These three places are all located at Perak, Malaysia. What initially was a casual weekend road trip south to visit my maternal grandma turn into a fun-filled holiday. Although I have been to Perak umpteen times, this is a totally different experience with my relatives whom I meet every year.
It was a short weekend, so I spent Friday at Gopeng, Saturday at Ipoh, Sunday at Kuala Sepetang and today at work with really bad Monday blues.
Visiting at Gopeng
It's is one of the upcoming tourist attraction at Gopeng. Gopeng is a small town, located about a 30 minutes drive from Ipoh. The entrance fee to this museum is free. My guess is because they are new and would like to attract more tourist and make this place well-known through the words of mouth.
Dining at Ipoh
Ipoh is famous for its dim sum and bean sprout chicken but this time around, my cousin took me to an Italian restaurant for dinner. The restaurant looks pretty ordinary from the outside with it's name carved in green and red against a white background (colours of the Italy flag). The place was a little crowded but the waiters are very friendly and polite. The menu was rather simple, pizza and pasta
being the main course. Since it was my treat for the family, I ordered a variety and make sure we all eat to our heart's content.
I promise myself to dine at this restaurant every time I go to Ipoh simply because they serve the best pizza in town at a reasonable price. And not to mention, they have really cute pizza guys (waiters) there.
Indulging at Kuala Sepetang
Kuala Sepetang serves cheap and yummy seafood but if you are not a local, very likely you will miss this small fishing town. We ended our weekend by indulging in a table-full of seafood. Yummy but very high in cholestrol, but who cares....we are on holiday.
That sums up my journey for the weekend. Although I did not find love like Elizabeth Gilbert (hey, she went for a year and I only traveled for three days), but I manage to do some soul searching. I learned to appreciate the simplicity of life, to appreciate and love my family simply for who they are and that money do not buy happiness.
