Perak

Sunlight shines under the door like a ghoul’s grin, yet gives the shutters a halo of golden rays. That’s the new morning, sinner and saint. Soon after the vibrant summer rays have begun to warm the day there was a shrill sound by the sound of the bicycle brakes! More cyclists were arriving! After several morning stretches we knew that this morning will go according to schedule, there is the reassuring sound of clanking pots and the smell of grain stewed in milk at the 1) Gopeng Guest House Cafe where we all awaited to take off.

It is our second cycling tour in Ipoh. We flocked to Ipoh to view the renewed enthusiasm of Ipoh's heritage in seeing old shop houses restored, while new cafes and craft shops springing up within historic buildings! Ipoh is the capital city of Perak state on the west coast of peninsular Malaysia. The city of Ipoh is located about 200km north of Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh City is Malaysia’s third largest city with a population of over 710,000 people.

Once a tin mining town in the 1800s and now the fourth largest city in Malaysia, Ipoh offers a lot of fascinating discoveries in its rich heritage sites. It is in the capital of Perak state where stately historical buildings stand proud of its history all the way back to British colonial era.

In the waters of the Straits of Melaka lies Pangkor where nine islands dwell in bliss, and only two of which are inhabited: Pangkor Laut and Pulau Pangkor.