Hi Bloggie, went to Ipoh 3rd time in my life and doing river rafting the 1st time in my life! It was AWESOME! I am glad I did it, and will definitely be doing it again! LOL!
The whole objective for Ipoh was River Rafting. So the conceptualization and planning happen a few months ago. Siew did the activities research, I look for the roof over our heads and See Hui did transportation. It was supposed to be a Girls' Trip with the 3 of us plus Avenlin (See Hui's Sis). But newlywed See Hui's Hubby was worried for us and so he tagged along, which is good, as it is safer with a guy with us (and definitely more handy).
Originally, it was either by Air or by Land (Coach) to Ipoh. But Flying was too expensive and Coaching have undesirable timing. In came the Knight in shinning amour, Jun Yan (See Hui's Hubby), and he drove us there. I guess it was a good experience for him too, first time driving such long distance and See Hui/Me nagging at him about speed!
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| Osbourne Homestay & Apartment |
But we all reach Ipoh safely and it was slightly after 1pm when we reached. Checked in at
Osbourne Homestay & Apartment. We were lazing around and letting Jun Yan to have some shut eye! We were all complaining about this dark picture above, taken by Jun Yan. Haha!
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| RiverBug, Recommended Choice! |
The next day was "ACTIVITIES DAY"!
RiverBug, well known in Ipoh and Sabah, is our recommended choice. We did cave exploration and river rafting, break in between activities for lunch! I did the same cave exploration 9 years ago! Then, we did the dry path, looking at limestone formation and wet path, where we have to duck walk and crawl and navigate thru the low ceiling. The limestone stalagmites and stalactites grew, about 2 inches a year. So instead of duck walk, it became commando crawl for most part of the wet path out! Jun Yan and I were envy of See Hui's height for once. As we were prone to knocks at our head due to our height! Thankful for helmets, something that wasn't there, 9 years ago.
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| River Rafters! |
After we completed the cave, we break for lunch! Lunch was good, and satisfying. We were beside the river and were watching some teams completing their river rafting! Every rafters drift by us, were given a big smile and huge wave from us!
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| Best River Rafting Instructor - Andie! |
Then it was our turn. Our cave exploration guide was Andie. He was also our river rafting instructor! Humorous and spontaneous, he made our river rafting experience, very fun and enjoyable. Impromptu acts from him include dragging Avenlin down to the water; crashing us to a stone behind us while making us do high five. But he did get revenge from us by dunking him into the water after our photo with him!
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| Rice Wine from Sabah! |
Tea was served after we washed up. The host from RiverBug was nice enough to treat us Rice Wine, all the way from Sabah. For non alcoholic drinker like See Hui to claim it was nice, you can imagine how much I like it!
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| Ipoh Hor Fun and Bean Sprouts |
Of course, when you are in Ipoh, you have to have their local dishes! Ipoh Hor Fun, with beansprouts and yellow chicken are a must have. And there were also other local pastries that like Hiong Piah, that people will buy when they visit ipoh.
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| Pomelo! |
Pomelo are also a must have when you are in Ipoh! Sweet, Juicy, absolutely heavenly!
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