Relaxing walk at Taiping Lake Gardens, Perak, Malaysia

Taiping Lake Gardens date back to 1884 and occupy a former 60-plus hectare site that once housed some of Perak’s famous tin mines. It was donated by the wealthy tin miner and rubber planter Chung Keng Quee, and landscaped as Taiping Lake Gardens under the direction of British town planner Charles Compton Raede.

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Beautiful Taiping Lakes, full of our childhood memories. It would be nice to add some history and memorable stories, legends etc at convenient and unobtrusive places for the interested visitors. Some examples : the annual dragon boat races once held there. Presence of migratory birds, some staying on for a few years to raise up nestlings and then move on. The history of the rest houses and club house. The Taiping jail nearby and some of it's "famous" residents, 😅, and so many interesting things to share.