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Traveler L’Asie du Sud-Est
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- Feb 22, 2018
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Malaysia Perak Kamunting 4.886479, 100.7371294°53’11” N 100°44’14” E
Day 45
Deux records et une boîte à surprises
February 22, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Hier, 21 février, était une date mémorable. Le genre de date à inscrire dans les annales... OK, peut-être pas, mais ça vaut la peine d'immortaliser ça dans nos archives de voyage, car nous avons atteint deux chiffres qu'on ne pensait jamais atteindre avec Ironman.

Sur la route qui sépare les Cameron Highlands de la ville d'Ipoh, la petite bête a réussit à rouler à 100 km/h. CENT. KILOMÈTRES. HEURE. Quand ta vitesse moyenne est d'environ 40, ça te replace un toupette. Il faut dire qu'on était en train de descendre une méga butte et que la gravité jouait en notre faveur, mais quand même! Ironman qui roule à 100 km/h, on ne reverra jamais ça.

Deuxième record de ce 22 février : nous avons fait plus de 200 km de route en une journée. AYOYE les fesses! On était un peu trop motivés et avons décidé, de Brinchang, dans les Highlands, de nous rendre jusqu'à Taiping, une ville du Nord-Est de la Malaisie.

Une des meilleures décisions questionnable de notre voyage jusqu'à présent!

La route a été longue, mais un coup rendus, ça été un peu le coup de foudre avec Taiping. On pensait y rester une nuit seulement et repartir tôt le lendemain matin, mais on a rapidement changé d'idée et avons choisi de rester un peu plus longtemps.

Ancienne ville commerciale du temps colonial, Taiping a un charme historique particulier. Ce que nous avons préféré, toutefois, c’est que la ville est très peu touristique et qu'elle a su conserver une grande part d'authenticité que trop d'autres villes ont perdu au profit de l'occidentalisation.

De beaux parcs, des temples impressionnants, des hawker centres (food courts) à tous les coins de rue offrant chacun une myriade de plats alléchants, des gens accueillants... que demander de mieux?!Read more
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Joanne Meredith GA Study Tour 2016
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- Aug 9, 2016, 5:28pm
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 3 m
- Malaysia Perak Kampung Jalan Kereta Api 5.0452, 100.628735°2’43” N 100°37’43” E
Day 13
Bukit Merah Orang Utan Island
August 9, 2016 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
On arrival at the Lakeside resort of Bukit Merah, located a short drive from the town of Taiping, the group took a boat across to the Island. We were greeted by a guide who introduced the project but we're distracted by three young orang utans playing nearby. To view the animals we walked through a semi-circular steel frame tunnel cage like structure with the Orang utans roaming in the outside. A populated of 24. Most have been born there, some rescued from Borneo - none have been rehabilitated yet. A centre for research and also for conservation and education.Read more
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Joanne Meredith GA Study Tour 2016
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- Aug 9, 2016, 5:27pm
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Malaysia Perak Bukit Merah Pekan 5.04482, 100.634335°2’41” N 100°38’4” E
Day 13
Kuala Sepetang Mangrove forest
August 9, 2016 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
The Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve is the Peninsula's largest surviving mangrove. The area has a thriving fishing industry notably cockles - our group took a speedboat along the estuary to view the area at close hand - teeming with wildlife we saw dolphins, Egrets and Sea Eagles anf had a close encounter with friendly Wild Boar at the small community of Kuala Sangga - built on stilts over the area of mangrove we visited the small primary school with a roll of 19 and their 10 teachers. We viewed their classes had a talk by the headteacher and teacher of English before the students sang for us. This area was affected by the 2004 Tsunami and there is much more interest now to protect and educate about their importance.
From the boat trip we visited a "Sustainable" Charcoal factory - in the past much of the mangroves were cleared for development or charcoal production now an area is only cleared when trees are 30 years and that area is left to regrow and clearing takes place somewhere else - the very enthusiastic owner the 3rd generation of charcoal producers explained the process of producing charcoal and it's benefits. We then took a boardwalk through the reserve to see the ecosystem much clearer.
Lunch was at a local fish restaurant.Read more
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Traveler L’Asie du Sud-Est
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- Feb 23, 2018, 9:41am
- ☀️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Malaysia Perak Taiping 4.854762, 100.7329774°51’17” N 100°43’59” E
Day 46
Du café au durian
February 23, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
En faisant des recherches sur Taiping, nous avons découvert qu'il s'y trouve un moulin à café traditionnel qui, selon les propriétaires, est le plus ancien de Malaisie. Pas de question à poser, notre petit café du matin, c'est là qu'on allait le prendre!

