short trip to malacca

we went back to daddy's hometown in malacca over the weekend, mainly to visit relatives and hopefully do some sightseeing and eat yummy food!

it was a 4-hr coach trip so we have to prepare lots of stuffs to keep ourselves (aka chloe & gaby) occupied and comfortable. so without further a due, let the journey begin!

Day ONE
happy camper... enjoying the scenery along the way.

and the MUST-HAVE items for chloe... her pacy and pillow!

we stayed at 三姨婆 house during this trip and the kids got acquainted with their distant cousins, Denise and Adrian who were 8 & 6 years old respectively. They warmed up to each other after the elder kids brought a whole basket of toys to share with the little ones! 1st evening was spent at Tesco, stocking up diapers and milk powder for the little ones.

Day TWO
We went to daddy's grandpa's old house in Tanjung Kling and visited another relative who lived next door. While the elders chit-chatted, we waited patiently for the rain to stop so that we can go explore the beach about 100m away from the old house.

once the rain had stopped, one of the relative brought us to the nearby mushroom plant where they grew the smaller version of the abalone mushrooms. we got to see 1st hand how it is grown; which was really interesting.

the mushroom that have sprouted for a about a week...

these are almost 2 weeks old... another few more days and they will be ready to be harvested.

gaby and daddy at one of the mushroom nursery racks.

next up was a short stroll to the marine club house nearby for some photo-taking. chloe was so happy when she saw the azure blue swimming pool and kept saying she wants to go swimming! :)

sitting in front of the pool with daddy - behind them is the sea!

lunch was at another relative's place and later that nite, we went to the famous jonker walk. basically it's just like chinatown's pasar malam and was super crowded - gaby lost one of his sandals there. oh well...

the interesting part was their trishaws; fully decorated with tonnes of flowers and lights.

day THREE
last day to explore malacca during the day - let the photos tell it all.

the scorching hot sunny day...

the ship museum

we all went up the revolving tower - tebing sari which goes up 800m above ground to have a quick overview of malacca town.

can you spot 'eye on malaysia'... the tiny ferris-wheel on the left?

along the malacca river... this is the structure i like the most.

and it so happened that there was a dragon boat race ongoing...

rowing towards the finish line...

and this is the famous malacca chicken rice balls that looked like fish-balls and the all time favourite; nonya cendol.

day FOUR
the day we hit the road back to singapore... and that pretty much sums up our short trip. it was tiring since chloe decided that she only wants to be carried ALL the time while we're out. but overall it was a good experience for the kids, especially getting to know their distant cousins.

we'll surely be back next time.