Friday, July 25, 2008

Taiping Lake

Taiping is a quiet small town in the state Perak. The well known tourist place is the
beautiful and scenic Taiping Lake and the Larut Hill (formerly known as Maxwell Hill)

Different parts of the Taiping Lake
Lotus PlantGrand old rainforest trees surrounding the lakeMonkeys all over the park.More monkeys in the parkUp Larut HillThe many hugh old trees in Larut HillBeautiful little plantsBeautiful flowers everywhere.

The road up to Larut Hill is very winding and rugged. Only jeeps are used to fetch
tourists to the hill.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Kuala Selangor

Kuala Selangor is a bustling town now with tourist places of attraction such as the Bukit Melawati, Kampong Kuantan Firefly Watch, Taman Alam having lots of very old trees and it is famous for bird watching. The biggest river here is the Kuala Selangor River and the main activities here is catching fish and you will find lots of seafood restaurant along the river.

Kuala Selangor River with the fishing boat


Busy river- with fishing boats


Seafood Restaurant beside the Kuala Selangor river





These are the Lala fried with dried chillies and steamed Mantis Prawns with chinese wine served in this restaurant.



Grand old tree at Taman Alam

Another old tree
Big Rocks all over the place

You can find lots of migratory birds during the winter season

More rocks in Taman Alam

Stairway to Bukit Melawati where youcan see cannons during the British time