Is This Malaysia's Most Overlooked City? | Here's What We Found

Concubines, opium, gambling and fortunes pulled from the ground—Ipoh Old Town has clearly been underselling itself. Most visitors squeeze into one famous lane, take the photograph and move on. We’re going further: behind the murals, through a club once closed to outsiders and into the story of a man who built a national business from a bicycle. Then we’ll settle the matter the only sensible way—with Gai See Hor Fun and a dangerously wobbly egg custard. So is Ipoh merely a quick stop between better-known Malaysian cities, or is this the Old Town everyone has been overlooking? 💳 Get your Free WISE Currency Card: https://wise.com/invite/dic/scottj584 🛡️ SafetyWing Nomad Insurance: https://safetywing.com/nomad-insuranc... 🛡️ SafetyWing Nomad Insurance Complete:https://explore.safetywing.com/Nomad-... 📍 Locations in This Video Old Art Lane https://maps.app.goo.gl/CmFRX7s48U69N... Panglima Kinta Mosque https://maps.app.goo.gl/y4adwX7pUG2yf... Jalan Sultan Iskandar https://maps.app.goo.gl/qsdJ9rfDjhcv3... Peoples Park https://maps.app.goo.gl/FAc5cuGqAH6Lt... Concubine (Wife) Lane https://maps.app.goo.gl/9SLjESD6iZP5S... Concubine Second (Market) Lane https://maps.app.goo.gl/M6sMCCGFSdD7t... Concubine Third (Hale) Lane https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZHp45drbPY3y6... Ho Yan Hor Museum https://maps.app.goo.gl/Kvt5NzhnZ61MR... Han Chin Pet Soo Museum https://maps.app.goo.gl/1sg87AFp6cQy9... Thean Chun https://maps.app.goo.gl/69jLABqtv96sa... 🎟️ Thean Chun Bookings https://www.ipohworld.org/reservation/ ✈️ Exclusive Travel Deals Activities & Tours – GetYourGuide: https://getyourguide.tpo.mx/qTF65WdL $5 OFF Your eSIM – Airalo (Code: SCOTT8217): https://www.airalo.com 30 Days Free ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/refer-a-fr... 👥 We're Scott & Lynn — two Australians in our 50s who stopped waiting and started exploring. New videos weekly — subscribe to follow along! 📧 Business: [email protected] ☕ Support us: https://coff.ee/travellingplanetearth 📸 Instagram:   / travellingplanetearthinsta   📘 Facebook:   / travellingplanetearth1   🎵 TikTok:   / travellingplanetearth1   ⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 Old Art Lane 2:30 Panglima Kinta Mosque 3:22 Jalan Sultan Iskandar 6:00 Second Concubine Lane 8:37 Concubine Lane 10:15 Ho Yan Hor 11:20 Han Chin Pet Soo 13:30 Thean Chun 17:29 Third Concubine Lane