Day 2 - Our trip to Ipoh

I seldom travel to Ipoh unless I had too....like attend relatives wedding or so forth. This time I want to go to Ipoh old town and search for the 7 wall art mural drawn by Ernest Zacharevic. We found the location map but it isn't easy as it may seems to be....frankly speaking we can never win an Amazing Race challenge, me and my other half that is....!!

Credit to www.emily2u.com - We parked our car at Jalan Mesjid which you can't see in the map...and decided to walk.  It was a good idea though because we were surprised to find other wall murals done by local artist along the way.  I will share more of the pictures in my next posting.  However, the below was only 5 of the 7 murals we manage to find.  They are numbered accordingly to the map above. These wall murals were drawn by Ernest Zacharevic, The murals depict a sense of nostalgic events related to Ipoh's heritage and culture.

Mural # 2 - 2 boys on Paper Plane. I went through so much anger looking for this since my other half was not being cooperative. It's like he totally gave up. Kept on saying, "I don't know where we are?" Duh! how big can Ipoh old town be? Come on, you can travel across the world alone and you gave me such lame excuses? Puhleeezzzz!!I had to stop at RHB Bank and asked if they can point me to the right direction. Of course I had to withdraw some cash at the ATM machine to 'cover line' and with my expensive handbag and scarf (if anyone would noitce...hahaha) I trot myself to this young lady sitting on a stool next to a ticket number dispenser machine. Thank you mam, I wish I had asked for your name. You were very helpful. 

Mural # 3 - Kopi 'O' to celebrate Ipoh as the birth of the famous white coffee. I was lost but I never gave up walked and found two chinese Uncle who manages a private carpark behind Maybank. They too were very helpful and told  it is just located next block. 

Mural # 4 - the Humming Bird.  Here was where I got lost and stuck. So I decided to stop at a small convenient store at an alley and bought 4 bottles 100 Plus. Hey why not ask the lady behind the counter.... and her son was very helpful instructed us where to turn after a coffee shop across the street. Finally I found it but  I was expecting a huge tree next to the mural just as what I saw in the internet. Then I realized now the car park vendor has chopped down the tree. The bird was flying towards the tree in search of food. Now, with no tree, it seems the bird has no purpose being there.

Mural # 6 - The girl and the bird cage. Hahaha....this was located in a really an unexpected spot.  I wasn't looking for this mural and all of the sudden as we turn to this corner ....taa daaa....well, there was supposed to be a red stool where the girl was tip toe-ing but gone missing.

Mural # 7 - A man collecting rubbish and recycle items on a trishaw.....but not the boy ya....This was the last one and I gave up after the clock showed almost 2 pm....it's lunch and we want to have dim sum at Greentown Dim Sum Cafe.

You can actually surf for more information about the mural at http://www.kenwooi.com/2014/07/7-ipoh-wall-art-murals.html In my opinion his information was very helpful especially with Google Maps. It was just me who did not take the advantage to benefit this form of free information.

I had a great time....I was not worried about work ...well at least during the day time....Not worried about the haze as there was none in Ipoh. I missed 2 other murals which I will conclude one day...and the next plan is to conquer Penang where Mr Zacharevic first started his wall mural works. I need to do more research...I know Penang old town very well....but then I got shock when I found the map below.....which one is his....???

credit to www.penang-discovery.com - ooohhh myyyy,.....berpeluh Mak tengok!!  My other half may not like it but our vacation has to be educational and full of adventure.