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Interior Town Kuala Lipis This is a long mural painted on a wall outside the General Hospital with images of the classic buildings in town. Among them the very prominent Rest house [classic] painted in its original hue! Red! |
| Kuala Lipis is a small town but spread over large area with one of the hills right in its midst. One edge of town is border by the Jelai River. Here another the trunk road that leads north to Gua Musang! Also the newer part of town. |  |
| Looking down from the hill No.1 where the Rest House is situated is the Round About welcoming visitors arriving from the south. On the left, the Town Council hill number 2 and the New Rest House on Hill number 3. |  |
Again - the reverse, when this will be the sight if the shot is taken from hill No.3
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On the far end the Classic Rest House on Hill No.1 and the Town Council , another red building in the center. In the fore ground another bridge crossing the Benta River to reach the new Rest House |
At this Place just beside the River Benta is the very old and well preserved Clifford School. Formerly known as Anglo-Chinese school, built in 1913. The distinctive arches can be seen with the whole building shaded by the rain tree. |
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Going round behind Hill No.2 is the original town of Kuala Lipis.
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On the right the perpetually muddy colored Sungei Jelai, is confining the town on its left bank. Then the shop front facing the river with the narrow Main Street of yesteryears. the town clock tower was the symbol to welcome visitors to town! Here the first building also in red was rebuilt to modern days design. |
Kuala Lipis town is made up of commercial district scattered alongside a looped road that goes into town and out again in the profile of a drop of water. One edge along the river bank and here is the other side, with shops on both sides. Lucky for us many or the whole row of shops in its original designs still stands. |
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After the clock tower, the first building of the entry side is the town Post Office! This is a refurbished building - very elegant indeed. Just preceding it - is a triangular plot of land with efforts to be information center. Pictures, posters and directions signs to all old buildings were erected to guide visitors around town. |
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The old and run down train terminal where trans-Peninsula Rail passenger will get an impression of old Malaysia, perhaps to convey that ambience of remoteness of the frontier town! This place, by the way, happens to be a up-to-date, modern but well preserved ancient town! |
| Very nostalgic too, the train had moved from Gemas down south and on the other side, extreme north Tumpat! What a sentimental journey it will be for many who takes time off to taste this journey into the faraway Malaysia. |
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In the middle of the looped road, hidden behind all the shops there is a broad back lane. It is here a "Mall" consisting of 2 flights of steps, houses the town hawkers center! The stairs incidentally highlighted the ground level of the low river front to the higher ground town interior. |
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This page was created on 30th November 1999