Cette entreprise locale, maintenant gérée par la troisième génération de la famille de M. Tiah Ee Mooi, produit du café de façon artisanale depuis 1933. Nous avons donc pu y observer le maître torréfacteur à l'oeuvre en plus de goûter à plus de 7 types de café Antong, dont le café au durian (fruit roi du pays), le café le plus malaisien qui soit!

Une belle et délicieuse visite!Read more
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Traveler Malaysia
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- May 20, 2023
- 🌧 32 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- Malaysia Perak Pokok Asam 4.847816, 100.7495524°50’52” N 100°44’58” E
Day 20
Taiping
May 20, 2023 in Malaysia ⋅ 🌧 32 °C
Fahrrad fahren im Lake Garden
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Routes of Change Routes of Change
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- Apr 13, 2018
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Malaysia Perak Kerian Kampong Balek Bukit Gunong Semanggol 4.945417, 100.6801414°56’44” N 100°40’49” E
Day 1,006
Biking through Gerik
April 13, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Rubber rubber everywhere. 58 km - 🚴🏼‍♂️ #whereisthejungle #bicyclemalaysia #biketouring #smoothride #rubbersidedown #tirestraveling #lifeontwowheela
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- Aug 2, 2018, 11:45am
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 30 m
- Malaysia Perak Taiping 4.851932, 100.7416344°51’7” N 100°44’30” E
Day 1
Bus ride to Taiping from Little India
August 2, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Shopping at Little India is definitely not, your regular roadside shopping. You may feel that Little India in completely out of place in a city like Singapore where there are countless futuristic mega malls that feature costly designer brands in air-conditioned enclosures. However, this is not true. Little India is a complete different story altogether, one that will leave you with an unforgettable experience. If you are heading out on a holiday to Singapore and Malaysia, I recommend you to keep Little India last on your visit list as the place also serves as a major Bus Boarding and departure point for buses heading to and from Malaysia.

There are about 5 to 6 Operators plying on this route as per what was mentioned on the website called https://www.redbus.sg/bus-tickets/little-india-… , from where I booked my Bus tickets. I did not wait for more than a minute since as soon as I was done with my shopping I could board my Bus. However, trust me my shopping experience at this place left me with much more cash on hand than what I had expected. There were several 24 hour shopping centres like Mustafa Centre, which is famous for selling products that are priced quite lower compared to the markets outside. The range of shopping products here is as diverse as the people communities. Clothes, fresh food, souvenirs and electronics are what you will find at dirt-cheap rates over here.

There were quite a few operators plying on the route between the two cities. Some of the most popular ones being Trans Royal Singapore, Starmart Express, Konsortium, Interline Express and Trans Nasional. I booked my bus tickets through Trans Nasional which had about 5 buses plying throughout the day starting from 10:00 am in the morning till 6:00 pm in the evening. I booked an afternoon bus and the journey took me about 9 hours – thanks to the notorious traffic of Singapore. The tickets cost me about SGD40 but there were tickets that went up as high as SGD60 and it depends on the class of Bus you book. Starmart was the only luxury Bus Operator lying on this route and had buses plying at 3 different times. The prices were a little on the higher side but the Operator clearly justified this with the modern amenities that it had to offer on its buses. Konsortium had only 1 bus plying throughout the entire day which was at 10:00 pm in the night. I would recommend you to book this bus on your visit as it takes only 6 hours to complete its journey, as the roads are free of any traffic during this time. The tickets prices are also quite reasonable at this time of the night.

Taiping is considered to be the second biggest town in Malaysia after Ipoh. The name has been derived from two Chinese characters and the place is quite famous as many deposits were found here. This is also considered to be one of the most tourist friendly destinations in Singapore.Read more
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