The size and magnificence of this white building tells how important it must be at the time when it was built. To the locals, the Railway Station is the “Taj Mahal of Ipoh”.
In the early 20th century, many British tin-mining companies were set up in the city and Ipoh gained prominence. However, with the collapse of tin prices and the closure of the tin mines in the late 1970s, Ipoh’s growth had stagnated and resulted in the migration of many young talents to greener pastures.
The landscaped garden in front of the Railway Station accentuates its sense of grandeur.
A damsel trying to take a picture with her cellphone camera in a “non-mainstream” way…
In the garden, you will find “Ipoh tree” (Upas tree) which the city is named after.
Indigenous groups use the latex of Upas tree (Ipoh tree) to make poisonous darts for their blowpipes.
The Malaysian Railways – KTM.
The British colonial building on the opposite side of the road facing Ipoh Railway Station is the beautiful Ipoh Town Hall.
Just some pictures here taken during Chinese New Year at a shopping mall in Ipoh.
When East meets West, you get tangerines on Christmas tree during Chinese New Year!
Apparently, this sad-looking Singapore car must have been hit from behind while driving up the North-South expressway from Singapore to Ipoh. Well, that’s just my guess, ‘cos around Chinese New Year, there are many accidents on N-S expressway every year. Drive safely. We got hit before too! 🙁
Heard loud chirping noise from a room in the house and saw many birds perching on the window grilles when it was raining.
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Nice pictures of Ipoh. The whitewashed building of Ipoh railway station looks very majestic and nice. I think those birds are switflets, the one they take the birdnest for commercial purposes.
@Monica: Hey thank you. 🙂
@peteformation: Thanks.. er? Do you think they are swiftlets? I thought the pic isn’t clear enough to distinguish that. Haha hope they make bird nests outside the house!
Eunice ,you did a good job , bravo !
The Ipoh Railway Station even looks greater and more beautiful thru your eyes ! ( As an Ipohite , I can’t even do that ! )
I also like the last pictures with birds perching on the window grilles !
hi darling…..hehehehe. long time no see. i wonder why i couldnt post comments in your blog the past few times. no ok d. cheers and god bless 🙂
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The architecture is one of beauty. Very majestic!
hi eunice and peteformation,
those birds are definitely not gonna be swiftlets. Swifts and swiftlets are placed in a bird family known as Apodidae, which means “feetless” in Latin, they do have a pair of feet but this family is develop to fly in the air to catch insects and hence their feet are very small and weak, so they couldn’t land, the best they can is to use their strong claws to hang on to cliffs or other similar structures upside down. On the other hand, all their four toes pointed forward that doesn’t allow them to grasp on to some thing like humans hand or other birds, most other birds have 3 toes pointing forward and 1 backward allowing to grasp on to a stick or wyreline or branch.
According to the silhouette, its quite hard to tell what are these birds perching outside the window, but a few of them showed a pretty long tail and according to eunice, the birds are noisily chirping outside. The most possible bird to chirp and perch in this manner is the Eurasian Tree Sparrow.