Kampar and Ipoh Trip

Was off to Kampar Perak last Saturday with family. It was a 3 days 2 nights trip. My sole purpose of this trip is to see the mountains again cuz I miss them sooooo much. Everyone has different purpose for this trip. Zhuang wants to visit our grandparents' cemetery at Tambun, mum misses her hometown, dad just follows, Mei wants to see the famous Tanjung Rambutan psychiatric house, aunt went just because Zhuang wants to visit the cemetery desperately.

So I was like a crazy fella taking pictures of the mountains. Dad was nagging saying I shouldn't waste the battery taking pictures from car because the photo quality won't be as good.

On the highway to Tapah toll from KL.

If I'm not mistaken this is when I was reaching Kampar. On the way to the town area for lunch.

Kampar town area. You can see the mountain from the town behind the old temple

Last time, every time I go Kampar I would stay at my grandparents house at Eastern Garden. But this time I stay at the Grand Kampar Hotel instead of Eastern Garden because my aunt staying at the house couldn't manage to get me a bed to stay (she only has 3 beds available). Another reason is that GK hotel looks really nice and new to me. hehe. (Aunt suggested to stay at hotel so that I can stay at Eastern Garden with my parents)

Really nice mountain scenery taken from GK hotel. Layers and layers of mountains.
I wonder if I could climb up there and feel the cloud on top. It sure will be damn COLD and cool!!!!

Ridges of mountains from GK hotel

Pikachu-like limestone captured on the way from Kampar to Ipoh

Poor limestone hill got butchered and cut into pieces. =(

We won't have these anymore if people continue cutting the hills down!!

I think few years later there won't be any limestone hills left.

Mum said luckily there's some temples built in this hill. So people won't cut down this hill as long as the temple and the monks are still there

We went to the Kampar old temple to take some photos.

Entrance to Kampar old temple

Golden here and there reminds me of the emperor movie by Jay Chow

Nice old door beside the entrance

Pose at the stairs in front the temple

Although I put a lot of old buildings photo in Kampar in previous posts http://yinkheay.blogspot.com/2007/06/yea.html and http://yinkheay.blogspot.com/2007/06/cont-from-previous-entry.htm

I wanna add two more old buildings pictures.

Wisma Tamil Methodist. More than a decade old building.


Old building in town

The GK hotel is really grand and new. It's located near the UTAR Kampar.

Entrance of GK hotel

Very very big room for 4 person for RM164 (RM188 on weekends)


They have separated space for living room

Kampar has nice food. I was never hungry during this stay. Let me list out those nice food that I didn't take picture of. Cuz they didn't look special but they taste special. That's why didn't take the picture. I took soy sauce chicken rice, black pepper pan mee, curry glutinous rice, fish ball noodle soup, loh bak kou and CENDOL. =)


Something attracted me when I was walking in Pasar Malam the first night with my parents and aunt.

Very cute and colourful!!


Cute!!

The stall is 'branded'! It's called Allan's Cake
This stall was even interviewed and published in newspaper because of their assorted-flavour tarts.

The uncle kept telling me everything about their shop. They come from Ipoh and their son (the one who created different flavours of tarts) is at Singapore opening another branch of Allan's Cake now.

This chocolate ball is really tasty. Sweet and salty at the same time. That's why only left the last one in the box. Luckily I manage to take the pic before it's being eaten. =P

Assorted flavour tarts: Top left - Chocolate flavour, Top right - Blueberry flavour, Bottom left - Honey flavour, Bottom right - Pure flavour

Have you seen this type of method to make Apom Malik? Using these stoves?

And see the thin Apom Malik at the side. They taste like 'love letters' we eat during Chinese New Year.

They have the normal Apom Malik too. But the way the uncle made it was a bit different from those I had seen. Normally people spread the batter on the stove and then let it cooked and then spread corn and peanuts on top, right?

But this one is really different. The uncle spread the batter. Then he pour sugar on the batter and let it cooked. Then after that he spread magerine and peanuts on top. Very very nice. It's crusty outside but soft inside. And the peanuts smells nice.

I found some really special fatt kou (those cakes Chinese made for prayer) at the Pasar Pagi the second morning after my breakfast.

Creative-nya

Despite the nice food, there's a very bad tasting tong sui shop near the GK hotel. I didn't try their tong sui. Zhuang ordered peanut porridge from this shop and the dessert doesn't taste like peanut at all. So we took this picture of the shop. Hehe...

We went to Tambun for grandparents cemetery. I took some photos there. But duwan to show here la. Some people pantang to see cemetery pictures. Then after that we went to visit a relative in Ipoh. She's my great grandfather's brother's wife. Being a great grand generation, of course she is old. Really really old. She's 92 years old. But her hair is unbelievably dark. She said she doesn't dye hair. And she looks young!

Other random nature photos:

On the way back to Tapah from Kampar, there's a very very big lake by the road. Ideal for kayaking. hehe.

White flowers by the roadside

My favourite flower. But I dunno the name.

2 cows sitting beside the road as if waiting for me to take their picture. So I did.

Was standing so close to the cow I was all shaken. Hehe. Summore dun dare to use flash. That's why the picture so blur. Hehe. I saw buffaloes walking at the field beside the road the next evening. But I couldn't take the picture cuz they were too far from road.