The first stop was Melacca. It's a historical town in Malaysia. The journey took us about two and a half hours, inclusive of a few stops.
Anyway, we checked in at Seri Cosa, a budget hotel at the centre of the town. It is run by Felda. We took 2 rooms as there were 3 adults and 3 children.
Our rooms cost RM150 nett each. The rooms are small, simple and not dusty, which was very good.
However, the rooms had no window. That made them feel like dungeons. Worst of all, the ceiling in my room, just above the bed area had a manhole, and it looked like there were some leakage stain. I could roughly guess that the manhole is the excess of a toilet above us.
Never the less, I think you get what you pay. Further more we are only staying here for a night. So I'll just learn to close an eye on this matter. No big fuss for me this time.
So here in Melacca, we would surely go to Jonker Street and hubby would surely eat the chicken rice ball at Famosa Chicken Rice Ball Restaurant. He likes the chicken rice ball there.
Chicken rice balls are ordinary rice cooked into soft texture and then made into sphere shape. So instead of ordering a plate of rice, one can just order how many balls he needs.
Rice balls, fish balls and steamed chicken. Otak-otaks werenot in the picture.
Other than that, we paid a visit to Menara Taming Sari, a revolving tower that took us up to 80 metres high. We could see the panoramic view of Melacca, UNESCO World Heritage. My sons especially the youngest, was very excited about the ride, as this was his first 'official' ride, because in the previous ride , he was still in my tummy.
View from the tower
View from the tower
Apart from that, we also Muzium Samudera (Maritime Museum). It was built after Flora De La Mar, a Portuguese ship that sank off the coast of Melacca, when it was on its way back to Portuguese. Different types of ship from different countries were also on display in the museum.
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