Images of Ipoh: January 2019

Thursday, January 17, 2019

"Images of Ipoh" is 10 Years Old!!

I have been ceasing to post photos since January 2017 due to relocation of my career to Kuala Lumpur in August 2016. However, I am traveling very frequently back to Ipoh. This is a quite tiring practice and therefore I have been lacking of motivation to continue the postings. Anyway I wasn't stop taking any photo of Ipoh. So I can still post those photos back dated to maintain the continuity of this blog. It was never any expectation of how long this blog would survive when it was initiated. Coincidentally there is a very popular "10 years challenge" in the social network, which reminded me of this forgotten baby of mine. I feel so grateful that there is still comments asking me to continue posting photos here despite the inactivation for 2 years. Today, "Images of Ipoh" is reborn and I will do my best to continue sharing beautiful images of this beloved city. And this is the scene at the same shooting angle from my very first post in 17 January 2009.

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.