Place to Visit in Perak:Memory Lane

Memory Lane IPOH (Sunday Market)

  










A free public Museum and place to hunt for retro item.
Memory Lane is a second hand street market located at Ipoh, the street was well known as a place to buy or find some retro item. If you are interest in retro item/antique , this is a good place to get some surprise. It is possible to get some valuable & historical item from the market with a cheap price as souvenir. Meanwhile Memory Lane also attracted large group of people who wanted to buy some usable 2nd item with low cost.

Admission:Sunday only (7am till 3pm)
Location: Alan Horley, Kampung Jawa, 30300 Ipoh, Negeri Perak.

👍Can get 2nd hand usable item with a really cheap price.
👍Different kind of retro item can be found,even antique from 80s
👎Only selling 2nd item
👎Not guarantee usable for item you purchase

Tips: Item sell at here does not have a fix price, you would need to bargain to get a better price.

News on Memory Lane

Place to Visit in Perak:Funtasy House Trick Art

Funtasy House Trick Art













Photo:(FuntasyHouse.com)


An art museum to let you take some unordinary picture, inside the shop there are 3D drawing and decoration, and indicator to direct visitor to take picture with special effect

👍a lot of props and background to let you take photo with optical illusion.
👎only have photoshoot activity.
* Since this outlet is located at concubine lane, travellers might drop by when visiting concubine lane.

Fees:Local RM 15  Foreigner RM19 Students RM10
Admission: Weekdays 9am to 6pm , Weekends 9am to 8pm
Location:16, Jalan Market, 30000 Ipoh, Perak

Travellers in group can contact Funtasyhouse to get group price instead.

Place to visit at Perak:Gua Tempurung

Gua Tempurung

(Visit Perak,KV Media)

Gua Tempurung is a lime stone cave located at Perak, it is the largest/longest lime stone cave located in Peninsular Malaysia. As It is now an attraction at Perak for travellers who prefer a trip to advent and explore the beauty of natural. Part of the cave had lights and walkways constructed to reduce the difficulty for visitor who prefer to explore the cave with an easier method.

👍Adventure Activities/Exploring the beauty of the nature

👍Different level of tour for beginner to expert.

👎Tour in group, might need to join with other people if less than minimum requirement. 

👎Not really a photogenic location.

👎Not much attraction for Travellers who dislike adventure activities

Location: Gua Tempurung, Pusat Pelancongan Gua Tempurung, 31600 Gopeng, Negeri Perak

Fees: Entrance Fees charge base on tour package

4 type of tour available.

Dry Tour (Easy)
Fees: Local RM8   Foreigner RM20
Admission: 9 am to 4 pm
Time Needed: 1 hour
Basically you will enter the caves in a group, individual travellers will have to join other group. You will follow the walkways until a certain area then turn back to return.

Dry Tour (Medium)
Fees: Local RM12  Foreigner RM30
Admission: 9am to 3pm
Time Needed: 2 hours
Same with the other dry tour but you will able to explore deeper/higher into the caves, since distance is longer, might need some stamina for you to climb all the staircase.

Wet Tour(Hard)
Fees:Local RM15   Foreigner RM40
Admission: 9am to 12pm
Time Needed: 3hours+
Minimum participants per trip:8 person
Wet tour travel further into the cave, according to the official site,you need to walk around 12km for the trip and  go through a river during the trip.You will be guided by ranger through out the trip.
Things to prepare:
Touch Light(waterproof,prefer headlight so you can use both hand)
Sport Attire(attire might damage during the trip) &Sport Shoes(prefer waterproof/rubber)
A bottle of water(500ml is enough)
a set of clothes(for you to change after the trip) 

Wet Tour(Insane)
Fees:Local RM30   Foreigner RM50
Admission: 9am to 11am
Time Needed:4 hour+
Minimum participants per trip:8 person
A full trip travel 19km toward the cave which require you to crawl through mud ,water and climb wall.
consume lot of stamina.
Things to prepare:
Compulsory Headlight(you have no extra hand to hold a torchlight)
Disposable sport attire(be prepare that the attire you wearing might get torn)
Avoid bringing non waterproof electronic device(at least put in a waterproof bag or container).
some plaster (useful in many situation)
A set of changing clothes
bottle of water.

You can keep your things at vehicle but if you want a locker, they provide locker service for RM5 (not reusesable)

Place to Visit at Perak: Kellie Castle

1.Kellie Castle
(Nsaadah ,Wikipedia)

Kellie Castle is a castle built by a Scottish rubber plantation owner William Kellie Smith on 1915 to celebrate the birth of his Son.The construction of the castle stopped at 1926 because Kellie Smith passed away due to pneumonia. The building became a tourist attraction due to it historical value.

