Cuti- Cuti Melaka

Tengah beratur nak naik Menara Taming Sari

I just had a great time on Christmas Day. I went on a trip of what we call, the 'indoctrination' of true Melaka. After wifey keep complaining that i never been to any interesting place in melaka since we got married, i decided to do a 'harakiri' by going to Melaka city to immerse in its beauty on Christmas Day. My greatest fear of going to Melaka is its countless traffic lights along Lebuh AMJ (heading to Melaka city) My guess was right. The traffic was really bad when i reached the outskirt of Melaka. Upon reaching the bridge near Mahkota Parade i saw a long and slow moving cars, i detour-ed by taking Jonker Road way. To be honest, that was my first time driving through Jonker Walk Road ever since i grew up in Melaka. During my yesteryears (like 15 years ago), Jonker Walk was not like what it is today. It was narrow and inefficient small road where there were many Baba Nyonya stalls by the roadside. It was not a tourist attraction then.

So i tried my luck finding parking spot and Alhamdulillah, we managed to park our car in front of the Melaka River Cruise entrance. We walk like 500m to Menara Taming Sari and queued-up for not more than 30 minutes. Peoples were not that many so we didn't wait that long to queue. View from top was very nice. You can actually see Sumatera from the tower. Then, we hop on Melaka RiverCruise. Again, we didn't had to wait long to queue that time. Deep in my heart, Allah has made it easy for us today. Anyway, it took almost 40 minutes cruising Melaka river (RM10 per adult). Along the river, the buildings were beautifully painted and decorated. We also passed by Kg Morten, the traditional Portugese kampungs.

Cruising the Melaka river

After the cruise, we went to Medan Ikan Bakar Umbai to feast our starving tummy. Umbai is 8km from Melaka city. Despite boasting that i am 'orang Melaka', i never been to this place. Even my Sabahan friend, Shireen have been here before! Apparently, there are many medan ikan bakar around Pernu-Umbai. So, look for Medan Ikan Bakar Pernu. There are many stalls set-up at this place . My wife knows this one restaurant called Restoran Parameswara that serve really good ikan bakar delicacies. So we went there and thanks to school holidays/Christmas/habitual ikan bakar eater, it was full house. I had to wait at the table and waited until the patron finishes eating.

After wifey choosing sotong, ikan siakap, ketam and udang, we didn't wait that long to be served. SAYA PUNYA TUHAN! The ikan siakap was really FABOLOUS-GILER-NAK MAMPOS ok !

Look at the very tempting Ikan Siakap Tiga Rasa! (do not be fooled by Adam in this pic. He turned cranky after this shot and i had to finish my food very fast!)

And i think that's all for my Melaka trip. After kenyang, balik tidur lah!