HRH Sultan Azlan Shah's Jubillee Celebrations

The posters of Tuanku's jubuillee celebration are all around town. 25 years already. How time flies. I like our Royal family. Especially more so since Raja Nazrin has been sharing his thoughts over the last six months.

The culverts along the roads have been given a new coat.

..the roads resurfaced for a more comfortable ride....

and even this hotel was made ready in time for the celebrations....all this in Ipoh.....i read that the Sultan of Brunei would be attending.....

.. i took a 'makan angin" drive to the royal town earlier...lovely place ...clean and nice....(below) at the Ubudiah Mosque......

.. i guess that Bukit Chandan is like this all the time...neat and clean...wish this could be the same for Ipoh...

..then a drive around the Istana grounds....the palace looks magnificent....


.. the main entrance?...lovely bright flowers planted in the ground..

..at the edge of the car park is this jetty that looks out to the Perak River....

...fishing on the river....i don't fish.. but this looks relaxing....

.. more of the Perak River....taken on the road below the Rest House....

.. taken from the entrance to the rest house...i have just discovered what makes the malay kampung scene so soothing...it is the shady areas underneath the huge raintrees everywhere ...

..would be nice to go into the palace to photograph the functions happening over the next 2 weeks though...heard that the security will be tight...so thats that!...

gotta run..

Happy Jubilee Tuanku...

kk