While traveling from Taiping to Kuala Sepetang, I saw a standalone purple hotel on the way. Thinking it might be the Yam Hotel, its name was even more intriguing as we drove closer. It was named after another tuber and it was The Potato Hotel!
Kuala Sepetang, formerly Port Weld, is such a charming town. It is a fishing village and there are mangrove river tours to watch fireflies and eagles, There is also great seafood and there are a number of charcoal kilns good for educational visits.
Remnants of the original first railway line of Malaya 1885 is till there with the ticketing counter (now a kopitiam), the original station sign and bits of the old tracks still around,
The town is both a historical and eco tourism gem that is under promoted and unknown to many Malaysians. The town’s name change didn’t do it any favours, I suppose.
It is so near to Taiping, another sleepy and picturesque colonial town, well known for its Lake Gardens. I saw the Potato Hotel again when compiling a list of hotels for the Taiping area. Am pleasantly surprised to see so many new accommodation options for Taiping.
No disrespect to past and present detainees of the notorious Kamunting detention camp but you dont need to be detained under the ISA to stay in Kamunting town nearby.
Kamunting has many budget hotels. Or one can also stay in Bukit Merah Laketown where there are chalets on water. See the Potato hotel or pick another hotel here and visit the triangle of attractions:
http://www.mycen.my/hotels-in-taiping/
Picture captured from bridge spanning the river mouth at Kuala Sepetang.
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