Back in History

On the 30th of April 2006, a few friends and I drove down to Melaka to take advantage of the long weekend. I was excited to go as it would my first time driving down south after a year. I missed the food there. This time I was armed with my camera to capture the beauty of Melaka. Its history is still very much visible through the buildings, culture and food. The first place we went was the chicken rice ball stall. It was "branch".After that we walked down the street and reached a river where a million people were fishing.And then we saw the oldest church in the history of Malaysia, still standing strong and proud of its ability to survive through the centuries. Before I forget, I came across this miniature windmill right after we crossed the bridge. This particular fountain beside the Stadthuys has a European influence in its design. Really nice. There should be one of this in every part of the country. No, this can't be possible. This is unique to Melaka and it should stay that way.We then walked into StadtHuys and visited 5 different museums. Here we saw the statue of Zheng He, supposely he was a Muslim and thats why the government is so proud to make it the biggest statue there. Whereas, all the famous Hangs, Hang Tuah and gang became Malays when they were Chinese. All the portraits bearing their purported images look cynically alike. What a way to re-tell history. Bravo sejarahwan negara. You have proven to be good at manipulating the truth to hide your insecurities. On a lighter side, there is some resemblence in the following pictures.

We walked up the steps that led us to the top of A'Famosa. Enjoy the pictures.It must be tough walking up those steps...
Check out www.see-not.blogspot.com for more picture I took in Melaka.
We enjoyed ourselves (Jinny is missing from the pictures because she is camera shy), I believe so, eating and walking around. Looking for the lost Peter in the midst of the massive crowd at the never sleeping Jonker Street on Sunday night. Next place to visit-Kuching and the whole of Borneo island on the Malaysian side.