Formerly Telok Anson

I was in Teluk Intan (formerly Telok Anson) for a few days' training and on the second day, I managed to visit the town for an hour or so...

Like many Straits settlements predominantly Chinese in urbain areas during the 19th Century Malaya, this place is no exception - Chinese Straits architecture, colonial-styled architecture now interspersed with much bad taste for colour and designs, post Bauhaus modernisme 70s boxes of a building and lately a tendency for screaming shades of colours on every street of modern Malaysian towns...well, this town has much charm and potential given the right direction for development. Just hope somebody don't get smart and try to pull down the old ones for some new buildings in the name of progress...

Here's a pictorial...

One of the most visible shops around the tower...

 Entrance into the tower (not in use)

 In the age of mobile everything, moving bread vendors still retain their relevance (funny thing is, these guys already offered mobile services before your iphones). These are made in old fashioned wood fire oven. A must try.

 details of the lattice work on the tower...

 charming "newstand"...

 An abandonned colonial building by the river. A peek into the vast and empty structure made me think that this could have been a warehouse when ships came to dock in the olden days. Could have been transformed into a boutique hotel or museum rather than letting it rot in the sun...

 The river's edge...

 Freshly caught freshwater prawns (called udang galah by the locals) and fire eels on sale by the riverside...

An old colonial building...

 The tower really leans...