City Homestay Ipoh

... and thinking that i couldn't really get any wetter i decided to go in ... it was lovely to get rid of the nasty jungle juices that had accumulated on my legs.<br><br>once we were at the bottom we went to a local village and tried our hand at blowpipe blowing!! Well i always knew i had a good pair of lungs on me and beat all the boys when it came to blowing and hitting the dead centre of the target!!! Way to go ME whoop whoop.<br><br>Then we left there and got some ...

... s about it. <br><br><br><br>Not too many people either, but I have to admit it was boiling hot, and with the lack of trees and parks it was almost killing.<br><br>When in the evening I couldn&#8217;t find a decent place to have a beer, final verdict was announced loudly ...

... connecting bus. Despite what travel agents say.<br> The woman we bought the bus and ferry ticket from told us that connecting buses leave from Ipoh to Tanah Ratah every 15 mins and that it isn&#8217;t far. Naively we trusted her and didn&#8217;t check it online or in the lonely planet beforehand. Only on the ferry crossing did we notice whilst reading up on where to catch the connecting bus, that the last bus left at 6pm and we where due to arrive at ...

... it was the only reason we went to Ipoh. It was RM25 entry into the park, and then we got charged an extra RM10 to use the lockers! The *******s! The absolute *******s! Tom and I managed to cram all our stuff into one locker thankfully. At first, we also thought that we'd have to spend an extra RM12 to hire some floats for the water slide, but it turned out you only needed those for the Lazy River. The park had 4 non-water rides, which were very tame, but mildly fun anyway; the ...

... food at the local food market and then headed to the local bowling alley, which was only a 1minute walk away from our hotel. We had one game there. The staff were very friendly, spoke to us, and were interested about where we came from etc. I was also asked about the British Royal Family, which I avoided politely saying that they were "OK". I didn't want to hurt their feelings by stating that the Royal Family are just a glorified English tourist attraction nowadays, with ...

... who ran his bar for him. The bar was a great place to hang out with all the different characters it was a small cosy place with a chilled atmosphere and had a pool table and a drum kit, guitar and mic that were always in use ...

... poulet (avec les os), nouilles, feves germes, riz, biere (21 Ringgit, soit $7.00can pour deux). Effectivement il a commencer a pleuvoir tres fort. Nous etions une chance nous etions a l'abris. Il y a peu de touriste ici. On se fait remarquer dans le coin. Les gens sont super sympatique. Ca fait du bien de quitter les circuits touristiques. Un peu plus difficille de se faire comprendre par contre. Malheureusement le proprio de l'hotel m'a dit qu'il n'y avait rien a voir ici a ...

... man called to me asking why I was walking so fast and laughing! I stuffed down and egg sandwich and enjoyed a quick, free tour of the tea factory and found it quite necessary to have a mug of the local brew before I left - the best cup of tea I've had since leaving England! Now... how to get back? I didn't fancy walking as my knee hurt, it was starting to rain and the buses only passed every 2 hours, yet I wanted to be back in time to catch a bus to Kuala Lumpur at 4:30 ...

... then wandered down among the rows. On the way back it looked like we were going to get very, very, wet. That is, until a friendly Malaysian driver picked us up and brought us back to town. We settled into the couch at Father's to watch the nightly round of movies on the giant screen TV. We also awaited the opening of the kitchen for our afternoon tea and scones with whipped cream and jam. Yes, we take tea and ...

... I'm sure I was forgiven. We went one night to a wedding dinner -- not Chinese but Indonesian-Eurasian. Ate with the "Malaysian Elvis Presley" whose brother kept giving me Sound Advice. Another man kept trying to set me up with his son. I enjoy the way everyone here greet each other like old friends, drink together, laugh and talk, then exchange names. So open and unpretentious. That was a very fun night.