Taiping, oh, beautiful, exciting Taiping!

The town of Taiping, where I live, is a beautiful place. It has one of the most beautiful lake gardens in Malaysia, if not the world. It has many heritage sites such as the prison, muzeum, Kota Ngah Ibrahim, Port Weld (Bukit Larut), railway station, colonial government buildings, military camps and others. It also has places for entertainment and vacations, such as the famous Taiping Zoo, Maxwell Hills (Bukit Larut), Bukit Merah Lake Town, etc. Recently, shopping complexes, namely, Tesco and Giant had been added to the attraction.

As such, more and more visitors are making a leeway to Taiping. Unfortunately, they are not being given a reasonable and exciting welcome to the place. A food factory, mainly involving in sardines, near the roundabout of the Kamunting Industrial Area (near the Futsal building), is welcoming the visitors with a foul, pungent smell . What more, the roundabout itself is nothing to shout about, for an attractive place like Taiping.

Just look at the nearby town of Parit Buntar. It has eye catching man made landscapes and structures, at every corners and roundabouts of the town. A case in example, is the Durian Structure, at the roundabout going to the highway.

It is hoped that the Taiping authorities will make studies and make the Taiping roundabouts more inviting to the visitors' eyes. It is eagerly waited.