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Teliuk Intan or formerly, Teluk Anson is a charming colonial town with many historical landmarks. There’s the Leaning Tower and the various food attractions.
Teluk Intan
Somehow, I always end up here in front of this Hindu temple in town and a big flock of pigeons are always feeding onthe road because someone kind throw grains as food.
Many Malaysians normally don’t go out of the way to avoid pigeons and enjoy seeing the birds flying helter-skelter because of some thrill they get by doing so. It makes such people feel powerful, I guess, to see animals dispersing because of them. Knowing how awful it is to be interrupted while eating, I always avoid pecking birds and take a detour which is not hard.
I set my camera to a very fast shutter speed to freeze the anticipated dispersal and waited. My awesome co driver, navigator and camera assistant then, Zyneste acted as human spotter, She told me she saw a human approaching. As expected, he crashed the bird feeding party headlong and sent all the hungry birds into flight. .Got the shot and we went to look for the famous Ah Chai fruit rojak after that.
When I was photographing Tanjung Malim and surrounding areas, I was looking for a nice hotel to stay. I ended up at The Slim River River Rest House because I liked the green surroundings.
At one glance, Rumah Rehat Slim River looks like a charming hippie commune from the flower power days. Only thing missing is a VW Kombi with psychedelic colours.
Unlike other government rest houses from colonial days, this one is relatively recent. The reception clerk told me it was built in the 1960s.
The motel-style chalets are on stilts, clustered on a big lawn with nice countryside surroundings as a backdrop.
Unfortunately, it is run by the district council and like many government owned rest houses, the government servants in charge see no need to be competitive by making affiliations with online booking merchants.
Can’t really blame them when the more sophisticated Sekeping Serendah and Summit Signature Hotel Silm River aren’t signed with Agoda or Booking dot com either.
Sad that many fine and historic rest houses with awesome food eventually closed down. There is a rest house in Tanjung Malim town itself but it was abandoned and left in shambles. I wrote about it some time ago.
Summit Signature Hotel Slim River (Tel: 605 452 8993)
Sekeping Serendah (Tel: 012 324 6552) Slim River Rest House (Tel: 05 52 0023)
Fernz Hotel (Tel: 05-458 1120)
Sri Malim Hotel (Tel: 05-459 9333)
