What's wrong with Taiping?
The mighty Land Rover Defender at Maxwell Hill To those who say there's nothing happening in the sleepy town of Taiping - you must be sleeping. There's certainly plenty happening in the town of eternal peace - not for the right reasons. I was in Taiping two weeks ago and must say - for the first time in my life - I was disappointed with the Perak town. In its eagerness to marry heritage and modernisation, it has lost its identity along the way. The town seems confused, and this is evident in the construction of new structures (mainly hotels) there. There is a hotel being built right at the foot of Maxwell Hill (Bukit Larut) with several others built near the iconic Lake Gardens. Hoteliers claim occupancy rates are high. For visitors, food is generally top on the list followed by the supposed cool weather. But weather in the "wettest town in the country" has been ridiculously HOT while prices of food and vegetables, known in the past to be relatively ch...