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We revisited Melaka (Malacca in Malay Language) in August 2011.

We had visited this city of heritage many times. But, that was our

second visit after the city has been listed as a UNESCO Heritage Site

in 2008, 608 years after Parameswara found the old Malay entrepot.

We started our journey from Kajang, Selangor at 9 am and took one

hour and thirty minutes to reach Air Keroh Toll.

Our complete itinerary, the first day starting at 10:30 am- Melaka

Zoo, hotel check in and then, lunch at Pahlawan Square followed by

Melaka Philately Museum. At night, shopping and dinner at Jonker

Street night market. The second day- Sultanate Palace Museum,

Hainan Chicken Rice for lunch, searching for snacks and chendol atJonker Street, followed by Melaka River Cruise at 2 pm. Then,

Melaka History and Ethnography Museum in Stadthuys and A'

Famosa. Later, we dined and went for a movie at Pahlawan Square.

The third day- Taming Sari Tower ride and shopping at Pahlawan

Square be We decided to visit Melaka Zoo first, which is located less

than 2 km from the toll. We had visited the zoo before (at least four

times). We didn't expect any element of surprise. We just wish to see

our "old friends" over there. Some of them- capybara which LS once

mistakenly thought that they were wombats, Bengal tigers in big and

nicely landscaped exhibits, the strong looking seladangs, and the

shady aviaries. The zoo was well-maintained, like old time, with a

plus of new species.The zoo is the second largest zoo in Malaysia,

after the National Zoological Park with around 1500 animals from 200species.fore departed home around 2:30 pm.

As we were visiting during Ramadhan, most of the food stalls were

closed, the tram service was temporally off, and moreover, it was

showering. However, we still had an enjoyable time there. We spent

almost 3 hours in the zoo. Before we left, the workers there friendly

reminded us that for the first time the zoo would launch the night

safari on the next day and invited us to come again. Our really hoped

that we were there, but exhaustion on the following day drew us


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away.

The zoo opens 9 am - 6 pm daily, with the entrance fees of RM 7 for

adult and RM 4 for child. The night safari opens only on Friday,

Saturday, and the eve of Public Holidays. The entrance fees are RM

10 per adult and RM 5 per child. The opening hour of night safari is

8- 11 pm. The zoo is located around 13 km from the city centre. Our

advice is, visit the zoo first once you enter the toll, or keep it to the

last on your way back. By doing that, you can save a total of 26 km of

journey with heavy traffic.

The zoo is clean, but mosquito is still the uninvited pest. To avoid theunpleasant bites, long sleeves or mosquito repellent is necessary.

Shoes offer better comfort for the long walk, and for the sandy paths

and slippery slopes. There is a six-storey observatory tower beside

the safari, looks battered and old, but it is still safe and guarantees a

nice scenery to those who are willing to labour their muscles.

Umbrella is needed for the rain, not for the sun, as the zoo is well

shaded by shrubs and trees.

We learned about the traffic in Melaka in the hard way before. So, we

decided to stay in the hotel nearby the heritage area (Bandar Hilir),

where we could park our car there, while roam around by foot. Fenix

was our choice. Located just opposite of Pahlawan Square, it is really

a strategic place to stay. 5 minutes walk to A' Famosa, 10 minutes to

Stadthuys (town hall in old Dutch), and 15 minutes from Jonker

Street. The hotel was newly renovated, the staff, friendly and helpful.

Plus, private parking with free jockey service, and RM 160 per night.

However, there were no breakfast and wifi.

Pahlawan Square was our first stop, a brief stop to settle our empty

stomach. Can you imagine that we took A and W for our lunch? Whata waste, but that's the fastest way to gain our strength. Then, we

visited Melaka Philately Museum (or Melaka Stamps Museum)


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around 3:30 pm. The museum is located beside A' Famosa, about 3

minutes walk from Pahlawan Square. With the entrance fee of RM 2,

the museum offered us more than what we had expected. We

learned many history about Malaysian philately history there, and got

excited to found out that we actually had owned most of the stampsissued by our own country. We spent around one and a half hour

there till 5 pm. The museum opens 9 am - 5:30 pm da

Pahlawan Square (or Dataran Pahlawan) is a mega shopping

complex in the middle of the city of Melaka. The shopping complex

can be divided into three different parts- a two storey complex whichthe upper floor is a nicely landscaped square with lawn (in front of the

grey building), and two multi-storey shopping complexes (one of

them was under construction during our visit). The shopping complex

is just several steps away from A' Famosa Fort, as you can see at the

middle.

Melaka Philately Museum is not big, nor grande, but promises thevisitors a gain in knowledge. The museum is a must visit site for

stamps collectors.

