at the hills....n in Taiping...all the buildings only can build up to 5 story tall...not more than that cause they dunwan to destroy the scenery...n why isit call Taiping?? well my version of the story is...u can refer to the Malaysian Histroy textbook..hahaha... it's state that there are 2 gangs of chinese tribe fighting that time...n so...when they stop the fighting thingy...calming things n sorting things out was it was declared to ppl that we need to be 'tai ping' (Peaceful)..so i guess this is how they get the name...

Mee basah

Taiping Chu Cheong Fun

  After filling up our stomach, the 1st place we went is the Taiping Zoo.... whee.... it's been a long time since i saw some live animals...haha...i must admit that...when you're little ur parents sure bring u to places like this...but for me...i don't remember a thing of wht i have seen being a little kid... for it's entrance fees it charges for Rm12 per adult but we manage to get a 30% off cause of my friend were a Taiping Citizens...Yay~~ RM 8 per adult only... in the Zoo...there were many different kinds of animals.. n to complete the route there are 2 options for us to choose for...either u choose to sit the cart drive by the guide or if u choose to walk ...be prepared for a journey of 2 1/2 hours walking to complete the tour n taking some photos of course...at 1st, i thought zoo wun be taking such a long time but den...i was wrong...hahaha ><

our Taiping Zoo ticket

me & zach( our tour guide) thanks.. XD

danny & Soo Jek

haha...i was trying to camwhore...but there are ppl walking behind me......

haha...look..croc behind me...

the guys are eventually too attracted lookin at the beaver..

finally the guys are tired after walking for 1 hours more....i keep strolling in the zoo..

just when i thought it was end.....no...it wasn't...><

after our Zoo trip ended, my friend suggested we have a look at the Museum, but too bad...it's Friday n it's not open...oh well..i think that usually museum don't really open on fridays cause the malays have their Friday prayers?? i remember the last time i went Penang, the museum was closed on friday too...haha...coincidence?? so..next stop was the Taiping Lake of course...just went there to have a glance...really never had a chance to complete walking the lake cause there are nothing much but the scenery.... n not to mention...it's a good place for photography...i really did love the tree thou...haha..

Taiping lake...just a part of it only...

the trees along the road beside the lake...nice eh??

The next stop would be lunch of course....n this time i really have no ideas wht's this place called  but there are many food stalls here...n there are a few supermarket 'The Store' was nearby... n out of the food here...there's one special store tht sells fish ball fried koay teow.... was kinda nice n different too...n at the end of the food store...there's bunch of ice stalls that sells variety of fruit flavor+ ice shaving.... ahh.....just wht i needed to chill in the hot day of adventure...

fishball fried koay teow..

By the time we finish out lunch it's ald about 2pm...n we need to leave by 4pm.. after buying the bus ticket at  Kamunting station we went strolling at Taiping Sentral mall& Tesco for 1 hour more due to the time constraint that we had....so...that's how we ended our half day Taiping trip...n yeap...for u guys might be wondering how we go back kampar....we sit the bus from Kamunting to Ipoh medan kidd bus station..n from there take Kampar bus back .....

i had a good time with my friends n of course tired out cause of the journey....but still enjoyable lorh.... XD