After a whole ton of consideration (trust me, there was a lot.), I've decided to post up 10 most significant photos from the trip. Okay either most significant, or the ones I like the most. Same thing anyway.
The first night, we had seafood dinner at Portugese village. The food was so good I couldn't be bothered fiddling with the settings on my camera, and as such we have no photos of the food from that night. Yinmin and I set off a sky lantern after that with all our wishes for the next semester and... the rest of our lives. So it was stuff like good grades, health and prettier hair.
On the second day, we did tons of touristy stuff like visit heritage sites and eat tons. Pretty sure the eating part isn't really a touristy thing though. Anyways it was really nice walking around because Malacca's just too pretty. I loved this pattern on the floor that was right outside a church.
After that, we walked through streets where the walls were this amazing red and came across a really cool art gallery. While it was tempting to grab a piece to decorate our dorm room, we figured it really wasn't too wise to blow 3000RM on a painting for a dorm room.
This was by the Malacca river which we planned on walking along. Until we met a bee and ran all the way back.
The temples there were beautiful and all had intricate designs on their walls. One thing I loved about Malacca (besides the food) was that there were so many patterns and little beautiful designs all around.
The little sculptures and figures along the roof tell a story, or so Yinmin says. It's pretty hard to imagine how meticulous the artists were.
At the A Famosa, a Portugese fortress.
To wrap up the second day, we had a really, really good dinner. Those who say that Malacca has great food is absolutely correct. I was a happy child that night.
After this, Yinmin and I went for satay celup where you sit at a table with a boiling pot of satay sauce. You grab the sticks of raw food (mushrooms, fish tofu, sausages, fish maw, fishballs, crabstick, etc) bring it back and stick them into the pot for them to cook. Best. Ever.
Yinmin and I have decided on a challenge for the next time I head back to Malacca to see who eats the most sticks of food. That'll be interesting. Very interesting.
The next morning, we had the best Bak Kut Teh ever. It was so good I bought packs of the seasoning for their soup back. We also had pig trotters which were just.. amazing. Anyhoo this is the man who does most of the cooking of the Bak Kut Teh. Its also him before he got slightly unhappy with me for poking around his stuff with my camera.
We headed to Yinmin's grandmother's house which was in the kampung and had tons of stray dogs around. There was an adorable golden retriever that was blind in both eyes 'cos of snake attacks though. That got me a tad bit emotional.
It was so peaceful in the kampung though, a huge contrast from the bustling city life in Singapore. In fact, most of Malacca was like that. Little high-rise buildings, plenty of nature that isn't planted because of the government's orders and great street food.
And, last but not least, this is the amazing family that housed me and treated me like their own daughter. Bigg thank yous to them.
Okay yes I get that it's 11 photos. Sue me.
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