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Sunday, 1 February 2015

7 Wall Art Murals by Ernest Zacharevic in Ipoh Old Town

Ipoh as got a new attraction in town and its call the Old Town Art Murals. This beautiful Art Murals was done by Ernest Zacharevic, the same man who painted murals on walls along the streets of Penang’s Georgetown.

I have spend my Sunday taking all the 7 Wall art Murals pictures together with the locations and the exact road names and GPS coordinates.

 
Old Uncle With Coffee Cup
 
 
 
Road Name: Jalan Dato Maharajalela
GPS: 4.59787,101.076169

The mural is a portrait of an old uncle drinking coffee. It’s located nearby the OldTown White Coffee facing the Ipoh Field (Ipoh Padang).
 
Paper Plane
 
 
Road Name: Jalan Sheikh Adam
GPS: 4.597715,101.076882

Nearby the first mural, just walk further down the road from Oldtown White Coffee and the Paper Plane mural can be seen. It is exactly in front Of Maybank Bank In Oldtown Ipoh.It shows 2 children enjoying their childhood with a paper plane.

 

Kopi "O"
 
 
Road Name: Jalan Tun Sambathan
GPS: 4.597151,101.078703

Kopi “O”, despite being black coffee, is one of the murals to celebrate Ipoh as the birth of the famous white coffee.

Hummingbird
 
 

Road Name: Jalan Panglima
GPS: 4.596704,101.07843

The mural depicts a hummingbird hovering close by a tree in search of food.

 
Evolution
 
 
 

Road Name: Jalan Bijeh Timah
GPS: 4.596343,101.079138

This Chinese-style painted mural shows Ipoh’s evolution from a tin-mining town back in the colonial days.


Girl
 
 
 
Road Name: Jalan Bandar Timah
GPS: 4.597004,101.078213

The mural illustrates a girl tiptoeing on a classic red plastic chair while reaching toward a cage of birds.

Trishaw
 
 
 
Road Name: Narrow Road off Jalan Bijeh Timah
GPS: 4.59525,101.078556

The final mural shows a man making a living in the town of Ipoh by stacking black plastic bags containing rubbish or recyclable items onto a trishaw.

The murals do bring a sense of nostalgic moments related to Ipoh’s heritage and culture.


Below is the map with the exact location of the murals. You can also get the Ipoh Wall Art Mural by Ernest Zacharevic  on Google Maps .


Sunday, 25 January 2015

Chatime @ Greentown Ipoh

After the long day with mummy shopping, we decided to have a cold drink.. As we were passing by Greentown area we then thought of getting a cup of cold drink from Chatime @ Greentown Ipoh outlet. Its for sure my favourite drink Mango Yogurt the large cup.
Mango Yogurt RM6.90




 
 
 
 


Chatime Greentown Ipoh
Address
GA-C-18, Ground Floor, No.18, Persiaran Greentown Avenue, 30450 Ipoh, Perak

Business Hour
DAILY ( 11AM - 11PM )

 
                


Friday, 23 January 2015

Malacca The Historical State.

Malacca as always been part of places to be visited in my list.. The first thing that came to my mind when I say Malacca is always those beautiful red buildings, the baba nyonya, chicken rice balls and all those various historic place to be visited.

The Dutch Square
From the Jonker Walk, just cross a bridge nearby you will see the Dutch Square.
This place is the post attractive and interesting place to take beautiful shoots. This place is also known as the Red Square. as you can see in the images all the building are painted red. 


The stairs that lead you up to the Stadhuys Building...

Colourful beca


Jonker Walk @ Jonker Street

To what I have realise on my visit to Malacca Jonker Walk is one of the most famous and well know street in Malacca. Mostly everynight the street is close for vehicles as there is a night market operated daily.







The sweets known as "Tok Tok sweet"


Lovely hand made earrings



A Stroll Along Melaka River Bank
Taking this strool you can have a very romantic dinner by the river bank. There are a few cafes, bistro and restaurant along it. Not forgetting there is also the Malacca River Cruise available at the rate below or do visit their website http://www.melakarivercruise.com/ticket.html

Malaysian Price (With Malaysia Identity Card)
Adult RM 10.00
ChildrenRM 5.00

Foreigner Price
Adult RM 15.00
ChildrenRM 7.00

Group Tour (Whole Boat)
Malaysian PriceRM 400.00
Foreigner PriceRM 600.00




Melaka River Cruise


Hard Rock Café Malacca



To my suggestion Equatorial Hotel Malacca will be a beautiful stay as it is located in the middle of the city



Thursday, 22 January 2015

Stroll Down The Memory Lane

Walking down the memory lane beside Burps & Giggles !! Its situated behind Burps & Giggles, Missing Marbles and Buku Tiga Lima. Its a very beautiful lane with a very unique and antique display. Captured few lovely shoots around the area.

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As this place gets very crowded on weekends & public holidays .


Search this address on Google maps and you will get to this Awesome place :)

Jalan Panglima
31650 Ipoh
Perak, Malaysia