Exploring: Malacca

We spent time in Malacca during the New Year holidays. It took 2-3 hours drive from Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The traffic was alright because we started our trip around 9:30am :)

We reached Malacca around noon. Checked in the Ramada Plaza Malacca. Note that you need to pay tourist tax during the check in --we did not expect that. Our room is on the 26F where we can see the city and sea view. Nice and clean room once we entered.

Now it's eatting time. We walked over to the area where I later found out it is called Jonker Street. The cafe's name is the Calanthe Art Cafe. Their laksa is really nice. I highly recommend. It is not spicy and reminds me of Thai laksa taste. Typically, laksa in Singapore taste a little different from Thai laksa. Also, drinks are very refreshing on a hot day.

Exploring Jonker Walk. You have to keep looking for wall graffiti that you can spot them in some alley/corners of the building. The buildings here are very unique & charming, a nice mixture between local, chinese, and western. It is colorful and really vintage. 

It was 5pm. We drove and park near the central area. While enjoying the unique brick colored buildings, I spotted steps walking up the hill. Not in our list, but interesting attraction to see the whole Malacca. St. Paul's Church is a very old and small but beautiful church on top of this hill. This historic building was built in 1521.

Evening time, we continued our walk to the landmark, Christ Church Malacca. Here there are a lot of tourists come to take photos. Buidings are all in brick color which makes the city looks even more beautiful. A lot of souvenirs are sold here and you can see many Malacca tuk-tuk. A small fountain in front of the church is Victoria Fountain of Malacca.

 

Just across the street, it's the Jonkor Street (again). Seems like most attractions are connected in the same area. We walked through till the end of the street. Unique style and colorful buildings are now captured in my photos.

We try to find the cafe called the Daily Fix which took use a while. It is (kinda hidden) inside the building in Jonker Street (google map is accurate). Not easily spotted. Once we were there, there were a lot of people queueing for tables. Cheese cake is great, my bf tries the dessert which I don't really know the name but it looks like cupcake with topping.

Finding dinner -- We looked for local food. We made several attempts to find out but it seems they are not local enough. We searched in Chinese and we found this noodle shop. It is nice. It sold out real fast, we went there at 9pm and just 10 minutes before it sold out. Feeling lucky :)

End with a special photo of the Malacca tuktuk at night time :)

Ploy.

Marina Bay Carnival

Knowing about this event from a friend, this is Marina Bay Canival organized by Prudential. So we'll see the brand everywhere in this event haha.

It is free entry, but if you want to play the game, you need to pay. Inside is mostly shooting for dolls.  To play the game, you have to top up the card. We play only one game hunting for a unicorn doll. Spend S$10 for the game but we lose lol.
There is a stage where you can enjoy the songs and food stalls beside. We bought a drink, a mermaid drink - very cute and creative.

Walkable distance towards Esplanade, you'll find another (same) event, but full of rides. We didn't enter as we don't plan to play the ride.

How to get there?
Take MRT to Downtown , looking for the Promontory exit

Until when?
April 2018

More info
https://marinabaycarnival.sg

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เดินไปอีกฝั่งจะมีอีกงานเดียวกันแต่เป็นเครื่องเล่นล้วนๆ เป็น  ride ทั้งหมดเลย อันนี้ไม่ได้เข้าไปค่ะ เพราะดูแล้วไม่ได้หวาดเสียวมาก55 น่ากลัวสุดก็เครื่องเล่นสีเขียว เห็นกรี๊ดกันใหญ่เลย สุดท้ายก็ถ่ายรูปเล่นบรรยากาศมารีน่าเบย์ชิวๆ อากาศก็หนาวๆ ไม่น่าจะใช่เพราะฤดูกาล แต่เพราะฝนตกนะ 555 เพราะที่นี่สิงคโปร์ มีแค่ร้อนกับฝน

งานนี้เผื่อใครสนใจมีถึงเมษา 2018 เลยค่ะ

Note: https://marinabaycarnival.sg

Ploy.