Funny when sometimes you would immediately realize you like something the moment you see it. Well that's what happen when I first saw the Cyclamen Cottage.
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Showing posts with label bbest sunset spot. Show all posts
Saturday, June 9, 2012
St. Paul Church: Stunning Sunset Spot
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| Some tourists on their way up the hill towards St. Paul Church, Melaka. |
Sunset at St. Paul Church
It's best that you time your itinerary wisely, making sure that after going around Melaka, you head your way uphill to check the sunset. Best sunset spot in town is at a hilltop where St. Peter Church is found. It's not much of a climb, well it could get tiring after having gone around town. I however got tired from all the walking, which what we had been doing since 10am in the morning.
But it's ok because by the time we got there, the view was really worth it. The church itself is nothing but a skeletal structure. Only huge stone slabs could be found and a statue of St. Peter perched in front of it.
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| St. Peter Statue |
Sunset Watching
Find a good spot. For us, we head halfway down the hill and made a seat out of protruding hard soil. It was comfortable enough for us to stay for minutes and enjoy the breathtaking scene of the sunset of Melaka. My friend and I didn't talk that much. Well we did, initially. After that we just stared at the sunset most of the time. We could not really talk a lot anymore and ignore that beautiful sight in front of us. I just stared at it quiet and happy. For me, it was enough.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Romantic Melaka River Cruise
After walking around town, we were a bit exhausted but we were still excited to end the night with a river cruise. This is open from 9:30 to 11:30pm, but we decided to take it at night since it's best to see Melaka with all its beautiful evening lights.
When we got there, the counter was still close since the batch of boats were still doing a course, so we needed to wait for awhile which wasn't at all bad. There were benches alongside the river and big trees all lined up. Weird thing is that there are hundreds of bats hanging on these big old trees, so you have to watch out for guanos falling on you whenever you try to walk under these "bat trees".
When we got there, the counter was still close since the batch of boats were still doing a course, so we needed to wait for awhile which wasn't at all bad. There were benches alongside the river and big trees all lined up. Weird thing is that there are hundreds of bats hanging on these big old trees, so you have to watch out for guanos falling on you whenever you try to walk under these "bat trees".
Melaka: UNESCO Heritage
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| Red Buildings in Melaka town. |
Stadthuys- the Red Buildings in Melaka
Stadthuys is located at the center of the city. Surrounding this are drivers which will take you to different tourist sites, but will charge you around RM100 for their service - a bit expensive for backpackers. Besides it's not really practical since you could spend the entire day walking around and already covering the important areas in Melaka.First thing you could do is probably what tourists like us do: take pictures. The buildings are interestingly different since these are painted red. It's said to be the oldest Dutch building in the east and is a reproduction of Frisian towns of Hoorn in Netherlands that existed in 1420 to 1796.
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| Me checking some articles in a jonker near stadhuys. |
In the museum, you'll get to see different articles which are remains of the Baba Nonya culture. There are clothes, jars, swords, housewares and the likes.
For a visitor like me, it's best to submerge yourself to the culture in Melaka by visiting Stadthuys first. This will give you a great degree of understanding and appreciation of the other areas and spots which you will visit next.
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