This trip to Malacca was made together with a few friends and I had earlier bought the coach tickets at $18 for a seat on  Super VIP 26 seaters coach and one bottle mineral bottle free.

I stayed at BaBa House the 2 previous times  at Malacca and this time I decided to stay at Hotel Puri which is at the same street as BaBa House this time round. A quick call to the reservation line and 2 standard rooms were reserved. It costs a bit more than Baba House.

We met that Saturday morning at 8am at Golden Mile Complex and started the journey. Wow everything was smooth on a non-long weekend. Both customs checkpoints were quick and fast. A few hours later, we reached Malacca, why didn’t the coach go to the bus terminal? At Century Makotah, we alighted when Richard of Gunung Raya Travel told us he could send us to Hotel Puri for RM$8 . So finally we check in at Hotel Puri at about 2pm.

Hotel Puri  was the ancestral home of the descendants of Tan Kim Seng (1805-1864), the generous merchant. Remember the Tan Kim Seng water fountain at Esplanade Park? In the inner hall named “Hall of Welcoming the Swallows”. Swallows are building their nests on the ledge of the hall. Human and nature can co-exist peacefully together.

We didn’t stay in the Hotel too long. I bought them over to the oldest Chinese temple in Malacca , ???. It was about 2pm then and it was really hot. We decided to cool ourself down first by having some cold dessert at 4 Eyes Keong Dessert which is a few steps away from the temple. The temple wasn’t too crowded and we have some fun trying to decipher what was written on those hanging boards and its meaning.

Joss Sticks

Soon we moved out and continued walking down the street. The OrangUtan house is right at the end and provided an interesting spot for some spots. We also spotted a couple doing their outdoor bridal shoot. Our paths crossed a few times later.

Slowly we made our way to the Red Houses and St Paul Hill. The light was getting right- warm. Shadows casted also made interesting pictures. The usual stalls were still around. A busker was singing inside St Pual. The wedding shot couple has made their way here also and some of us tried to take a shoot of them.

Shadow at St Paul

It was a relaxing walk back to the riverside as we took more photos. After a while we walked back to the Hotel to freshen up before setting out for dinner. Back in the hotel rooms we realized we have a good sunset view right off the rooms’ windows!

Dinner was at Peranakan Restaurant along Jalan Tan Cheng Lock where Hotel Puri is. This Peranakan Restaurant  is also a restored house. Its furniture are interesting. There is a huge bedlike piece where it is not difficult to imagine some rich man lying there having a smoke. We have some peranakan dishes such as redang chicken before setting off to the night market.

The night market at Jonker Street was very crowded on that Saturday night. It was amazing that despite having it every Friday to Sunday weekly and still attracts a big crowd. Compared that to Singapore Chinatown night market! Or maybe you do not even know there is a night market in Chinatown in Singapore. We also  went for some night shots at the roundabout at the end of Jonker Walk. Somehow energy levels were pretty low that night. We must be all tired from the day trip. To end the night, we went to the drinking place opposite Geographer Place to have a beer! Beer with BBQ cuttlefish and live singing! Perfect way to end the day!

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