Malacca (Melaka) trip was fun. I went to Malacca with 3 friends; Tomoko, Anna Turus and Francesco. They are visitors from other country. In fact they are here in KL as interns except for Francesco. Francesco is here on holiday.

We left for Malacca on January 2nd by bus. The bus was Transnasional Bus. Tickets were bought by Tomoko. The journey to Malacca was short. It took only about 2 hours. It was an interesting journey I might say. Why interesting? Well, it's interesting because it was freezing cold inside the bus. We arrived Malacca Sentral at 930pm.

Once we reached Malacca Sentral, we took another bus to the city. We took bus number 17. During the journey to the city, inside the bus it was noisy. There were about 4 people were talking loud and laughing in the bus. I asked one of them where to stop as we need to go to a hostel at Jalan Chan Koon Cheng. They were helpful and told us to get down at Equatorial Hotel.

We got down at Equatorial Hotel and walk to the hostel. The hostel name was 'Little Nyonya Youth Hostel'. The hostel was nice, simple yet comfortable. Once we reached the hostel, we decided to go for a walk and have dinner. It was at 1030pm. We went to Jonker Street and had drinks at the bar near Geographer Bar. Then we went to look for a place to eat, unfortunately there were no halal restaurants in Jonker Street. We walk decided to walk further out from Jonker Street and found a malay restaurant. We had rice, chicken and asam pedas fish. After dinner, we went for a walk for a while and then head back to the hostel.

We got back to the hostel at about 130am. Once reached the hostel, we head straight for bed except for myself. I couldn't sleep. I sat in the hostel's living room and did some reading. At about 3am, I felt sleepy and slept on the sofa. The weird part is suddenly I woke up at 630am! You know what? I felt fresh. Weird. Very weird. Wanted to woke my other 3 friends but decided against it. So I decided to do a little bit more reading and took shower. I went out to buy newspaper and by the time I reached the hostel to wake them up, I was too late as they woke up...hehe. They woke up at 9am.

The second day in Malacca, we went sight-seeing but before that we had breakfast. While having breakfast, Anna got a call from Eunji. Eunji and Ranmi had arrived Malacca Sentral. Anna handed her phone to me, I told Eunji and Ranmi to get on a bus number 17 and get down at Equatorial Hotel. Also told them to give me a call once they have reached Equatorial Hotel. Oh yes, during breakfast; Tomoko had her first nasi lemak and Francesco had his first roti india.

After breakfast we went to A'Famosa. While looking around in A'Famosa, I received a call from Eunji. Immediately went to the bus stop to get Eunji and Ranmi and brought them to A'Famosa and met with the rest. Continued with sight-seeing. Visited Stadhuys, St. Paul's Church, Christ Church, Dutch Square and Old Portuguese Ship. We went for a cruise along Malacca river. It was nice, interesting and informative.

We had lunch at a food court opposite the Old Portuguese Ship. Then we head off to Jonker Street and did lil bit of shopping. Jonker Street is a place full of antique shops, souvenior shops, restaurants, pubs and cafes. After a long walk, we rest at a cafe called Geographer Cafe. Decided to visit St. John's Fort which took at least half an hour. After walking for few minutes, went to the bank as need more cash. Soon after that decided not to go ahead with visiting St. John's Fort. At that time it was already 515pm.

Sent Eunji and Ranmi to the bus stand in front of Melaka Hotel. Myself, Francesco, Anna and Tomoko went back to the hostel to freshen up, packed and took a group photo. at 635pm, we left the hostel, head to the bust stand in front of Melaka Hotel and took a bus to Malacca Sentral.

Had dinner in Malacca Sentral and finally left Malacca at 8pm by Transnasional Bus. Arrived Puduraya at 1015pm. Bid each other goodbye and I went home via LRT and taxi.

The Malacca trip was fun and memorable. I enjoyed myself. Unfortunately we did not visit the whole of Malacca. There are lots of places to visit such as Malacca Zoo etc. I guess we were short of time plus we stayed only for one night. Staying in Little Nyonya Youth Hostel is highly recommended. As mentioned above, it is nice simple yet comfortable. Hostel staff, Raj was very helpful. He knows in and out of Malacca. He takes good care of you.

Surely we will visit again.