Taiping 1 day trip
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What to do in taiping at night.
Taiping was the center of Perak’s lucrative mining industry for decades.
British and Chinese miners extracted vast amounts of tin.
Outdoor attractions in taiping
Many became overnight millionaires transforming Taiping into a boom town.
Increased wealth led to increased investment. The legacy is Taiping’s collection of British colonial buildings.
But despite active tourist campaigns by Perak’s state government, the city remains under the radar.
Only a few travelers find out Taiping’s ‘33 claims to fame’ in Malaysia.
Even fewer appreciate the region’s role as a Southeast Asian powerhouse for charcoal.
Crazy Tourist uncovers the 25 best things to do in Taiping including its architectural masterpieces, where to go hiking and Malaysia’s oldest museum.
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A former mine turned into Malaysia’s first public park
Taiping Lake Gardens opened in 1880 becoming Malaysia’s first park.
Since opening, the park has been maintained at immaculate standards for almost one hundred and fifty years.
The former tin mine has ten artificial lakes, a jogging track and houses Taipin
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