Melaka - December 2007

Since I've never ever been to Melaka, we decided to take a day trip to Melaka from KL. We left from Puduraya in KL and arrived in Melaka Sentral. From there, we took a cab to the town centre.

	Upon arrival at the town centre, we made our way to Hoe Kee for the chicken rice balls, in case the shop got busy during lunch time. Perhaps I'm not really crazy about chicken rice, I thought it was OK. After the meal, we were on our way - sightseeing by bus no. 11 (as everything was close by).
	Miniature windmill opposite the Stadhuys. A wee bit surreal seeing a windmill in an Asian country.
	Christ Church at Dutch Square. The bright red buildings in the Square were quite a sight.
	St Paul's Church on top of St Paul's hill. Originally called "Nosa Senhora - Our Lady of the Hill".
	Tombstones with Latin and Portuguese inscriptions at St Paul's church - it was probably a good thing the place was quite crowded, otherwise it might have been a bit spooky for me.
	St Francis Xavier's statue - He was a regular visitor to St Paul's church and his body was interred here for nine months before being taken to his final resting place in Goa. Can't stop wondering whether the statue (the hand) needs to be fixed or whether it is meant to be that way.
	Porta de Santiago - one of the four main gateway into the Portuguese fortress of A' Famosa. I finally get to see the actual building!
	Replica of Melaka Sultanate Palace - excellent place to refresh my memory on those historical stuff (and also an excellent shelter from the sun!)