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Ipoh Railway Station, the ‘Taj Mahal of Ipoh’, is more than a pretty building. Tin made Ipoh’s fortune. But it was the Perak railway, from 1885 onward, that carried that fortune out to the world.

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Most cities build their temples on the ground. Ipoh built its cave temples inside the hills. This is the story of Sam Poh Tong, Perak Tong and Kek Lok Tong, the Perak temples carved out of faith and limestone.

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Concubine Lane in Ipoh is barely a hundred metres long. You can walk it in two minutes. Yet this one narrow lane in Perak holds more of Ipoh's soul than any skyscraper could.

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