Continuing on from the Malacca food page,
The bears did make some poking around Malacca besides stuffing themselves.
The Stadhuys (Red Square) with the Tan Beng Siew Clock Tower and the
Queen Victoria’s fountain erected to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee.
Melaka River in the early morning,
Jonker Walk in the morning, so quiet, no tourists yet.
Mr Asia statue inside the Jonker Walk Park
On Brown Bear insistence, the bears joined the Melaka River Cruise.
RM 10/adult and it lasted 40 minutes.
(right) The “living museum” where traditional houses are displayed with
real families living in it. Along the shores, traditional shophouses
were also given facelift and painted with artworks that represent the unique
culture of Malaysia, really worth every penny.
This was the second time the bears came to Melaka,
last time they covered some museums, so they figured this time
they could cover some other museums as well.
So they chose the Stamp Museum, which was a complete
waste of money and time.
RM 2/adult (Not many stamps, mostly posters)
Another museum the fat bears went was the Melaka Sultanate Palace.
It is a replica of the original palace, it’s worth a visit to get a feel
of the environment back in the 15th century.
RM2/adult, much better than the Stamp Museum.
Another place not to be missed is the St Paul’s Church.
It is now a tourist spot and the final resting place of a few
Dutch and Portuguese nationals from the 1600s.
St Paul’s statue that has its right hand struck down by lightning.
The interior of the church are lined with big tombstones.
Sadly many tourists did not even have the decency to respect the dead,
they posed with the tombstone taking picture, putting their
baby on top of the tombstone, stepping on plaque that explains the
the history of the place, and even tossing coins into the burial pit
of St Xavier thinking that it was a wishing well!
Be an EDUCATED and CIVILISED tourist,
read the plaque and understand the history!
The bears have read and seen it countless times in history book,
but this was the first time they see it in real life,
the famous A Famosa Fortress built by the
equally famous Alfonso d’ Albuquerque in the 1500s.
Besides historical sites, Melaka is full of artists
flaunting their talents at every corner like this one,
some have cool names like this one,
and hotel that is so cute inside they forbid photography,
The fat bears were reluctant to leave Melaka after their short trip,
mostly because of the food.
They vowed they will be back again,
next time, it will be a fully food trip muahahaha!
Too Fat Bears 