Stranded in Malacca (nearly)
Today, I went on a day trip from KL to Malacca as I've never been before. I want to share a teaser post with you first as I'm stuck in a taxi right now. Bear with me, and I will explain.
My day started off with a traditional local breakfast at a really busy restaurant right next to my hotel. In fact I went there for brunch yesterday with friends and waited something like 20 minutes for a table. It was absolutely packed! This morning the wait was quicker as there were only the two of us. Their kaya toast is so yummy!
The journey to Malacca is about two hours, and we caught the 10am coach which cost RM20 for the two of us which is less than USD5.
Most of my photos are in my DSLR camera so I've only managed to get some still clips from the videos I took on my mobile to share with you, Anyway, after a yummy lunch we went for a stroll along the river, then headed up to the Bandar Hilir to see the Stadthuys which is the old town hall built by the Dutch in the 17 the century , and the St Paul's Church. The latter is said to be the oldest church in South East Asia and was built around the 16th century by the Portuguese.
The church gradually fell to derelict till recent years where the authorities have started to restore it. They even have a lot of these stone slabs which used to be on the church floor, and are now on display.
One tourist attraction which I found somewhat annoying in Malacca are these cheesy tourist cycles. There are all sorts of styles from Hello Kitty, Superman, Elsa from Frozen and Picachua (is that how you spell it?) and they blast out loud music when they go around town 😣
Anyway, we decided to have dinner at Malacca before heading back to KL. We got to the bus terminus at around 8pm as we're due to leave Malaysia tomorrow morning. When we got there, we discovered all the coach tickets back to KL for the day had sold out!!! Whaaaat!!!
I panicked and immediately messaged my local friends for help. Luckily help was on hand very quickly and they told me to grab a taxi back instead. Thank you @zord189!!
So that's why I'm writing a post now as I'm stuck in my USD60 taxi ride instead of my USD5 coach ride in the traffic jam on a Sunday evening!
Oh guess what? Nearly three hours later, I'm finally back in KL! Yeah!!
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Omai 😳, luckily you managed to reach back KL safely
Yeah, but maybe I over reacted a bit and went into immediate panic mode :-(
Hahaha, I'm glad you've reached home and still manage to blog... thank God the jam ISNT THAT BAD! Sometimes the highway is jam for 4-6 hours...
The driver said it might take something loke.4 hours as well!! Parts of the journey was quite bad that's why I was able to write otherwise I would end up with motion sickness as well 🤢
Thanks for your help!!!
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Sunday night many from outstation back to the capital for Monday start work, luckily u reach in time.
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The traffic was quite busy all along actually, but luckily it was a fixed fee so I didn't have to worry
OMG. Amazing minions and hello kitty trishaws. haha.
So are you a minion or hello kitty man ^_^
None of the above. :-)
Not a problem !!!
Waha, next to Pikachu
Sounds like an experience, lol. I've heard Malacca is a very scenic place, hope you enjoyed your day there at least.
We just wandered around town, but it was very nice
😄👍