Taiping

Sorry for the long break in posting. It was the school holidays for my 9 year-old and 12 year-old sons from the 15th of March til 19th of March. I intended to take them for holidays now that I am no longer self-employed but am employed since the 1st of January this year.

Since their hols was only for 1 week,Taiping in Perak was the best bet as they have a lovely zoo (much better than our National Zoo) and they also had a night safari tour of the zoo. So, we packed off on Wednesday morning with a slow drive to Taiping (I never go more that 110km/h), found my way to the Lake Gardens where the hotel we were going to stay in (Flemington Hotel) and the zoo is located.

The drive through the lake gardens was wondrous as it covers a huge area and there are numerous inns/hotels and restaurants within the lake gardens. It has sprawling trees, wide open fields, lakes for people to exercise, picnic or just walk as it is shady and green, green, green. I love places like this where it cools your eyes rather than the harsh heat and glare of the city. Our hotel was homey with wide windows looking out into a lake and rolling hills.

After checking-in we took a walk to the zoo (yes, the hotel is within walking distance of the zoo, about 5oom), what with all the tress shading our way and path that leads right to zoo entrance it was an enjoyable walk (without me complaining about the heat). We spent 2 hours at the zoo and then walked back to the hotel (by this time I was already complaining about the heat), I was dying to have my bath underneath the rainforest shower head of the hotel's bathroom.

The kids played ball in the wide open field in front of the hotel and from our window, I could keep an eye on them. I went up to the rooftop where the bar was located and ordered myself a vodka and downed it in the warm air, then went back to the room to lie on the cool bed for some quiet before the kids came back. The same night we went for the night safari at the zoo, this showcased all the animals that were awake during the night, lovely playful tigers and serious black panthers.