Lunch in Taiping

 A brief stop over in Taiping

There isn't much attraction in Taiping that we are not familiar with and it was not imperative that we must visit this town once again.

 However Taiping it's food and the Lake Garden have that magnetic pull that somehow we must do a stop over to update ourselves on the latest happenings. So we did.

 Something new to us. Now there is a third alternative route to enter town from the Expressway apart frm Simpang and kemunting.  That's new! Other "New" in town included the street art depicting Amelia Earhart flight round the world, the burnt down bazaar and finally progress made on the Siang Malam market

Besides that we had a wonderful time at the Causal market eating and buying. Lastly that cruise through memory lane plus making pictures of the fallen rain tree in Lake Garden Well, I am surprised that it is quite a mouthful.

1. New Signage along Old Trunk Road Highway 1

Yes, thats the indicator for the new approach road into Taiping. Direct to the hospital

2. Turn into Tembaga Kuning

Took the turn at the traffic along the Old Highway - The Trunk Road as it was called

3. That familiar Round-About at old Gaint Supermarket

Yes, we did our bird there. Looking for the Indian Roller

4.  Ah! Tanka Raya

Not that Ulu! Got Traffic jams with clusters of housing estates

5. Amelia Earhart -supposedly landed here

The painting ! Looks nice and fresh. Better keep this picture properly

 6. Teng Koh's Grandfathers relics

Just got a picture from the archives. This scene gone!

 7. Burnt?

Picture from the media report

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 8. The Iconic Clock tower

Like birds, this clock tower so nicely blended in with buildings in the town

 9. Siang Malam -Causal market side

Another old pictture from the archive. Now the place was in the process of being refurnbished

10.  Across the road the other half

Actually never realized this part existed! Only oaid attention to the roof eaves where people do their betting as to the time when the drop of rain would fall for the day. Never heard of this practice anymore

 11. One more view - the old looks

We would not be able to spend time here until it is finished

 12. Entering the Lake Garden junction

From the end of road in town - a change in scene

13. Fallen tree No. 1

I actually had a sketch plan put up to name each tree with a number. But too much effort to dwell into this fancy

14. Fallen tree No. 2

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15. Fallen tree No. 3

16 The Lakeside Segment now closed

Now the short stretch by the lake where the tree are was blocked to vehicular traffic

17. The good portion with old views

For completion of this page, I throw in the old pictures to show how it was like

18. Flashback - old time with cars

19. Flashback - old time Going up towards Hawker's Center

20. Flashback - old time- I am suppose to give a number to all these 19 trees

21. Flashback - old time - Junction to hawker Center

22. Flashback - old time. This tree as in pix. 13

23. Flashback - old time. This tree as in pix. 14

24. Lake Garden View collection

The place is so beautiful. Every shot of the place looks better that those made elsewhere. How to gauge which picture is a good composition?

25. One for the Album

The wife insistence - Covid Days in Taiping

26. Another group photo

Also with this new signboard

27. Mummy needed more

I thought she got this long ago. This is an old sign

30. Our car in Lake Garden

Momento

31. More Lake views

One more picture of the lake

32. The Heronry

The Heronry! So often talked about

33. Nyonya Kueh

Yes, main reason why we were in Taiping for

34. Pemsembur with Extra

Yes, ordered with extras - Fried chicken - Rgt 10

35. Preferred Koay Teow Stall 78

Souvenir picture

36. Makan Time

Our eating scene

38. Good and VFM Nyonya kueh

39. Taiping special

Close -up picture

40. Lining up to buy

In that early afternoon. Thought that the stalls closed by noon

41. Our car in Casual market

Another momento

42. Overall view of the Causal market

Never had this picture posted

43. Looking back into Casual

From the road looking in

44. Far way view - the small bazaar next to Causal Market

Also for our souvenir

45. original taste - Tai Chien Popiah is here

Yeah! It closed by 2 pm.

Good or bad - productive or worthwhile or not, It's definitely a good stop over. More so when we are physically prevented because of Covid from making a visit in over two years So the pictures are helping to say what we saw. A very good stop over even though it is a short one

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