Melaka, Malaysia
After helping L put on her inai, and finding her relatives were descending and finding ourselves useless (Poor L seemed envious, but we can't possibly sneak out the bride, rights?), hopped in with Tok when he asked one of the little kuzzins to drive him to town. Well, he's not so little anymore since he can drive. But he was at a loss when IL told him to drop us at wherever there's lots of shopping to do. LOL.
Finally he dropped us off at Jonker Walk. Seemed vaquely familiar, but I distinctly don't remember going to a Jonker Walk. It seemed to be like a mini Chinatown. Found a shop selling material-for-kebaya-that-had-been-pre-embroidered like Sis described... but so darn expensive! I could get at least 3 kebayas off the rack at Mahkota Parade. Pretty intersting trinkets around, but mostly to see and not buy. Walking on, crossing a bridge, saw the familiar Red Christchurch building. Rights! That I remember. I also remembered correctly that Mahkota Parade was also nearby. It was too dark the night before to really explore. Plus don't think the stalls were open at night.
Not bad, I pretty much know my way about town. On foot at least. Navigating the streets was more tricky. Navigating seems to be a curious trick of moving up one street down another and up yet another. Hmmm. They also have countdown timers for the traffic lights for the drivers, not pedestrians like in SG. I didn't remember that from that last time I was here. But what was funny was that the counter shows two digits, but apparently the wait was much longer. What we couldn't figure out was whether it was a 199-seconds wait or a 299-seconds one. LOL.
Anyways, found that any other hotels that we had considered was actually in the heart of town. But loving it at Straits Meridien Hotel anyways, although it's so difficult to get a cab to get anywhere. Too bad they don't have a web-page, the rates they provide for an apartment suite is pretty reasonable. Good if you are with family or in a group. But seems like they are doing just fine without additional coverage. L's dad asked why didn't we cook our own food since they have a kitchen... errr... how when there's only a cooker with no cutlery, nothing in the fridge... LOL
Finally he dropped us off at Jonker Walk. Seemed vaquely familiar, but I distinctly don't remember going to a Jonker Walk. It seemed to be like a mini Chinatown. Found a shop selling material-for-kebaya-that-had-been-pre-embroidered like Sis described... but so darn expensive! I could get at least 3 kebayas off the rack at Mahkota Parade. Pretty intersting trinkets around, but mostly to see and not buy. Walking on, crossing a bridge, saw the familiar Red Christchurch building. Rights! That I remember. I also remembered correctly that Mahkota Parade was also nearby. It was too dark the night before to really explore. Plus don't think the stalls were open at night.
Not bad, I pretty much know my way about town. On foot at least. Navigating the streets was more tricky. Navigating seems to be a curious trick of moving up one street down another and up yet another. Hmmm. They also have countdown timers for the traffic lights for the drivers, not pedestrians like in SG. I didn't remember that from that last time I was here. But what was funny was that the counter shows two digits, but apparently the wait was much longer. What we couldn't figure out was whether it was a 199-seconds wait or a 299-seconds one. LOL.
Anyways, found that any other hotels that we had considered was actually in the heart of town. But loving it at Straits Meridien Hotel anyways, although it's so difficult to get a cab to get anywhere. Too bad they don't have a web-page, the rates they provide for an apartment suite is pretty reasonable. Good if you are with family or in a group. But seems like they are doing just fine without additional coverage. L's dad asked why didn't we cook our own food since they have a kitchen... errr... how when there's only a cooker with no cutlery, nothing in the fridge... LOL
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