Amazing Melaka

Malacca is a small Peranakan town. We are here for laid back, relaxing holiday. Or at least this is was the plan. We took a bus from Queens Street in Singapore right to our hotel in Malacca. The road trip took more than 6 hours. Crossing the border took more than an hour. There is a couple from China who made all in the bus wait for long time as they did not realise they need to get to back to the bus after the immigration. Then they were delayed at the Malaysian immigration as they did not obtained a visa before boarding the bus.

We started our journey at 8am and reach our hotel past 2pm. It is much longer than the usual 3 hours. Town centre is one gigantic mall and the roads are mostly one way street with no traffic lights. For what I thought a slow and easy holiday, it seems many others have the same plan. The town is extremely crowded and traffic very heavy both vehicles and human.

I took a walk around with the boys and along the way we met other fellow Singaporeans exploring the place as well. There are many Peranakan resturants, all well patronised. The hawker centre is selling mee goreng or fried noodles for RM3 per plate or the same price as back home except it is now in ringitt. At the exchange rate of S$1 to RM2.40, it is very good value. Cost of meals is at less than half the price. It is good to have a more cost effective holiday.