👍Good place to get some nice picture (Good place for photo shoot)

👍historical architectural

👎Poor facilities &management （surrounding not tidy, washroom not clean)

Rumor: Some said the castle is haunted by one of Kellie Smith daughter.

Location: Kellie's Castle, 31000 Batu Gajah, Perak
Fees: Local adult RM5    Foreigner RM10
Opening: 9am to 5.30pm

Expected time needed: 1 hour

Book Directly to Hotel or OTA?

How do you book your accommodation for your trip?

Nowadays most travellers prefer online booking because of a reason:convenient, you can either go to the hotel website and book directly with hotel or went to some online travel website like Expedia ,Booking.com (we call them OTA:online travel agency).Do you ever wondering which method will let you get the best offer for your trip?

Let us help you to choose the one most suitable for you.

Direct Booking
Booking Directly to Hotel only possible when you already know which hotel you want to stay.
After decided which hotel you want, search for their website or app to make booking.
Many traveller does not notice the advantage of direct booking because most of the benefit require you to be a member of the hotel loyalty program.Do not hesitate to sign up especially if it is free to enjoy the greatest benefit they offer.

1. Existence of Loyalty Program
   To encourage return guest, more and more hotel started membership program.Direct booking means hotel doesn't have to pay commission to OTA. By rewarding their guest using money they saved guest can gain more benefit while hotel loss nothing,a win-win situation. 
2. Special Privilege
   While OTA offer discount and promotion, they cannot offer privilege for their user without the hotel consent since they don't own any of the hotel.Being a member let you enjoy privilege like free upgrade room,free late C/out, free room service, is depend on what the hotel offer for their members.
3. Member Discount & Reward
   Theoretically hotel can offer you a lower price for room since they don't have to pay commission to third party. Especially when you book a large quantity of room,you can actually contact directly to hotel to get a quotation price with more discount.
4.  Know who to findBooking through OTA can be complicated when sudden issue happen,you might wonder who is the right person for you issue,the hotel?or the OTA? It's frustrating especially when it involve both party and both pushing responsibility to other.

Online Travel Agency
They don't really own any hotel,so basically they just help their client(hotel owner) to sell rooms and take part of the payment you made as commission.
Below are some of the advantages of OTA:

1. Variety of ChoiceYou just have to search a location at their website and they will provide a list of hotel for you to choose.
2. Convenient for survey
   Since OTA provide a list of hotel for you to choose, you can compare price and review between a few hotel that suit you.Especially when you didn't travel to that place before and need some information to help you decide your hotel.
3. Offer and Promotion
   OTA something offer some voucher or discount for any booking you make, if you notice only a certain hotel have discount,most probably the discount is offer by hotel to boost sales.
4. Reward
   Most of the OTA in the market right now offer reward for their user.The reward can be come in many form like rebate, points or discount.

Both ways of booking had their own merit and demerit.If you are a going to a new place for the 1st time, it is better to survey through OTA and choose the hotel suitable for you.However if you are a frequent traveller to a certain places, it will be wise to sign up as member for you regular visit hotel, hotel will not mind to be generous in exchange for a regular guest.

What is IPAO Travellers Club

 IPAO Management Sdn Bhd is launching a Loyalty Program known as IPAO Travellers Club for all the hotel we are managing in Malaysia.The hotels participating in this Program included Golden Roof Hotel Ipoh,Sunway,Kangsar,Seri Iskandar,Taiping,SSL Traders Hotel and Leisure Cove Hotel.

Just like other loyalty Program, IPAO Travellers Club reward all our members with exclusive instant discount&promotion, 4% rebate of what you spend,members privilege and other benefits.Besides, we created an app for our members,allowing our members to book room at any one of our hotel through online, you no longer have to carry an extra card every time you travel.All you have to do is just sign up though our IPAO App.Totally Free registration. Why paid more to book with other when you can save more if booking with us.

Currently, there are 7 hotels located around Malaysia which is Kangsar, Seri Iskandar, Sunway Ipoh,Ampang Ipoh, Taiping, Kamunting and Pulau Penang  participating in our program.Being a member of IPAO enable you to enjoy the same benefits when you book at anyone of this hotel.As a new launch Loyalty Program, we are seeking opportunity to expand and provide more variety for our member,hence do not be surprise when you realize there are more and more hotel joining the program.

If you have any inquiry or interested to be part of the program , don't be shy to leave message or contact us :605-311 9363 Email:customerservice@ipao.com.my

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