Trip To Melaka..

Had planned this trip weeks before with Rahman and the rest of my friends.. it has been a while since the last time I discovered Melaka with Wirdat. I guess it was about 7 or 8 years ago! At the end, only me, Rahman, Rin and Yusnoor made it. But Yusnoor only joined us on the second day.

On the way to Melaka.. hu hu..!

This is where we stayed in Melaka, Mahkota Hotel (used to be Century Mahkota Hotel).

Dataran Pahlawan.. this is where Tunku Abdul Rahman announced on his trip back from London in 1956 that British Govertment had agreed to grant Malaya independence the next year..

The famous Masak Assam Pedas.. yumm.. yumm..!!

Right after Rin finished his morning shift and after picking up Rahman from Berjaya Time Square, we departed Kuala Lumpur with a slow and safe drive. Reached Mahkota Hotel Melaka at 6.30pm and right after check-in, me and Rahman (Rin was so tired and just wanted to have a rest in the hotel!) starting to discover Melaka.. and Masak Assam Pedas! We really had a great time that evening of sightseeing and as well shopping at Dataran Pahlawan!! :)

Jonker Street at night.

St. Paul Hill where the ruin of St. Paul's Church is still exist.. with a breath taking view of Melaka Straits.

Ruin of the famous A Famosa.

Cultural Museum, a replica of palace belongs to Sultan Melaka.

The next morning, Yusnoor arrived at 9.30am (he'd plan to take the first bus out from Kuala Lumpur but only managed to catch a bus at 7.30am!) right after we had our big breakfast at the hotel coffee house (have to, need a lot of energy to walk about in Melaka town!) and checked out from the hotel. Then we started our discovery of Melaka history.. went to St Paul's Hill, St. Paul's Church, the famous A Famosa, Stadhuys Museum, Sultan's Palace (Culture Museum), Taming Sari Tower (latest attraction in Melaka) and a lot more!

Christ Church was built in 1753 and still standing strong exactly as it has always been.. with the Dutch architectural.

Christ Church and Town Square

Sweet corn Cendul from the famous cendul stall near the Clock Tower in Town Square.. slurrppp..!

Bicycle rental cost at only RM8.00 per day.. good deal!

After our Masak Assam Pedas lunch, we decided to rent a bicycle since we are so tired of walking and still a lot more to discover. Not much of shops that rent bicycle nowadays in Melaka but we managed to asked people and there is one bicycle shop that rent a bicycle near Equatorial Hotel in Bandar Hilir. It only cost RM8.00 per day rental, but since we rent it at 3.00pm and have to return it at 8.00pm, the shop owner only charged us RM5.00 (RM1.00 per hours.. cheap aight?!!)

Kampung Keling Mosque is the oldest mosque and also believed to be the first mosque built in Malaysia.

Cheng Hoon Teng Temple is believed to be the oldest Chinese temple in Malaysia.

Melaka River Cruise.

Rahman was so looking forward to have dinner in Umbai (about 20 minutes drive from Melaka town), the most popular place for grill seafood (and cheap too!). And after our dinner in Umbai, we drive back home to Kuala Lumpur. We really had a great time in Melaka and planning to do more of this kind of activities in future..

Grill seafood that we've ordered! Yummy..!!