The kids and myself were having a good time relaxing on the double tube floating on the Adventure River. Reaching a bend of the man made river or more like a monsoon drain at the Lost World of Tambun themepark there was a sudden burst of water which creates waves on the so-called river. It felt like as though we were at the midst of a mini Perfect Storm. The double tubes were swaying like nobody business. Wow! that was fun and exciting!
There were two agenda on our family weekend trip to Ipoh; firstly to visit the long overdue water themepark and secondly to fulfill our gastronomical needs with the popular hawker food of Ipoh. Our troop includes mom-in-law and my wife's sister family.
My first impression on the Lost World - it was so small in comparison with its elder brother Sunway Lagoon. Anyhow, there is not much to complain since the promotional entrance fees was RM18.90 for adult and RM14.90 for children which is a fraction of the fees at Sunway Lagoon. I even received some complimentary tickets from a friend who was performing at the themepark.
The themepark was in a valley surrounded by limestones hill with greens and trees all over. Within the park was a 80 metres high free standing rocks formation known as Needle of tambun in a 400 million years old limestones valley. It was an interesting sight but since it was within the park area, it allows only those that purchased the entrance tickets to enjoy this gift of nature. What a pity!
The food galore was great. Cowan Street bean sprout chicken near the Excelsior Hotel was a yummy dinner for all of us. All the plates were wiped clean and the "hor fun" or flat rice noodles was so smooth. Early morning the next day all were geared up to fill up their load again. We headed to old town Jalan Bandar Timah and lucky to managed to secure two tables at Sin Yoon Loong coffeeshop. I waited for about about 30 minutes for a seat during my previous visit last year. The tables were soon filled with the crunchy "siew yoke"(barbecue pork), fish balls, yam cakes, hor fun soup, fried kueh tiaw, chee cheong fun, yin yong toast bread and white coffee of course! The practice here is that patrons can even order food from neighbouring coffeeshops. This enable the customers to enjoy the popular food from nearby shops without having to move from coffeeshop to coffeeshop.
After breakfast we proceed to the D.R. Seenivasagam public park. It's good to burn some calories after a heavy breakfast. The park management provides complimantary bicycle rides for kids. The kids were happy to take a bicycle each and had a good time cycling around the bicycle route. The caretaker was a nice Indian man who allows the choosy kids to change the bicycles without complain. He told me as a father of two he understands childrens fussy attitude and the job is not for those who are hot temper and easily gets angry with kids.
We went back to the hotel to wash up before checking out. The Regalodge hotel rooms is decently clean and it even provides complimentary broadband wi-fi service. The interesting part is that even though the room is small, it comes with an 32" LCD TV and cable tv channels. The only thing which I am particular was that parking was very limited and I had to park my car at the main road public parking. This hotel will be over shadowed once the now under construction immediate neighbour 15 floors Regency Hotel ready for business next year.
Lunch was a hot stuff. We had Sin Seng Fatt curry noodles and sui kau ( dumplings with pork fillings). Even my sons loved the curry with mint leaves and prawns.
The guy who sold us the "otak-otak" Penang styled dropped by again. I prefers this otak-otak to the Muar style otak-otak. He solicit his business by holding a A4-sized placard announcing his otak-otak for sale. He did not say a single word unless approach and he will pick up the banana leafs from the tables once the customers finishes. It seems this approach works well for him as the shops within his sales route did not object of him selling his stuff to the shops patrons. The patrons are not harrassed and the tables are kept clean. Very thoughtful of him indeed.
It was a "makan" trip indeed and everyone were satisfied with this short weekend trip. Maybe next year end we will be there again. It's really Makan makan angin ? - Loka
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