Sleep in time, yet again.
I had the privilege of a king sized bed and a late start this morning, so it was wake up, shower, dress and hop over the road for the buffet breakfast at Lost World of Tambun's Terraces Restaurant.
The breakfast was just ok. Not much variety, there was wholemeal bread (hooray, haven't seen that since Kuching) and some nice grilled chicken sausages but that was about it. I left my table for ten seconds to grab another cup of coffee and when I came back, some random Asian family had stolen my table and had my half-eaten breakfast cleared off it!
In Malaysia and Singapore, if you leave a packet of tissues on your table, it means it is reserved. Apparently they didn't care about this and were very insistent that the Malay guy clear the table even though he didn't want to. The staff smiled a "sorry lady" smile and gave me head nods. So, I found another table, had my coffee and left.
It was back to the hotel to pack and leave my bags before heading back to Lost World of Tambun (LWT) for the theme and water park experience. I had a bit of time to kill so I updated this blog before heading back over the road to LWT. Crossing the road at the Lost World Hotel is an experience in itself. There is a ranger who literally stops the traffic for you. Staff help you with your bags, security guards are everywhere and they open doors for you, etc. Awesome.
LWT is a waste of money and time, but the pools are nice. There are only a couple of rides and a pretty poor petting zoo. There were a couple of very stressed-looking Siberian tigers, a crappy roller coaster, a pirate ship ride that the staff refused to operate because "not open yet" (it was 11:15am and the park opened at 11am), a few birds, some snakes and a chlorinated river that you had to hire a tube to float along. The gift shop is a rip-off and it's RM10 to hire a small locker or RM20 to hire a large locker for the day.
The highlight of the visit to LWT was being able to swim in the wave pool (better than the one at Adventure Cove in Singapore and bigger too), use the hot springs pools again and have an Ipoh White Coffee from my new friend at the coffee stand.
Food was overpriced and lacking variety, the showers and change rooms full of screaming and shrieking Chinese teenaged girls on a package tour.
I returned to the LWT hotel where the lovely staff called a taxi for me. The taxi back to Ipoh town with a slightly creepy South Asian driver cost RM25. I arrived at Tune Hotel at 1:55pm and was able to check in 5 mins early - just as well really, as I was feeling really sick from a very bad taxi ride with a kamikaze driver.
It was time to find a mall, so i decided to use google maps on my iPhone to navigate to Ipoh Parade. The stupid app isn't very user-friendly. The arrow that shows you where you are points in the wrong direction so you think you need to go one way, when in fact you're meant to be going in the complete opposite direction. So, my half hour walk turned into 1.5hrs. Stupid google.
Once I got to the mall, it was food time. Lunch involved purchasing a couple of cans of iced tea and a cranberry cream cheese bun. I was still not feeling too crash hot, so it was a light meal. I walked around the mall until I found Esari shoes. I saw the most beautiful wedges which I just had to have (and were 20% off on sale) along with two other pairs of sandals at RM20 each. Three pairs of shoes for $40 AUD? Laughing!
Dinner drama ensued. Ipoh is a small town and like everywhere else, trying to find somewhere to eat at fast breaking time is a nightmare. I was tired, hungry and over walking so I staggered into Pizza Hut. I smashed down a beef pepperoni pizza and then stopped off across the road at a grocery store for a few essentials.
Bed time now, don't really know what I'm doing tomorrow other than more walking, more trying to find food and maybe a little bit more shopping?
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