Instagram This #2: Street Art in Jalan Alor, KL

Jalan Alor is famous as a street food haven in Malaysia. Did you know that you can also find some really cool street art here too?

For our second post of this Instagram This series, we bring you to Jalan Alor to explore the colorful street art in the area. Lots of great photo opportunities here, so go on and be a tourist in your own city!

We started off our street art walk from Ramada KLCC. You can find this giant mural on the wall adjacent to the hotel.

Most of the buildings here are painted in varying colours of the rainbow.  We like this section with a cool installation of floating clouds.

The buildings are painted with murals of trees and a stream (apparently there was a stream running here many many years ago)

More colourful buildings and birds. Look for "Graffiti alley" on google maps.

And butterflies..

Bubble-blowing boy (or is he blowing leaves?)

Some history on the "Lost Stream of Jalan Alor"

A fierce looking owl

Super pretty looking flat! Dragonflies flying in the sky... 

Hello kitty!

Bunnies painted on doors

This was one of my favourite streets... with this striking yellow background and cats

And this beautiful colorful mural of ladybugs and macaw

You can also get a nice view of KL Tower from here

See the clever tie-in of snails to the exhaust pipes.

Lovebirds

A giant durian outside one of the stalls near Jalan Alor

Back to where we started, around Jalan Mesui

Location: Jalan Alor, Kuala Lumpur.

Nearest MRT: Bukit Bintang.

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Instagram This #1: The LINC, KL

In line with Travel Tuesdays, I will be starting a new series on my blog called "Instagram This" where I will share various Instagram-worthy or Instagenic spots around Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia.

To kick it off, we present to you The LINC, located in Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. One of the newest lifestyle malls in KL, you can find various cool murals, artwork, art installations as well as a 100-year old Bodhi tree, preserved right in the centre of the mall.

1. Peace Doves

41,600 origami doves made from 40 colours form this beautiful art installation. These doves symbolise peace, love, harmony and unity.

Location: Level 2

 2. Colorful stairs

No time to go to Batu Caves to take a picture with the colorful steps? No worries - there is one here at The Linc KL too. We've been told that the black fixtures are actually tables, though many mistaken it for chairs.

Location: Between Level 1 and 2 (outside De.Wan 1958 by Chef Wan)

3. Lots of nice murals

This is my favourite - a giant mural of an owl, by local artist Amarul Abdullah. Overlooking a giant tree under the moon.

Location: Outside Ben's Independent Grocer.

Great use of the "red round fire hose reel" by the artist ... first you have an octopus ...

Location: Level 2 (balcony)

And then the rafflesia, a parasitic flowering plant found in Southeast Asia.

Proboscis monkey and a leopard (I think).

4. 100-year old giant tree

Enjoy the nature in The Linc, as a 100-year old Bodhi trees and various other trees are preserved in the centre of the mall. So awesome!

A hornbill perched on one of the "branches"

 5. Various other cool installations

Bird house

You've got mail... colorful letterboxes

Location: Near carpark (exit opposite to Frangipani Bulk)

6. Beautiful walls

Lots of beautiful, tropical walls such as this one inside De.Wan 1958 by Chef Wan restaurant... however, please do respect the diners and only take a photo here if you are a restaurant patron.

Location: Level 2

Oh yes, the restaurant is super gorgeous inside!

Bring your cameras (or phones) and happy snapping! Stay tuned for our next post next Tuesday!

Location: The LINC KL, No.360, Jalan Tun Razak, 50900 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Parking RM5 for first 2 hours, RM5 per entry after 6pm on weekdays or RM6 per entry on weekends and PH)


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Exploring Street Art in Aberdeen

Hubby is a big fan of street art,  and he has read (and seen photos on Instagram) about NuArt Aberdeen before our trip to Scotland. NuArt Festival is an internationally renowned event originally from Stavanger, and the Aberdeen version welcomed 11 international street artists which showcased their colorful work all around Aberdeen through a series of site-specific murals, installations, interventions and temporary exhibitions.

So, Hubby and Baby C went on a hunt to find some street art and found some pretty good ones, then Hubby went again alone while I shopped with the kids, and he went one final time with all of us to see if we could spot some that he missed in his previous visits. If you have some time, it is definitely worth going for a look. There is also a free walking tour every Saturday which starts 11.30am from The Green, one of our friends has been and tells us it's very informative.



Here are some that we found during our visit (along with their locations.. you're welcome)

We parked at Trinity Centre, and walked down to Windmill Brae for this... located at McCall's delivery entrance. By Jaune, who's ex-profession is a sanitation worker.. now the protagonist in his work.

Pigeons were notorious alongside seagulls for attacking rubbish bags around town before wheelie bins were introduced. See the mini council workers fighting off the army of birds. Artwork by Jaune

It's raining pigeon poop.. LOL

A collaboration piece between Add Fuel and Jaune on Justice Mill Lane

A huge piece at The Green on the Aberdeen Market Wall by Herakut. Oh and you may have come across these anchors too, dotted all around the city in support of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

On East Green.. lots to be found here

By Hera of Herakut

Jaune's signature workmen

By Outings Project - transfers from museum walls to the streets

Alice Pasquini makes her mark in the city with lots of nice pieces like this..

At Carnegie's Brae.. walk on until you see Marks & Spencer

Another one by Alice

Hubby's favorite piece by Martin Whatson.. a huge stencilled golfer finished with graffiti tags in his colorful signature style. Located next to McKays (near the Queen Street police station).

Photo with the iconic red phone box

 The second biggest granite building in the world, Marischal College. An impressive structure. 

Robert the Bruce, King of Scots.

 Ice cream break

His Majesty's Theatre and a statue of Sir William Wallace

 We then headed to Union Terrace Gardens - look under the arches for street art by local street artists. Part of Summer of Art in Aberdeen.

By Treze

By Inkie

Emeli Sande by Razer

By Peter Sheridan

Another huge piece by Add Fuel - cross the road from Primark and you can get a good view of it from the bridge. Based on tiled entrance ways still found in Aberdeen’s Victorian homes.

Walk down Belmont Street (right opposite Slain's Castle pub) and you will this beautiful piece by Alice.

Some cute ones which the kids enjoyed hunting down.. by LostHills

You will also find a lot of "painted doors" along the way.. such as this first door for the project, 'The Mermaid and the Princess" by Shelagh Swanson on Windmill Brae.

Another one at Windmill Brae by Stuart Allan

Migration at Langstane Place

And a short video to highlight our walk nicely.

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