Saturday, August 28th - Melaka. The bus took us to a shopping center next to a Tescos. By this point, I was really tired of carrying around all my luggage. They're pretty heavy. So I decided to get a taxi rather than trying to figure out the bus system. I met a pretty nice taxi driver who knew where the hotel is. The first taxi driver I met blanked on the name of the hotel and walked away. It was really strange. It was like he didn't care about getting my business at all. They weren't very keen on helping me with my luggage either. Anyway, I got to the hotel, checked in, and showered in the rain shower. The room was pretty decked out.
I needed food so I went out for a walk towards the city center. There were plenty of food places along the street that the hotel is on. I ate at a Chinese place where they served noodles with fish cake. Pretty good stuff since I was starving by that point.
The historical part of Melaka is pretty easy to find. Everything was labeled in Malay and English. There were a lot more tourists than I expected. I walked around the historical hill and harbor and found little cendol stand. They were swamped with customers so of course, I had to get my share. The cendol was really good. Not as sweet as the ones in Padang, which is good. They were closed by the time I got back to the same place two hours later. Sold out! I got the cendol at around 6pm and was in a big rush to find a good place to watch the sunset. I was walking along the river when I noticed that the sun is nowhere near setting. Then I realized that there is a one hour difference between here and Padang but it's really not that far. So sunset was at 7:30pm instead of 6:30pm. This threw me off my schedule.
I tried to go to Bukit Cina but ended up back at the historical hill. So I watched the sunset from there. The city doesn't really face west so it wasn't all that great. I spent a couple of hours walking around Jonker Walk, a night market in Chinatown and got some snacks. I ate dinner on the way back to the hotel.
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| fried potato on a stick |
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| From Melaka |
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| curry fish balls. spicy! |
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| From Melaka |
When I got to the hotel, my host was in the lobby talking to four of his friends who were also staying at the hotel that weekend. They had come to Melaka to scout out venues for a conference that they are holding. They were getting directions for some food places and took me along with them. So I had a late snack of satay, Melaka style. Then in the morning, they took with them to a dim sum place. The dim sum were serve on these small metal plates. The actual dim sum are super small but really tasty.
Really wish I had more time to eat around the city. Didn't even get to try the chicken rice balls! It was a nice trip though.
1 comment:
That is a lot of fried potato on a stick. I guess it's not meant for one person.
I once got refused by a Taxi driver to LaGuardia, the last time I was in New York. It was during rush hour and the first guy refused (which is illegal, should have reported him) and the second guy was really pissed off that the first guy refused. I gave him a large tip for his trouble.
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