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| British Couple Writing Travel Guide On Perak |
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| IPOH: A British couple who have been staying here for the past decade are writing a tourist guidebook on 12 places of interest in Perak. |
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| The 24-page book by David Miller and his wife Barbara will contain honest descriptions of the places and will be unveiled during the launch of the state-level Visit Malaysia Year 2007. |
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| But our main intention is to help uncover what tourists should discover when visiting the 12 places, said David. |
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| The couple from Crieff, Scotland, came to Malaysia under the Malaysia My Second Home programme. |
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| David said Peraks vibrant greenery and other natural attractions could be a major draw among foreign tourists. |
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| Perak has limestone hills and outcrops which many foreign tourists are dying to see, but the state understates itself and does not want to boast about these attractions, he said. |
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| Barbara said many of the states brochures had not changed in years. |
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| Tourists sometimes find themselves cheated because what is described in the brochures turn out to be no longer correct, she said. |
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| Among the couples top recommendations are Pangkor Laut Resort and Pangkor Island Beach Resort. |
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| These places are Peraks jewels but what impressed us most was the marked improvement in cleanliness on the island, Barbara said. |
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| The untidy sight of the island was gross, with rubbish strewn everywhere when I went there four years ago. |
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| David said he disagreed with the notion that Ipoh was a dead town, describing the city instead as having a good blend of traditional and modern lifestyles. |
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| There are many places tourists can visit provided they make an attempt to look for them, he said. |
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| Having been to many cities in the world, the couple said Ipoh had projected itself naturally and did not pretend to be what it was not. |
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Most importantly, Ipoh is still much cleaner compared with certain other cities in Malaysia, said Barbara. |
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