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KUALA LIPIS WALKING TOUR http://kuala-lipis-pahang.blogspot.com/ Joha Rahman

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Kuala Lipis is a small town from the british colonial past. Situated in Pahang Malaysia. The best way to tour it is by foot

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Best place to start the walking tour is from the railway station. Visitors for hundred of years came to Kuala Lipis by rail

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The entrance to the railway. Simple building remind of the past.

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The train still run, but it is of lesser importance compared to what it was before.

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As you come out of the railway station, you can see a flight of stairs leading down to JelaiStreet. The second street of Kuala Lipis

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Then you can take the left turn on the Main Street. The buildings were mostly built in late

1800.

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The old mosque, used to be the state mosque on your left. You can see the water tank, they used

to put fishes in it.

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Then you will meet the Jelai Street, next to the river Jelai. There was the floating restaurant

years ago. It is no longer there.

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It is now empty. The river bank is strengthen to prevent erosion.

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You can see the new bridge connecting to the controversial new town. The growth that divide

the town

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Shops were built in what used to be the central market. Most of them empty

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The new bus station. It has a nice name, but the distant from the rail and other facilities

causing difficulties for peoples.

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New and beautiful market.

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The nursing home, the original building built by the British. Still in use today.

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The District hospital, new wing is being added to meet the demands.

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The front of Pahang Club. During the colonial days, the club was for the rich and famous only

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The English Heritage left by the colonial past. It is now the district administrative office.

Viewed from the road

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The district administrative office viewed from the sky. The winding road to reach the top and part of the hostel

for Clifford School at the bottom

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We come to the end of the road.. Its is time to say good bye and thank you..