Taiping is also famous for its Lake Gardens. The park sprawls over 62 hectares of land and is one of the largest and oldest parks in Malaysia. We were simply exhausted while walking around the gardens, and we didn’t even manage to see all of them.

Click left-right to scroll the panoramic view of Taiping Lake Gardens, or click on image to enlarge.

There are big water lily lakes in Taiping Lake Gardens. Frankly speaking, I feel that the water lily lakes are not being taken care of. The lily plants look rather dull and not many blooming lilies around.

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As we drove out of Ipoh, we stopped over in Taiping (太平) for photo-taking before we proceed to Penang island. Taiping literally means “PEACE” in Mandarin! It used to be the capital of Perak, after it took over from Kuala Kangsar. Now Ipoh is the state capital.

Taiping town with rows of rustic shophouses.

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