View of Malacca Straits from outside the chapel at ST. Francis Hill with the Taming Sari and the Eye on Malaysia in the foreground
Statue of St. Francis Xavier who preached and died in Malacca and was briefly buried there before he was exhumed and moved.
The remains of a chapel with numerous memorials to Dutch, Portugese and English parishioners of the past.
The bright and colourful trishaws available to transport tourists around Malacca town.
The only movable large ferris wheel in Malaysia which will make a tour across all the states in Malaysia starting with Malacca.
On our recent trip back to Malaysia, my close friend, Shirley invited us to visit her in Malacca. I have not been to Malacca for almost 10 years so decided to take her up on her offer. My two other close friends based in Kuala Lumpur drove down with us and we stayed overnight.
It is quite a change from when I visited last. Going on a Sunday was also a no - no as there was traffic jam all over town as I understand the Singaporeans love to drive up to Malacca for the weekend.
We did a few tourist attractions including taking a ride on the Eye on Malaysia ferris wheel which is visiting Malacca for the year after being in KL for 2 years. We did it at night and I must admit I do not advise a night ride as there was not too much to see in Malacca in terms of night lights.
We had a great stay catching up with friends and tasting the local delicacies including chicken rice balls, now everywhere in Malacca.
What I missed was the trademark bullock cart pulled by buffaloes where we once took a ride around the padang as in place is now a shopping centre and no water buffaloes in sight. The price we pay for modernisation!
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