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Family Trip to Kuala Kangsar: What to do and see in the Royal Town of Perak

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Sunset in Kuala Kangsar
Sunset outside our hotel

On the way back to my hometown during the recent school holidays, we stopped in Kuala Kangsar for one night. Kuala Kangsar is famous as it is the royal town of Perak and also because of it’s close proximity to Lenggong which is famous for Perak Man, the country’s oldest prehistoric man.

This is the first time I visited Kuala Kangsar despite several previous attempts to visit this well-maintained historic town. The locals are chatty and friendly.

To allow us to see more things along the way, we purposely took trunk roads (exiting Ipoh from Kuala Lumpur from PLUS highway) passing through Chemor, Sungai Siput before reaching Kuala Kangsar.

For lunch, we stopped in Chemor for seafood noodles at Hoong Wan Restaurant. J and K were not impressed with the eatery as it is dirty and noisy. While the food there is much cheaper, I don’t recommend it as it is not as good as I expected. [Read more…]

Family Trip: A Day in Ipoh

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Ipoh's Kek Look Tong
Kek Look Tong

My mother used to complain about traveling. She was not interested at all when I tried to take her along on one of our trips.

I don’t know for sure the exact reason. Perhaps the hassle of traveling or weak knees.

Nonetheless, now she is a changed person and she seems to be keen on going around as long as it’s not too hectic for her.

Taking cue from this, we planned and were on a road trip to Ipoh with my mother and brothers in the last school  holidays.

Of course, with my wife, J and K tagging along as well. [Read more…]

Taiping Day Trip

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Taiping Lake Gardens
Taiping Lake Gardens

If you know me well, I put a lot of emphasis on relationships. Hence, whenever possible, I would create opportunities for J and K to spend time with family members and friends. Just for them to mingle, play, joke, or… you get what I mean.

In the most recent school holiday, we took J and K to visit my parents-in-law. I thought putting them together would be sufficient to achieve my noble objective. [Read more…]

Family Day Trip to Carey Island, Banting and Jenjarom

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It’s a long weekend and something had to be planned so the 3-day break would not be wasted.

That’s what my wife said.

So to make use of the Labor Day (May Day) holiday, we decided to visit the Mah Meri Cultural Village where the place is still sadly unknown even to locals. We also took the opportunity to go around Banting and Jenjarom.

Credit must be given where it’s due. The trip would not have been possible (especially food hunting) without the help from my good friend, Maya Kirana, who was raised in Banting. Though I have been to these two places but due to her insider tips that I dared myself to explore Banting and Jenjarom deeper and wider.

Let’s dive in and see what we had done during the road trip. [Read more…]

Family Trip to Tasmania

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Tasmanian Trip

For 2015 year end holiday, we were in Sydney for about 25 days. Out of this, we spent 10 days in Tasmania. There were 7 all of us on the Tassie trip. We flew to Launceston from Sydney instead of Hobart due to its distance and price.

To move around on the island, we booked a car from Avis. For such a big group, we needed a car called people mover. We were given a Hyundai Imax.

For this road trip, our plan was to go around the island clockwise – starting and ending in Launceston.

We had pre-booked our accommodation before we went there – starting with Launceston, then Bicheno, Huonville (Hobart), Cradle Mountain and Penguin.

The best thing about Tasmania is the public toilets are free and so is the highway. We find out that the cleanliness of the island is top notch. The Tasmanian people are friendly and helpful.

Here’s the chronology of our trip: [Read more…]