Jonker Street is well-known as one of the oldest street in Melaka. It is

located at Hang Jebat Road (Jonker Street is the unofficial, but well-

known name of this road). The whole street is about 500 m long,

surrounded by old two-storey colonial style shop houses. However,

deliberate renovations make many of these structures lost their

originality. Located just 10 minutes by foot from Pahlawan Square, it

used to be the place where the town folks carried out their daily

routines- grocery shops, bicycles shops, laundry shops, cake houses,

coffee shops (kopitiam), book stores, blacksmithes, etc. But now,

souvenir shops are the majority, while many others serve tourismpurposes as well, such as pubs, guesthouses, boutiques, and hotels,

and eateries. As a tourist's spot, it is a good place for an evening


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walk, especially when the night market is on (Friday, Saturday,

Sunday and public holidays). The night scene is nice, and the

hawkers are dominated by Chinese. For its fame, the night market is

a must visit site in Melaka, at least twice- once on daytime, and

another, night. We spent about 2 hours at Jonker Street night market.

The night market at Jonker Street. The night market is a place for

both locals and foreigners, spans from the riverside till the end of

Hang Jebat Road. Most of the food stalls are gathered at the far end

of the river. As the crowd is massive, finding a car park is not easy.

Another thing which is hard to be done- bargaining. You might never

get sort of 50% or 70% of discount there, which is quite easily been

offered in BangkokorSiem Reap markets. The street is safe during

the night in Melaka. However, we still need to keep alert and take

good care of our belongings.

A singing competition held during our visit drew many local

supporters at a side of Jonker Street. The food stalls are located just

behind the stage. From what we could see, the middle-aged and old

Melaka folks are still enjoying their slow moving pace with leisure life.However, the hustle-bustle tourism industry are eroding their

peaceful life (as the crowd can be seen at far right at Jonker Street).

We can find some delicious food around Jonker Street. We tried

Nyonya laksa, Nyonya curry fish, durian chendol, and "suan panzi", a

traditional Chinese food. All the food were quite delicious. We didn't

bought anything there, as for us, the items were not unique to us.

Second day itinerary- Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum, Hainan

Chicken Rice for lunch, shopping at Jonker Street, followed by

Melaka River Cruise, Melaka History and Ethnography Museum in

the Stadthuys, and A' Famosa Fort. We left our hotel at 9 am, and

went straight to Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum. The museum is

located just beside A' Famosa fort (right side if you face the front sideof the fort) at Kota Road. The museum portrays some history of

Melaka, especially on the history of Hang Tuah. Besides, the models
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of traders, and the artifacts of tools and weapons used in the past

were exhibited as well. However, the most fascinating part of this

museum is the architecture of the building itself. The museum was a

replica to the Sultan Mansur Shah's palace, which no single nail was

used to build the building! Must visit? Sure!

For Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum, the entrance fees for adult

and child are RM 2 and RM 1 respectively. Operation hour is 9 am - 6

pm. One thing to remind, no shoe is allowed in the palace museum,

so we need to leave ours outside. Although special "royal racks" are

prepared for the shoes, there was no "royal guard" assigned to look

after them. So, the safety of our shoes is under our ownresponsibility.

Entering the replica of the old sultanate palace, with not a single nail

applied is awesome! This is a must visit site in Melaka.

Then, we went to take Hainan Chicken Rice for lunch. Previous

experience brought us to Kedai Kopi Chung Wah, the one that is

situated on the other side of Melaka River, opposite of the Stadthuys(at the crossroad between Hang Jebat Rd. and Tun Tan Cheng Lock

Rd.). The chicken rice there was still the best we could get in Melaka,

queue was forming under the hot sun as early as 11:15 am. In

contrast, other Hainan Chicken Rice shops were not so crowded.

The hot sunny day was good for a walk around Jonker Street (Hang

Jebat Road). The street has two different appearances, day andnight. Under the hot sun, the street is full with vehicles. The crowd

mostly gathered at souvenirs shops, eateries, bakeries, and fashion

boutiques. Again, we found the things sold there were not attractive

to us (as Malaysian). However, a walk there was not totally in vain.

We got some really nice durian chendol there. In addition, we took

our opportunities to visit several temples, mausoleums, and

Kampung Kling Mosque.


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Afternoon, we took Melaka River Cruise at Quayside. That was a

surprise for us, as the experience for the ride was fantabulous. The

40 minutes ride through the historical and modern part of Melaka was

unforgetable. The effort to beautify once heavily polluted Melaka river

astonished us. Melaka River Cruise is the attraction which you should

never miss, with little price to pay- RM 10 for adult and RM 5 for

child. The operation hour is 9:30 am - 12 am, with a break on 5-6 pm.

