A historical trip
Went to Melaka last Sunday with many of my relatives!Like the emperor's inspection tour
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Anyway,we managed to squeeze into 2 cars(1 mpv and 1 sedan) for this day trip...
Yea,it was only a day trip,thus,damn tiring!
We set off around 9 am and reached Melaka at 12 pm cos on the way we stopped by Ayer Hitam to look for some handcraft products and ceramic vases -.-
Then,we settled our lunch in a famous peranakan restaurant with lotsa traditional partitions and decorations(they even have a sedan in the restaurant for us to take photo)...located along the Jonker Street.Da typical tourist spot with lotsa souvenirs and antiques selling.Nevertheless,restaurant ala Nyonya style are like all around that area!Of cos historical and pre-war building are not to be excluded from our vision.But we were almost distracted by the sunny weather which really dehydrated us(esp. those relatives from US)...really sorry for them but still the more convenient way to travel around for sight seeing in Melaka is to walk!Cos the streets are all made one way and one lane!Very congested!And so we went visited all the historical places as expected like the Dutch Red House or Square or Castle...(issit how we called that?),Museums(lotsa!),Famosa,St. Paul church heritage,the fort at Bukit Melaka...yada yada where most of it u can more or less found on Sejarah's textbooks lah!Vy typical tourist spot where you can find a lot of tourists and vendors around...esp the decorated trishaw services are flooded the area on weekend!Nothing vy surprise though as Melaka is a vy familiar place for me and my family as we'll always stopped by for nice local foods whenever travelling up north as well as Muar!Satay celup,otak otak,cendol,nyonya foods,chicken rice ball...*slurps*.We even went to the Indian Street to shop for Indian groceries(cos my Uncle requested for that,he's an Indian).Then we came back to JB around 10 something.Sienz,tht's why I hate day trip.Well,nothing much but tiring,here's some photos:
Those antique shops that selling vy old and shabby stuffs which I doubt their genuineness.
Another ordinary souvenir shop located at Jonker Walk which selling repeated stuffs...there are a lot in fact!
The peranakan restaurant with sophisticated Nonya decor.
The inside of St. Paul church heritage is an empty shell only!No surprise at all except for some old tombstones with obvious signs of being windswept.Thus,the words carved are hardly able to see.Well,even if I could see,I dun think what they written cos it's written in classic English or Portuguese.I've no idea...bah!
The ancient medium of exchange,so cute the shape!
The ship museum which got practically nothing much to see inside!
Satay celup is a must whenever come visit Melaka!
View of the Jonker Street
Some nice graffitis in the alley...they did tht deliberately leh!Actually I think nice graffiti on the wall shouldn't be seen as vandalism.People should adopt an artistic approach on this matter where it can be served as an enhancement on the building's outlook!Whatever lah! Nice is nice...
Ah!Yellow python is my fav....so cute but heavy!Like me :p .How I wish I can ever rear one secretly...tee~hee!
The decorated trishaw in front of the Dutch Square
This could be your grandfather or great grandfather?
A nice trad. Chinese restaurant lying on Jonker St. ,now,look at the cloud!Wasn't it looks like the shape of a dragon flying?Nice combination...
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This few days were busy entertaining my relatives from the States!They'll fly to India on Thursday.So have to spend more time with them as they seldom come back also!
See ya!
