We decided to make a side trip to Melaka. jake has never been to Melaka and I was last there when I was 11.
we took an express bus from Puduraya Station to Melaka one early morning. The bus ticket was RM9.40each way for a 2 hour journey.
We reached Melaka Sentral at about 10 30am and caught a taxi to the 'central' of Melaka. I call it Central because that's where all the attractions are.
we decided to go to the malacca sultanate palace. the building has a minangkabau influence and it's made of wood. it was just the right thing to do on a hot scorching day to be inside the 'palace'.. i went through the palace (it was really a house with lots of mannequins in various costumes) reading about the different type of baju melayu etc. there were also pictures, models of various castles in malaysia and model of how malay royal bedroom is like ..
the story of hang tuah and hang jebat and also tun perak were outlined. was suddenly transported back to ol' school days. i remember completing an assignment on tun perak although i can't remember much about tun perak anymore.
then we came out of the 'palace' and walked to the A Famosa (Porta De Santiago). It's jammed pack with tourists and everyone couldn't stop snapping pictures. We walked uphill and saw remnants of church with lots of tombstones.
we then went to the stadhuys area and took picture of the red christ church. i am impressed with the landscaping of the gardens.having read in kennysia.com re chicken rice ball, and jonker street, we decided to walk there.
it wasn't hard to find the chicken rice ball shop..there was a huge queue when we arrive outside the shop. the shop looks like a very old chinese house with open courtyards. we ordered the rice balls and hainan chicken and veggie for lunch. there was even a dutch windmill near the gardens and finally jake took a pic with an iguana.
we then walked to the new dataran pahlawan mall as the sweltering sun is making us sweat like crazy.
before too soon, it was time for afternoon tea. we found this food court across dataran pahlawan.
we tried out several hawker favourites. when we were finished, we walked to mahkota parade. it is less upmarket like dataran pahlawan but has its own attraction. we bought nyonya curry powder and spotted these cool decors using egg cartons in some boutique (Pic below)
we took another taxi and asked the pak driver to bring us to a nyonya restaurant but none of them was open when he brought us there. I guess we were too early *(they all open around dinner time)...we decided to head back to Melaka Sentral and catch another express back to KL.
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Wow, it is really cheap to travel via express bus from KL to Malacca! RM9.40 each way! Good deal!
Jackie, Nice pics! I like the iguana the most! :D
wow.. jackie you're so adventurous!
Hui, not as adventurous as you, going on Parasail, and bungee jump etc.
mine is just walking etc.
i didn't blog about this exhibition went to see at melaka, it's called Mystic. Showing all the iblis, toyol and stuffs and weird creatures.
hey last time I wanna go to the exhibition in KL but nvr got to do it! Jackie, they said the toyol n stuffs are real, wat do u think?
i never venture anywhere by just hopping on to a bus or flagging down a taxi, especially in malaysia.
went to Mystic at Pesta Pulau Pinang last year. didn't find anything interesting. nothing seems to be alive. :p
http://www.seekers-malaysia.com/?p=657
they made it like it's a huge thing from the outside, but inside it's quite small. a few articles, creatures in the glass cabinet etc.
since it's called toyol..should be fake gua..hahahahaa..i oso tak tau
it's interesting to see the 'hantu' is all different based on the culture people are from. In the Malay culture, it's like toyol, pontianak, etc...i found this interesting link:P
http://www.answers.com/topic/ghosts-in-malay-culture
i want the foood..:( i will eat and worry about being fat later. ;)
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