Melaka - A' Famosa

Continued from Tiara Beach Resort after checkout at 12 pm, we planned to go to the Port Dickson beach but, the road was jam with too many cars everywhere and also no parking at all(maybe because all the resorts and hotels here checkout almost at the same time).. So we decided to continued our journey to Malacca..

After checked in at Telekom's training college hostel and have a break, we went for a rode at Malacca.. Actually we've never been there, so we just followed the signboard to any places that we might think interesting (it is very difficult since the signboard only show the name of the road.. hahaha).. Then, I suddenly saw a signboard shows Kota A Famosa.. Nice.. So we follow the road until we met a heavy traffic jam (since it is Sunday), and then found parking, so we pay just for RM4 for the parking until night..(cheap right? better than in JB.. huhu)

Here the journey continued....

The first place we met after our walk was the Stadthuys building.. The building was red in colour with a unique style.. It is actually a Dutch,s administrative buildings during 1650.. A Historic and Ethnography Museum with displays of traditional bridal costumes and other relics is located inside and we need to pay for rm2 per ticket (actually it is displayed rm4, but maybe there are discounts on that day..).. If you like history, so Malacca is the best place for you to go.. For me, it just looks likes a windows shopping.. Looked around and then gooo.. HAHA.. Here some pictures inside the Stadthuys buildings...


Then, from the Stadthuys building, we walked to the A Famosa.. Actually the are a beca(trishaw) station here, so if you want to try you can ride on it.. The prize I'm not sure since I don't asked them.. It was really high to get to the top af A Famosa.. It was a good excercise.. HAHA.. Nothing here, just an old almost broken building.. From to top of it you got the best view of Malacca.. What actually A Famosa? It is is a fortress gate builed by the Portuguese (A Famosa means The Famous in Portuguese) and it was among the oldest surviving european architectural remains in Asia..


It was tiring.. If you plan to walk around Malacca, I would suggest you yo wear sports outfit (haha.. sound funny but you will find it worth!).. Next to the A Famosa was the Dataran Pahlawan.. I do not know what are the story behind it.. But it is beautiful and somehow I remember football field ( EURO 2008 just around the corner.. haha).. There are Light and Sound persembahan (performance? dedication? tribute? oh no I forgot??) here before, but it was not when I arrived.. It was actually performed at night where it used laser light with a very good sound following the story.. The story of course about Malacca history.. (next time I will make sure I can watch this performance)..


Next to Dataran Pahlawan was the Dataran Pahlawan Megamall, a shopping complex where you also can find sourvenior here.. If you walked along you will find Mahkota Parade (also another shopping complex, I bought some foods and groceries here..) after crossing the road.. Beside Mahkota Parade you can find the Traditional foods center where here the served Malaysian foods from Perlis to Sabah.. (dari Perlis sampailah ke Sabah.. macam lagu patriotik tu..haha).. And what the most interesting part was the one in fromt of this traditional foods center.. Menara Taming Sari.. I will tell you later.. Wait...