Day 2 - 17 June 2012
Staying at this hotel and it is only 5 mins walk to Jonker Street
The Baba &
Nyonya Heritage Museum illustrates the way of living of the Peranakans at the
end of the 19th century, a unique blend of the east and the west. It also
exhibits an archive of beautiful traditional Baba and Nyonya costumes and a
unique bridal chamber. Click here to see more details. There is a entrance fee with conducted tours.
Colonial houses along the street
One
can see many of these nice decos on some of the houses
A handicap street calligrapher
beautiful calligraphies written by her
Stadthuys
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There many of these
beautiful floral decoratic trishaws at the Stadthuys Just pay for a few ringgits and they will
ride you around the red square. In the night, the trishaw will be colouful lighted up with neon lights.
There
are many stalls along the Dutch Squqre, selling local and ethnic traditional food,
unique arts and crafts, souvenirs, ornamental jewelery, and wooden clogs.
Tan Beng Swee Clock Tower
The Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Fountain in front of Christ Church
A Famosa (Malay: Kota A Famosa; "The Famous" in Portuguese) is a Portuguese fortress located in Malacca, Malaysia. It is among the oldest surviving European architectural remains in Asia. The Porta de Santiago, a small gate house, is the only remaining part of the fortress still standing.
This is a Chevrolet, plate number BE 52 owned by the first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman during the announcement of independent
Poh San Teng Temple
It was believed that by touching the stomach and the head will have good luck and becomes intelligient. So which hands were yours?
Hang Li Poh’s Well (or King’s Well)
The ancient well is the oldest well in the Malay Peninsula. The well was poisioned in 1551 and 1629This well is still supplying water to the temple. You can also taste the well water in the temple. According to anecdote, people that drinks the water from this well will return to Melaka one day
The water from the well can rise above the brim of a cup and the it will not spill. This is because it has a higher water tension and higher mineral contents,
increasing the size of the water molecules
If the cup is covered with a piece of cloth and overturned, the water will not spilt from the cup
The local product shop, Tan Kim Hock
All the products are stack up like pyramid, producing a "magnificient" look
After the finishing purchasing the local products, the group proceed to have a sumptuous nonya lunch at the local restaurnat.
First, each of one will get one pineapple rice (Nasi Nenas)
Chili Garam Fish
Tauhu tempra with special sauce
Acar Timur
Nonya Chay Chye
Sambal Prawns and Squid
Telur Cincalok
A must eat dessert in Malacca, Chendol
After lunch,we procced to our next destination, Tanjung Sepat. This is the resort that we are staying for the night
The staff is explaining how the mushroom are grown and also promotion their products.
Different types of mushrooms grown
Steamboat dinner at the resort (photos lost). After dinner, you can enjoy yourself with mahjong or karaoke.
The karaoke at the hall
some may be first time karaoking...
some may be a long karaoke timer, like this lady
or this man and ... son?
some cannot resits, like our tour guide...
while others choose to just relaxed and be entertained
Package comes with supper as well. Siew mai, barbeque chilli fish, fried chicken wings, fried bee hoon
sambal lady fingers with sotong
and the green bean dessert
Was it good? Here is the answer
Click here for Day 3
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