{"id":9000,"date":"2016-02-22T18:59:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T10:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=9000"},"modified":"2016-02-22T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T10:59:46","slug":"qing-xin-ling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=9000","title":{"rendered":"Qing Xin Ling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever heard about the\u00a0Qing Xin Ling Leisure and Cultural Village<\/a> in Ipoh? I had not, until Aric mentioned it to me as a possible “stay-overnight” place during our recent trip up North. It turned out to be fully booked, but we decided to have a look at it anyway, because you can visit it as a day-tripper (RM 6). In\u00a0the reviews (see\u00a0the link above), people complain\u00a0that the place \u00a0can be overcrowded on\u00a0weekends, during \u00a0our visit it was still ok.<\/p>\n

Here you see the location of Qing Xin Ling. Ipoh is surrounded by limestone hills, the image shows Gunung Rapat. Many caves and “wangs”, depressions enclosed by high limestone cliffs. Many Chinese temples too, one of them located at Qing Xin Ling. Recently the temple committee has transformed the temple grounds into a “Leisure and Cultural Village”, which has become so successful that the residents, living nearby, are complaining about traffic jams and parking woes.<\/p>\n

\"Map\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We paid the entrance fee and walked around. Mixed feelings. The location is beautiful, two lakes, surrounded by steep limestone cliffs.\u00a0You can walk around the lakes, a number of brightly colored chalets has been built on the shores. Without the day trippers walking and cycling(!) around, it could have been a paradise.<\/p>\n\n\t\t