Majlis Daerah Lipis

Majlis Daerah Lipis

Lipis: view of the old town from the new town

that's the bridge connecting the old town to the new town over Sungai Jelai

Lipis: Morning start for the trip east-bound

NKVE Southbound heading for Duta at 730am

East-West Hiway Eastbound heading for Bentong at 830am

Lipis revisited

The alarm strike obediently at 5am, and as usual, I would immediately snoozed it off to give me few minutes more to snug under the blanket..which contributing more than just couple of minutes, of course, regretfully that is!! It would be the typical attempt of getting-up at the wee hours of the day when I need to make a long-distance drive, which sadistically contributed by the insomniac in me.. Anyway, I was lucky to be able to beat the Duta-stretch morning congestion and make my way ahead to East-Coast Highway.

the twinkling dot in the middle of morning sky - i think it's a star

sparkling star and the jetwave at 630am

more jetwave

the morning twilight

Weather was great through out the in-bound journey and I reach Kuala Lipis within 3 hours drive. This time around, I make the attempt to drive around the town but I was careful not to get myself lost-in the way.

Make a stop at the Red Residence, a two-storey residence of colonial architecture building which has been painted in red. It was a shame that such heritage building were not maintained periodically, every nooks were an example of such ruin of good maintenance. I believe this building stood so grand during its era with the edge of being on the very top most highest level in Lipis.

The Red Residence

Red Residence was  built in 1922

Kuala Lipis - its town centre

And I drove around the town, passing by the post office with the legendary 0-mile stone in front of the building, couple of rows of colonial shop houses with intricate details still intact, the riverfront of Sungai Jelai which steep more than 20 feet down from the road level, and that's basically that..



Owh, meeting went brilliantly well. The client except the proposals which means it will keep me busy for months to come.. Great!! So, it wont be a surprise if I were to make immediate rush to the office... ;P

passing through Lurah Bilut

the journey!

Duta-NKVE stretch at 4pm

The Red Resident of Lipis

Today's trip would be my third trip to Kuala Lipis, and my host has been kind enough to show me around town especially the Red Resident or also known as the Rest House of Resident Hill which prominently located on the top of Resident Hill facing the old administration of Lipis and was being painted RED. The building still looks good despite the age.

First Visit to Kuala Lipis

It was a short day-trip to Kuala Lipis, which didn't permit the time to explore the historic town..it looks interesting though. Most interesting fact that in front of KUala Lipis Post Office which still stands of an old colonial building, which has been the post office ever since the British era, there stood the historic 'miles-stone' stating  '0(zero)-miles' which is the central of all mileage counts in Malaysia (so, I was told - have to check the historic fact of this, though)..

Kuala Lipis Post Offce

the project site