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| If you are a die-hard romantic, you should visit the abandoned, half-finished castle, Malaysia's one and only castle |
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| It has been restored, the graffiti erased and it is now open to the public for viewing |
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| Pencil sketch of Kellie Castle capturing the eerie and mysterious mood |
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| We can't help it, we are on holiday so we look like tourists! |
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| Dungeons and secret tunnels, so intriguing! |
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| It is situated on a ridge beside the river |
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| Kellie Smith and his wife |
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| Kellie Smith came to Perak and made his money in rubber |
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| A monument to his love, that was never to be |
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| This is not Scotland, but Perak, Malaysia |
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| The original house, Kellas looks big enough to me, let alone the castle |
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| All that is left of Kellas is the facade |
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| You have to imagine where the rooms, drawing room. dining room, kitchen, guest room are, it was a huge and comfortable home |
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| Brick oven |
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| Caution!! |
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| We are going into the castle now |
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| Bar of the bygone era |
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| What is missing is the karaoke |
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| Let's go check out the wine cellar in the basement |
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| Scary, narrow, winding steps to go down to the cellar |
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| It was pitch dark! Shiver! Goose-bumps!! |
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| My powerful flash shows you all the shelves for the wine bottles |
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| Wine chiller |
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| Spiralling below it is a secret tunnel |
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| The secret tunnel leads out here |
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| How the door to the wine cellar looks like |
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| It even has a linen room |
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| Like a hotel, supplying cleans sheets for guests |
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| Mysterious Corridor |
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| Actually, in broad daylight it is not mysterious, in fact it offers photographic opportunities |
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| Some wedding photoshoots have taken place here |
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| Emergency staircase that leads to the floor below and out of the castle |
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Son's room has an adjoining door to sister's room |
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| Blue ceiling plaster in daughter's room |
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| Daughter's dressing room |
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| The occupants of the daughter's room are now these: bats |
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| Living in the cracks in the ceiling, taken with my 8x zoom |
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| The Emergency stairs |
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| Another emergency stairs |
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| The escape stairways |
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| Master bedroom |
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| Huge room with two doors that lead to a spacious balcony |
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| Another secret stairs from the master bedroom |
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| We are now going up to the roof |
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| Where the lift would be |
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| The lift shaft |
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| Guest room |
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| The roof top |
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| Window view from the guest room |
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| Funny warning |
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| "Negara-ku..tanah tumpah....." |
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| Precarious opening to get to the top |
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| A helicopter can land here |
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| Barbecue and moon cake parties can be held here |
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| Tragedy struck |
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| When strange disease struck his workers, he got them to build this temple |
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| His mini statue stands among the deities on the roof of the temple! |
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| Indian deities standing on top of the temple |
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| Can you spot him? |
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| There he is! |
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| The Batai Tree with a bear hugging it |
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| 70 years old and dying |
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| The castle soon faded into memory |
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| Advertisements, filming and photo shoots using the castle as a backdrop |
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| Ghosts were sighted at the castle!! |
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| This outing is with my youngest daughter. We have been here too with our two elder kids. |
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