More Melaka!

Another full day of exploration here in Melaka! My morning started with an unexpected sleep in 'til about 8:30pm - surprising because I don't really sleep in. I was greeted to another warm and sunny day here in Malaysia. I headed out around 10am to start exploring the heritage sights. The "Jonker" also meaning Junk Street where the market was last night definitely has a different feel during the day. There are some cute boutiques and artsy tee shirt stalls but the most popular store in this Chinatown area is the home made pineapple tarts and pastries. Funny enough, my mother makes them too!

After grabbing a chinese pork bun for breakfast, I headed to the Dutch part of the town which is all painted red and located in the main heart of the town square. Here, local Malay Indian men line up their bedazzled and pimped out rickshaws to take people for rides around the area. Seriously, the rickshaws are just stunning with beautiful colors, streamers and flowers decorated all over the vehicle. From there, I walked up to the Church which was built during the Portuguese rule and still has the grave stones of Portuguese men and women in the church. From here, there is a great view of the straits of Melaka including the city's "ferris wheel" that takes you up and gives you a view of the city.

On the other side of this church on the hill are Melaka's two main shopping malls. Both very modern and I had fun exploring the two malls and being in the air conditioning. After lunch, it was so warm out and I was ready for a nap so decided I would check out what English films they had in their theater. Firstly, the movie was 7 ringlets each...ok so that is about $2.25 for a ticket! I saw Adam Sandler and Jenifer Aniston's movie "Just Go With It" and I don't know if I just haven't heard English for that amount of time for so long, but I was seriously laughing my head off at the film. Soooo funny! and people must have been looking at me strangely! The cheap ticket price was probably because the movie itself is pirated but the quality was great on the big screen so no complaints from me! :)

I walked along the river on the way home and found a public swimming pool close by. In seeing that, I had a thought of maybe staying one more night in Melaka....But we'll see I guess....Chinese theater performance tonight offered by our hostel should hopefully cap off the great day.