Hamster Diary: Malacca

Last weekend, I went to Malacca with a few others for a really short trip. As it is the school holidays cum the end of year, where most people is on a vacation mood, the customs were really packed. Thank goodness that we did not get stuck there for long. The whole journey took about 5 hours including a stopover at Yong Peng. One of the best snacks that i ever had was the Kaya Puffs in Yong Peng. The puff is tender yet spongy. Then, the Kaya filling just melted in the mouth with the Kaya fragrance rolling in the cavity. The Kaya filling smelled and tasted really special, perhaps due to Gula Malacca or Coconut milk.

Yong Peng Kaya Puffs (not my photo)

We stayed in Hotel Equatorial, which is very near the heritage district. It is just about 10 minutes walk and we have a shopping centre just across the street too. However, the traffic there (humans and vehicles) were really heavy. Without pedestrian paths, we have to heighten our attention when walking along those roads. Many of the roads in heritage district are quite narrow. In the past, those were roads for carriages, bull locks carts, trishaws in both direction. Now those roads are a one way traffic for vehicles. One can clearly see chipped roof tiles among the old shophouses which are mostly caused by buses and other tall vehicles.

We also take a walk down the famous Jonkers Street. Items sold there ranging from bags to souvenirs and handphone casing. Pretty much like our pasar malam. However, it was really squeezy. It was as crowded as Chinatown CNY bazzaar durinh New Year's Eve. We had quite a hard time to maneuver our way out of it.