Friday, 16 December 2011

Tourist Guide :Taiping Trip


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Places of interest 
§  Bukit Larut (formerly known as Maxwell Hill) is a hill resort. Currently, tourists can reach the top by 4WD vehicles, or by hiking. There are stops at the end of the road with gas available for hikers to cook and eat there.
§  Taiping Lake Gardens were donated by Chung Keng Quee's son, Chung Thye Phin. Its serene, tranquil and peaceful man-made lakes were former tin mines.
§  Perak State Museum is the first museum in Malaysia.
§  Taiping Zoo & Night Safari
§  Esplanade - for sports activities
§  Taiping War Cemetery
§  British Resident's Residence (1877)
§  Kapitan Chung Keng Quee's Townhouse on Barrack Road. It is now an antique shop.
§  Bukit Jana Country Golf Resort, Kamunting
§  Bukit Merah Laketown Resort
§  Burmese Pool. It has a natural water slide.
§  Tupai River(Sg Tugoh). Man made swimming pool using river water at the nearby Chinese Tiger Temple.
§  Austin Pool. There is a very deep, square granite pool with a waterfall flowing into it.
§  Taman Suria streams. Cool streams flowing down from Bukit Larut.
§  Coronation Swimming Pool. Located at the foothill of Bukit Larut, the pool uses very cold mountain stream water
§  Taiping Public Library has numerous old and new book collections and is located near the Lake Gardens.
§  Taiping Airport holds monthly (sometimes twice a month) parachute jumping programmes organised by Parachuters Club.
§  Stadium Sultan Yusuf - An important venue for the Taiping football league.
§  Hot water well (Air Panas) - Batu 9 off Jalan Trong (near Changkat Jering)
§  Kuala Sepetang Wildlife Sanctuary
§  Kota Ngah Ibrahim - in Matang
§  Ng Boo Bee fountain - Jalan Air Terjun
§  British War Cemetery, near Burmese pool.
§  Kampung Dew Fireflies Eco Tourism & Kampung Dew Charcoal Eco Challenge

Shopping
§  Taiping Sentral Mall (http://www.taipingsentralmall.com)
§  Giant Hypermarket
§  The Store, Wisma Dato` Toh Eng Hoe
§  The Store, Jalan Kamunting
§  Big Seed Supermarket
§  Pasaraya Econsave, Kamunting

Cinema - Big Cinemas Taiping Sentral ( 7 screens ) http://www.bigcinemas.com/my/
Bowling Centre - Winners Bowl Taiping, Paras 6 Plaza perbandaran, ( 24 Lanes, 9 or 10 Pins )
Places To Eat
§  Doli - Jalan Tupai
§  Mee Udang - Kuala Sepetang
§  Char Kuey Tiow- Larut Matang hawker centre

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