3 days in Ipoh

On our way from the Cameron Highlands to Pulau Penang on the north-west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, we decided to spend 2 nights in Ipoh.
Ipoh is not really a tourist attraction, which is a shame, it is a very very nice town for a visit. After spending 3 days in Ipoh, I can really recommend to spend at least a day there for a number of reasons.

1. You are likely to be one of very few (white) tourists, which makes you stand out in a crowd. Everybody will be pleased helping you find the way, get on the right bus or just order the best local food. We met a really nice monk who wanted to have his picture taken with us and some kind of high-ranking monk from his monastery gave us a good luck charm each just like that.

Royal mosque in Kuala Kangsar

2. In and around Ipoh, there are some nice sights, like the old town center, still very colonial albeit a bit shabby. But very charming. Other highlights include the many temples carved into the limestone hills surrounding Ipoh and Kuala Kangsar, the royal city with a very nice sultan palace.

Ipoh Old Railway Station

Buddhist temple

Sam Poh Tong Temple and its beautiful garden

Can't imagine that the churches in Europe have that problem...

3. The food! I can only recommend the White Coffee, it tastes sweeter than normal coffee and it is actually not instant coffee. The sar hor fun (rice noodle soup) is legendary, it actually melts in your mouth!!