bump ahead: " ipoh mali ets"

18 sept 2010 (saturday), the day we went to ipoh. who are we? adrian, zul, alias & i. it was my planning just with adrian but then his friends wanted to come along. well, as the saying goes, the more the merrier. actually it all started when i read about the new ride from kl to ipoh. yes, the new train 'ets' by ktmb. it took only mere 2 hours ride from klsentral. we took the first ride at 6.20 am. the not so good about the service was when we arrived in klsentral to buy the ticket. we thought we were late since we arrived around 6am. but then as typical as possible the ticket booth hasn't opened yet. late!!! they put a signed at the front will be opened by 6am but only by 6.15am it opened the door. and the first ets will be at 6.15am. the train is upgraded to a faster train but unfortunately the staff still not fast enough to catch the faster train. something to be done here. fortunately, we were told by the policeman who work for the ets that we could buy the ticket inside the train. so, we just went down and waited for the train. the train was on time. this is good. bought the ticket. rm30.00 oneway. promo price for 6 months. the ride was fast. it stop in some station for few seconds. we reached in ipoh around 8.20am. enjoy some of what i saw.

somewhere nearing ipoh.

arrived (looking back - adrian, zul, alias)

the 'taj mahal' of ipoh

town hall

ets

ipoh!!!

lil' india in ipoh

the cloud of ipoh by the hotel ipoh city

one of the building (not sure the name)

sultan idris shah ke II ipoh mosque

birch memorial clock tower

ipoh tourism information center (it was closed)

dunhill liga malaysia by the window

hsbc building

the famous f.m.s building (under renovation)

india-muslim mosque

royal ipoh club

temple behind the train station

wow the stewardess!

it was great. we went back to kl with the last train at 6.30pm.
thanx to mr.raja for the ipoh heritage tour. for info about the free heritage tour click here. learned a lot about ipoh town.