Tilted Tower Time

Thomas Klein
Explore Perak
Published in
2 min readMay 21, 2019
Students pose in front of the Teluk Intan Tower

After we finished our lunch, we boarded up onto the bus and began to go to our third destination, Teluk Intan Tower.

When we arrived there, we saw the tower was a little bit steep and its height was about 40 metres. Because of the strong sunshine, we entered the tower fast and began to see the inside. The first floor of the tower was selling souvenirs. After visiting the first floor for about 3 or 5 minutes, we continued up the tower.

When we got up higher in the tower, we could feel the danger due from tower’s tilt becoming steeper. I went until we arrived at the highest floor of the tower. I took many photos with my friends in many poses. Unfortunately, one of my friends lost her watch when we took a picture together. Her watch fell down from the tower and disappeared from our sight. I knew her sadness and give her a few words of comfort.

After we left the tower, we took a picture with all the students and teachers. I said goodbye to the tower and we boarded up our bus again and started to go to our last destination. I felt very tired and took a nap on the bus. When I opened my eyes again, we had already arrived at our last destination, the paddy field.

(Chan Kar Hou, 5Sc1)

Students at the highest point for tourists in the Teluk Intan Tower

After that, we arrived at the Teluk Intan Leaning Tower. It is a clock tower in Teluk Intan, Hilir Perak District. It is 25.5 meters tall. The tower was built in 1885. The building itself is made of bricks and wood. The reason for the tower’s leaning is because of the weight of the waters tank in the tower and the ground below. We walked around the corridor on the outside of the tower to enjoy the view of Teluk Intan’s town area. Then, we took many photos there and I felt so excited because it was my first time visiting the leaning tower.

(Hemashany Menan, 5Sc1)

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Thomas Klein
Explore Perak

Thomas is a 2019 Fulbright ETA at SMK Aminuddin Baki Chemor in Perak, Malaysia. He is a 2018 graduate of NYU Abu Dhabi.