The frequency, 30 minutes per cruise. Although we took the ride

around 2 pm in the afternoon, the hot sun didn't affect us much, as

the motorboat was well-covered with canvas.

The 40 minutes relaxing on the cruise was followed by 3 solid hours

of "marathon" through the Stadthuys, which houses Melaka History

and Ethnography Museum, and A' Famosa Fort. That was our first

time at Melaka History and Ethnography Museum. We spent more

than 2 hours there. The history of Melaka is really stated in detail

there, and if we could find chairs for our laden feet, we might had

stayed longer in the museum. The entrance fees are RM 5 for adultand RM 2 for child. The original structure of Stadthuys is well

preserved. Therefore, it is quite worthy to pay the fee and get into the

building to take a look.

A' Famosa Fort is the center of the heritage site of Melaka. Once the

most symbolic icon of the grip of Portuguese is now barely a

surviving gate, in the middle of a modern city. Built by Alfonso deAlbuquerque in 1511, the fort was destroyed by British on 1806. The

wall of the fort is not high, nor thick. But with guns and canons on the

Portuguese side, that's more than enough to hold the ground against

spears, keris, elephants and horses.

We spent the night at Pahlawan Square, and took a ride on Taming

Sari Tower beside the shopping centre. The tower is really close tothe square, around 3 minutes walk from the McD side of the square.


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From 80 meters above the ground, we saw more than what we had

expected.

Day 3, we woke up late, drove by the exhaution. We went for a late

breakfast, and started to take our way to the last destination in our

list. That was a new attraction to us- Taming Sari Tower. The tower

was named after the keris (Malay dagger) of Hang Tuah, the

legendary warrior of Melaka. The revolving tower brought us around

80 m above the ground, with a wonderful 360 panoramic view over

the whole city of Melaka in 7 minutes ride. We were lucky for the nice

weather with just a little bit of haze. It was really an unforgetable

experience, and it is surely a must visit place in Melaka.

The Taming Sari Tower is located at Merdeka Road (beside the

swimming pool). By foot, it is 5 minutes away from Pahlawan Square

(McDonald side), or around 10 minutes away from Jonker Street. It is

really easy to locate for the high rised tower. Entrance fees: Adult

and Child are RM20 and RM10 respectively, with 50% discount for

MyKad holders, and operates 10 am - 10 pm daily. The tower

accomodates around 60 people with a new round of ride in every 15

to 20 minutes. So, a long waiting time is not expected.

Instead of the major attractions that has been mentioned, there are

some other attractions in Bandar Hilir heritage site that simply worth

a touch and go.he Proclamation of Independent Memorial is an important monument.

It was the place where Malaysian first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul

Rahman firstly declared the date for the independant of Malaysia in

1956, a year before 31 August 1957. He then took a short walk to the

residence of Tun Tan Cheng Lock for tea before he departed to

Kuala Lumpur. The place where the monument stood is so

meaningful, yet, it's like an abandoned child at a corner of Pahlawan

Square. The exact location of the monument- opposite of the Malay


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and Islamic World Museum. We felt bad about how the authority of

Melaka mistreated the monument.

Melaka never lack of museums. Melaka Islamic Museum (upper row),

UMNO Museum (lower left), Museum of Enduring Beauty, and The

Malay and Islamic World Museum (lower right) are lined up side byside, together with Melaka Philately Museum at Kota Road, just

beside A' Famosa. Most of these museums are located between

Pahlawan Square and Jonker Street.

Melaka is really a place that worth a visit. It can be considered as the

starting place of the Sultanate of West Malaysia. A three days two

nights tour is simply not enough for anyone to go through everycorner in Melaka. However, for us, it is definately a place where we

will come back again.

What to expect in Melaka:

Historical sites and tourism spots are close to each other. The

whole Bandar Hilir heritage site can be accessed by foot.

A blend of races. Intead of typical Malay, Chinese, and Indian,

Baba and Nyonya, Chitty, Indonesian, Portuguese, Dutch, British are

available too. Their influences in social-cultural, literature and

architecture can be traced in Melaka.

Food from different races. Queue in unevitable for favourite

eateries and food outlets.

Massive crowd of tourists.

Need to pay for public car park, even on Sunday. Payment

coupons are available at convenient shops, groceries and some

hotels.

The street is safe, day and night.

Banks are extremely rare in Bandar Hilir heritage site. However,

ATM machines are available in major shopping complexes.


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The hotels nearby Bandar Hilir are not cheap, cheap hotels are

mostly far away.

Nice and helpful people.

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