Malacca Trip 2018 - Day 3 - Seafood Buffet Dinner at Hatten Hotel, Melaka

For dinner, we had seafood buffet at Hatten Hotel, wow it was really worth for senior citizen, we had 50% discount for both of us. Did not take photos of all the food. Was sumptous and lots of varieties.

We had fun DIY the chendol dessert.

Malacca Trip 2018 - Day 3 - Sightseeing

Day 3, after a nice buffet breakfast, we went for some sightseeing and shopping.

Melaka Maritime Museum - Melaka Maritime Museum is a replica of the Flor de la Mar, a Portuguese ship said to have been carrying loot plundered from Malacca when it sank off the coast of Malacca on its way back to Portugal. Opened to the public in 1994, this unique museum is an enlightening trip back into Malacca’s past. Read more from website.

Opposite the museum is a small shopping market where they sold dried goods, clothes and souvenirs.

A’Famosa is perhaps Malacca’s best known sightseeing spot. Originally constructed by Alfonso de Albuquerque (who led the Portuguese invasion on the Malacca Sultanate), the remains of the fort is now a crumbling whitewashed gatehouse and is located downhill from St. Paul’s Church. Read more from website.

Melaka Sultanate Palace is a wooden replica of Sultan Mansur Shah’s 15th-century palace. Set at the base of St. Paul’s Hill it was painstakingly constructed in 1985 using traditional construction techniques and materials Read more from website.

Malacca Proclamation of Independence Memorial displays records and photographs on the early history of the Malay Sultanate. It's divided into several sections, the memorial also houses an extensive timeline covering the country’s journey to independence and the development of modern Malaysia. Read more from: website.

Street scene near our hotel.

Malacca Trip 2018 - Day 3 - Daily Buffet Breakfast at Hatten Hotel, Malacca

Every morning, we looked forward to the morning buffet breakfast, lots of variety of food, my favourite must be the glutinous rice and the mee siam. The rest of the food were wonderful.

Malacca Trip 2018 Day 2 - Jonker Street Night Market

At night, we headed back to Jonker Street for the night market. The night market are opened only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday Night. It was just a short walk from our hotel to Jonker Street.

We had dinner at the night market. Nice Char Kway Teow RM5 and Chee Cheong Fun RM6 (the Chee Cheong Fun/steamed rice rolls comes with Yong Tau Fu).
To end our night market outing at Jonker Street, we had Satay RM1 per stick.
Something interesting about Malacca was these colourful and loud trishaws.

Malacca Trip 2018 - Day 2 - Melaka River Cruise

After touring Jonker Street, we went for a boat cruise along Melaka River. We could feel some breeze during the cruise. On both sides of the river banks, there are buildings and houses that were painted with murals.

Video of Melaka River Cruise