IPOH, March 15 -- Freelance heritage guide S. Sundralingam need not travel far to 'see' the world.

This is because the 67-year-old retired teacher gets tourists of all nationalities in the course of his work.

Sundralingam said he started doing heritage walks in 2010 when he was the secretary of the Perak Heritage Society.

"At that time I was still a secondary school teacher with a few years to spare before retirement. I decided to be a heritage guide as a means to keep active after retirement," said the former English and History teacher, who was last posted to SMK Ahmad Said in Manjoi prior to his retirement in 2017.

The walks were engineered by the father of one daughter with ideas from friends at the Perak Heritage Society.

"I als...