Trip To Melaka - Short Brief

Melaka, the capital of Malacca in south central Malaysia was ruled by four clans if I may call them so.

The Portugese, The Dutch, The Brits and The Japs.

Rich in heritage and a wonderful blend of cultures this is place where one could easily spend 3 days taking a walk through the streets and the museums.

We packed off on a Saturday morning in a bid to cover all that one could, within 24 hours. The bus journey lasted around 4 hours we reached around 1 p.m. at Melaka. It was a quick check in into the hotel {a five star :)) } and then we went around the heritage sites and the museums nearby. You have these rickshaws beautifully decorated that can seat two. Since we were 3 and guys only all straight we decided to skip the rickshaw. 

We went on looking at a Portugese fort, the Hall of Independence, the Sultan's palace, the city hall, et al with some snacks in between at the modern malls built around the place. The last straw was the maritime museum at night 8:30 p.m. and by then we were pretty exhausted with our efforts to digest the overload of information. This was followed by hunt for a decent meal which we ended up having at our hotel followed by a chill out at the bar listening to those nice songs from those nicer people :)

That was end of day one. day 2 was more structured with a trip on the Menang Sari a thing that rotates and goes up and down to give a panoramic view of Melaka. This was followed by a visit to the Portugese settlement and then a visit to the Baba Nyonya heritage home. It was then followed by a lunch and return to the bus stop to head towards Singapore. 

Melaka has a nice night life too which we did not explore in lieu of the nice bar within the hotel, the nicer songs and the even more nicer singers :). However it was worth a 24 hour trip that cost each of us around 120 SGD exclusive of the nice things that we bought for folks back home ( a little nicer than the singers also :P )

What amazed us was that most of the spots were lovely but was poorly attended to and no guides came forward to offer to take us around or tell us stories, not to forget the pathetic experience of a boat down the river where there was a guide sitting talking on his cell phone to some nice probably. Of course that was not a bother because we boarded the boat from some place and never paid for the tickets also for we never found anyone to pay to :D . 

But it is a nice place and needs at least 2 days preferably 3 to relax and go around. Viva Melaka!!! Alor Gajah and Ayer Keroh that are nearby towns are also nice with fun parks and reptile gardens. But these would need some more time to be enjoyed t leisure.