Two years ago (wow! has it been that long?) I went to Malaysia for a few days. During my penultimate day there, I went to Malacca for a day trip and nearly ended up stranded there not being able to get back to Kuala Lumpur!! Luckily Team Malaysia was on hand to help me out, thanks guys!
THE TRADITIONAL SIDE OF MALACCA
One of the things that struck me about Malacca was how many different faces it has. I went on a Sunday, they cordon off the main streets from traffic, but there was still quite a lot of people around. I wandered around the back streets where there was less tourists and saw many beautiful buildings dotted around the city, it almost felt like I was not living in modern days. Then there were many traditional shops including one that makes shoes for three inch lotus feet - these are shoes for women who had bound feet in the old days.
THE FUNKY SIDE OF MALACCA
When I walked towards the riverside, I saw another side of Malacca. The colourful funky murals on the buildings was a sharp contrast to the traditional side of Malacca. This area was like a magnet for visitors, everyone there was vying for the perfect spot to get the Instagram moment. Who would pass on this opportunity? Not being an arty person, I couldn't understand the message the murals were conveying, do all murals have a message? I was content with being the shallow one day tourist in Malacca and focused on taking my not so instagrammable shots.
The funky mural wall led out to the riverside, this was the perfect place to sit and chill out, as one would do when you're here. However, you have to choose your spot carefully depending on the time of the day and the sun.
ACROSS THE RIVER
From here, one could see the other colourful buildings across the river. They were in a different style. One had different images of different females, a nod to the multi cultural society that Malaysia is made up of - Malay, Chinese, India, Nyonya...
I wandered off to the other side of the river to get a better look. Afterall, that was the whole point of my day trip, just to stroll around leisurely and aimlessly, that's the best way to explore in my opinion.
Not being an artist nor a botanist, I had no idea what these plants were, but they were pretty, I can tell you that. Time for another not so Instagram photo, I really must work on my posture.
A bit further down on this side of the river, is another different type of art display. A few beetles, the car not the bug, were cut in half and displayed outside a building. It was awesomely cool! Apparently this is a flea market, but I have no idea why such a cool place isn't opened on the weekend. In fact I have no idea why no one comes over to this side of the river. Maybe people don't like walking along the riverside. Oh well! Their lost, not mine.
And finally, yet more colour from Malacca. These colourful tricycle taxis were plentiful nearby St Paul's Church, one of Malacca's most famous landmarks. There was a colour, a cartoon character for everyone's liking assuming you are into these type of stuff. Sadly, they didn't have my favourite cartoon character, and there was only one of Baby Shark but not a whale, otherwise I might have considered taking a whale ride.
Just joking, this is too cheesy for me. And boy, were they annoyingly noisy!!!! I'll stick to the colourful side of Malacca thanks 😀
早兩年去馬來西亞旅遊，臨走前一天到馬六甲一天遊， 當晚幾乎回不到吉隆坡，幸好有大馬團隊的朋友幫忙！
我很喜愛馬六甲有不同的臉孔。它傳統建築保存得非常好， 又有今時今日已很少見的傳統工藝店，例如手工做三吋金蓮的商店。 另一方，馬六甲河邊就展示了它現代化色彩繽紛一面。 這條彩巷上建築物的牆壁都畫上有趣的壁畫， 是打卡的熱門點。 打卡完畢後可到河邊坐下來休息， 或到河邊對面欣賞其他的壁畫。
這邊的壁畫風格跟彩巷不同。 其中一座建築物畫上幾位女性，反映著馬來西亞不同的文化。 而另外一家就用甲蟲車作裝置藝術，很可愛。 除了河邊色彩繽紛的壁畫， 在著名的聖保羅教堂山腳下，有很多用卡通人物裝置的三腳車載遊客到市內參觀。這些三輪車小孩子見到很開心，但它們實在太嘈雜啦！我還是欣賞繽紛跳躍的馬六甲好了！