Images of Ipoh: Sunny

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Sunny

It’s a sunny day & I was passing by Old Town in the afternoon. Feel good with the blue sky but it’s a bit too hot to drive out. Old town is still congested as normal & I couldn’t find a car parking lot to stop for lunch.

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AnonymousMarch 21, 2009 at 12:28 PM
i juz random surfed the net and found this blog today. i love ur pictures, esp as an ipoh mali.

my blog also contains numbers of beautiful photos in ipoh plus other places. feel like to share with u as well.

nice to meet u ;)
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Chun KeeApril 12, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Nice to meet u 2, Daniel :-)
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Ipoh, the capital city of Perak State, Malaysia, is the city that tin built. Located at the famous tin mining area, Kinta Valley, it used to be the world's largest tin mine since 19th century. Not only of its tin mine, but Ipoh also famous of its delicious food, beautiful mountain ranges, mysterious lime stone caves, attractive history & friendly citizen. Being the second in Malaysia that gain the status of city in year 1988 after Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh is one of the major cities in Malaysia with the population around 700,000. Began as a small village in 1870's, tin mine industry had brought in Chinese and Indian that boosted the town development since 1890's. The rapid growing town later upgraded to be the capital of Perak during the Japanese occupation at World War II. The rich tin resource had brought prosperity to many Ipoh miners that even make it once known as the City of Millionaires. Today, Ipoh has grown to cover a large area including the neighboring township such as Bercham, Tasek, Jelapang, Menglembu, Pengkalan, Simpang Pulai & Chemor. The city is still developing continuously while maintains its beauty of nature and harmony.