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*Updated on the 11th December 2013
It was the 8th December 2012. It was also the 6th year anniversary of our wedding. Still, we planned for today as a non-eventful day, as we needed the rest, due to prior activities earlier of the week. Plus, my mother-in-law and wifey's nephew were at my home during the school holiday. So, a romantic getaway was totally out of the picture...and was due to be held in the near future. From the looks of things, I totally thought that we would be resting the whole day.
I think it was almost 10am, when wifey suddenly shared her desire to go for a trip to the Malacca City. It was totally unexpected...it totally came as a surprise...and I was totally digging into my breakfast when that happened.
Come to think of it, this feels like a déjà vu from the past...like when I was a kid, with my siblings and parents...picnicking at the Air Papan beach...with mum suddenly desired to go to more places during the holiday, and we ended up travelling throughout the whole Malaysian Peninsula for almost a week. Hmm...déjà vu :)
Anyway, coming back to the real story here. With a little bit of preparations, we departed an hour later.
A 'jamming' situation in the city. School holidays...you love them, you hate them.
Lunch: "Here we go...Ole 3x...go 3x...Ole3" - Ricky Martin
Malacca's signature dishes...where art thou?
...still, they're quite ok for the tastebuds...
...except for this one; 'Pari Ikan Bakar' (or BBQ Stingray). It was unusually sour.
St. Francis Xavier Institution (established 1880) near the A Famosa Site & St. Paul's Church. Emm...could you see a woman in white waving at you at the top window? (I can't...hehe)
Love the classic architecture. Makes me warm and fuzzy inside...because of the imagined Nyonya delicacies in my head.
Praying at 'Madrasah Bandar Kaba'. It was currently renovated. It looked closed for the public tho. Still... ;)
An unusual find in a big city...a working well at the Madrasah. Darn...no coins in my pocket at that time.
More old buildings on the way to Jalan Gereja bazaar (*still stressing on buildings...not people, ok?)
The handicrafts-filled bazaar...waiting for the customers slash prey.
The Ferry Jetty checkpoint near the Maritime Museum ("What it's all a-boat"? - A Canadian)
Experiencing the river cruise. Was very ecstatic to ride this during that time...to the extent that the unavailability of life jackets felt normal and greeted with a 'Meh'
'Jambatan Hang Tuah' (or 'Hang Tuah Bridge'). There is also a 'Jambatan Hang 'Jebat' along the cruise...they're really far apart ('symbolism at work').
'Kg. Morten'. A classic village...really wanna walk around there someday...with a Malay warrior attire (and a 'Keris'...a dummy of course. Just to be clear on that fact...the government could be reading this..heh)
Beautiful classic cafes facing the river. Hmm...why did I have the urge tu sing an Italian song here?
Almost at the end of the journey. Then, there's The Hobbit...'dissected' into 3 parts...
The Maritime Museum shaped like Alfonso's Flora de la Mar ship. Damn, if only I had brought along my pirate eye patch.
At 'Jalan Kota', Malacca City. You really need to be here...a lot of local products are available here....even though some of them may be tagged as 'Made in China'
Well, of course...there's this section to entice little kids.
Still congested at night. Don't they ever sleep?
I really love Malacca...especially the parts where everything still looks classic and unique. Pity that the journey was short though.The 3-hour traffic jam to the heart of the city made the visit way shorter than what it should be. But the memorable part of the trip was the river cruise...that topped most things that we had that day.
We planned to have another visit to Malacca in the near future. But for the next one, it'll be more than a day, and surely not during the school holidays :)
The Malacca River Cruise: A Montage
The Malacca River Cruise: Director's Cut
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