Malacca (Melaka) River Cruise (CNY 2008 Trips)

Malacca (Melaka) state administration develops the river since 2005 to 'pollution-free water', gardens on its banks and pedestrian walkways along the river. This is the river where the war begin and end, and also the place where Melaka (Malacca) began. It was a busy port and a tourism river today. The Malacca River was dubbed as "Venice of the East" by European seafarers.

I take this CNY holiday to visit this glorious history river. The jetty is at the opposite of Traffic Police HQ after the Dutch Square (so called Red House). N2 11.588 E102 14.834

Location map of the Jetty

(Refer from the map). I was confusing when I saw another jetty at the Dutch Square, but the boat men ask us to get the jetty at the place mention above.

45 minutes journey for MYR5.00 (adult) & MYR2.00 (children). There must be a minimum of 8 persons for each fiberglass boat ride. My daughter was very excited because this is her first boat ride. (Best ride time 5pm-7pm)

Beautiful sunset with the boat......

Inside the boat....

You will see the first building on your left.......

On the right.....the Dutch Square

There are many bridges along the river which serving the residents of left & right riverbanks.
The first bridge was Tan Kim Seng Bridge. The bridge captured by the Portuguese on 1511, purpose is to break down the communication line, and subsequently gain a significant advantage to win the war.

And follow by Chan Koon Cheng Bridge which built on 1908. It was a steel fabricated bridge and reconstructed on 1963 to concrete bridge.

Further up, another pedestrian footbridge called Kg. Jawa Bridge also known as 'Ghost Bridge'! But I can't find any mythical reasons with it.

Next to it is Pasar (market) Bridge which links a village with the former Central Market.

Follow by, Hang Tuah Bridge. Hang Tuah was the hero of Sultanate of Malacca in the 15th century. On the right bank was Cathay Cinema which closed down in the late 1990's.

After the bridge, the "Eyes of Malacca" appear clearly in front of you......

Then you will explore the typical Malay village - Kampung Morten on the left. This village located in the heart of Malacca town. It's considered as a living museum because of villagers still preserving the old living life style and the unique architecture of their houses. (Till this point, my daughter fall sleep...)



After the village, the boat make a U turn back.......

Some nice pictures along the riverbank.....

Public Washroom at the riverbank

Most of the houses built along the riverbanks during Dutch rule are featuring long and narrow architectural design, because owners of long and narrow buildings did not have to pay tax. I just realize on this trip!



I took this photo while the boat almost reach the jetty.....

The Dutch Harbour Cafe

The street beside the jetty.......

Informations source : AmazingMelaka.com

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Famous Authentic Seremban Baked Crab (CNY 2008 Trips)

We heard about this famous authentic Seremban baked crab long time ago, but I just don't have chance to taste it. After my trips from Kuala Pilah, I drive to the Seremban town through 51 road. It's took about 30 minutes to reach the town. You can see many Dragon Fruit farms along the road, and also many fruit stalls at road site selling this red special fruit.
The first mission at Seremban town was searching for the Famous 'Siew-Pow'. But unfortunately after follow Malsingmaps Poi's........the two shops actually do not exist.
So we decided to take our dinner earlier.
Follow the GPS device, it's route us to this restaurant - "Seremban Seafood Village" N2°43.985' E101°56.065'. (located at No. 3720-3724, Jalan Tuanku Munawir. Tel : 06-7641260)
It's really surprise me that this restaurant was so crowded in this evening!

Map of "Seremban Seafood Village"

Seremban Seafood Village

The order :-
* Seremban famous authentic crab (Baked)
* Steam fish
* Famous tau-fu from this restaurant
* Vege

Baked Crab (Signature dish of the restaurant)
1 KG = MYR40.00 & MYR42.00 (with egg)

The foods was so delicious especially the crab that serve with the special sauce. Worth visit again!

My rating :-
Foods - 4/5
Service - 4/5
Environment - 4/5
Price - 4/5

The queue was so long when we leave the restaurant. After dinner, we have a walk at Seremban Parade......then back home.

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Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan (CNY 2008 Trips)

Kuala Pilah is a town in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is also the name of a district of the same name. It is a nice old valley town with many of the pre-war Chinese shophouses still fronting the main streets. This is one of the better places to savour Minangkabau food and there are a few Nasi Padang foodstalls that serve piping hot rice with a variety of savoury, spicy dishes you can choose from......for more, please visit wiki.

Street of Kuala Pilah

My purpose of traveling to this historical town is because of one old Chinese temple - 'San Sheng Khong'. The age of the temple is more than a decade. And many items & equipment in this temple was ship from China since Qing Dynasty.
Located at : N2°44.494 E102°14.936

Beautiful!

Just right opposite of this temple, there's some kind of wall erected by Martin Lister - British resident of Negeri Sembilan. (1889-1897)

Front

Back

And I found out the surrounding of this garden names 'Chinese Garden'.

Peoples are friendly over here, I had a chat with the locals and found out this Chinese garden was built for Temple function during every year. But some said, it's actually the British wanna block the 'Feng Shui' of this temple........

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Tampin (CNY 2008 Trips)

Tampin is a small town established in 1832. The name of Tampin is gets from the container or pouch weaved from the pandanus fronds. The container was used to store condiments such as the kelamai or dodol and the shrimp paste belacan. For more information, please visit wiki.

There are 2 things attract me to this small town......
The Longkang Mee (Drain noodle) and the border of N. Sembilan and Melaka (Malacca).
The history of this noodle is about more than 80 years ago and it's name Long Kang mee because the stall was setup beside the drain when the owner started the business. But today they beautify it with "Long Jiang Mian" and forget about the word 'drain'.
Located at N2°28.026 E102°13.794

Too bad I found it during their break time! No luck!
Business hour : 8am - 2pm, 7pm - 11pm.

This sign age shows the border line of Malacca and Negeri Sembilan. The shops beside has different address. N2°27.982 E102°13.883



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* Long Jiang Mee (Noodle), Tampin

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Lotus Village (Kampung Teratai), Johor.

N2°20.124 E102°43.276
I visited this hidden village during second day of CNY 2008. Along the way, it's all you can see rubber & palm oil estate. About 45 minutes driving from Bukit Gambir.

Map to Lotus Village

The local name it "Lotus Village" because of this lotus pond.

In this small cowboy town, you will feel peaceful naturally.
You won't see luxury houses accept wooden house. There's no good food around here......but what you can have is still "Peaceful"!!

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