Friday, March 28, 2014

Love Letters, Graffiti and Arts - Malacca

Lets continue of my Malaysian sojourn.

Next on the journey was Malacca. Its very weird having to pass through the city of KL to travel by bus to either Penang or Malacca. So the best thing I figured out we could do was to take any transport that we could from the KLIA instead of going to KL. KL is so so far from the airport.

There are frequent buses to Malacca from the airport and the roads are really good. But by the time we reached Malacca and made our way to the heritage area for a hotel; it was well over 12:30 AM. It was the Christmas week and impossible to get hotel rooms but more than that; they were all shut. It is an experience to walk around with heavy backpacks; banging on doors like a thief in the hope of getting a guest house. But it was good to get the entire town to yourself; I mean imagine. You can stand and stare at anything as long as you want :-/ Thats paranoid right?

Anyway; the taxi driver was also sweet and he explained all the things and where we could find hotels but at that ghostly time; it was a challenge.

At one place; the landlord was quoting such a high price. We had to walk more and we finally managed to wake up some guy whose guest house had no vacancy but he managed to wake up another neighbor and we finally found a room. The morning was refreshing since the landlord offered coffee and biscuits called "Love Letters".  A full jar of Love Letters got reduced to less than half a jar in no time. It was yummy and after washing it down with the coffee; we set out to explore Malacca.



Most of the historical sites are within the 1 sq. mile area. You could do it by a bicycle or a walk. I would prefer walking anytime. Many reasons. It gives me the flexibility to pause, click and indulge in a conversation at any place. Why have the hassle of parking the bicycle and all that. If Penang was excellent, Malacca was out of the world. There is nothing special attached to it - no jazzy nightclubs, no super museums and all that. The simple charm and a laid back lifestyle is its speciality. Walking around the city, exploring it at a leisurely pace was all that it was to it.

A town abundant with graffiti and arts doesnt need anything extra. See it for yourself!
A wall, a drain pipe, a door, a roof - nah! nothing is spared.



















15 comments:

  1. B, these pics are different from what people may care to click. In fact many may not notice. I'm impressed by the graffiti on the optimism of poets.
    Far eastern stories of Somerset Maugham placed in and around Malacca and Malyan mainland wre some that impressed me.

    I notice that you are also less , far less in here blogging. I noticed today I have only three posts since Jan this year and the two came in this month. Something is happening .

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    1. Thank you for recognizing me as a (in)different traveller Anil. I go get awkward stares when I stop by to admire things like these but yeah I love all these simple things. These are the ones that add character to a place.

      I do end up logging to blogger but I must admit I cant find encouragement. I know its a sloppy thing to say. I will need to stop bothering and simply start writing

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  2. Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos. We have been to Penang a few times but not yet to Malacca. Will visit there soon.

    When I saw the title "Love Letters", I was thinking I am going to read some juicy news about some guy hitting on you. I am disappointed. HaHaHa.

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    1. SG,

      My pleasure. Malacca is too good to miss. You will for sure like it. Haaa I wish! but for some reason I dont get proposals :-/ I am too busy to even notice maybe

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  3. Absolutely a colorful,artful saga here at Malacca.Loved everything including your room-hunt at odd hours.But those make it a remarkable journey altogether..Cheers !

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    1. Thank you so much Melange. Oh! the room hunt. I missed posting pics of that 1 AM morning. In next post. Those are the ones that stand out isnt it?

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  4. Bindu,
    I ahve always termed as the travel ambassador on blogsphere.

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    1. Chowla sir, Thank you so much. I am just beginning

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  5. Hope to visit this lovely place someday!

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  6. Awesome snaps ..loved it. Creativity oozing out :)

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  7. Ha ha... like that ... give piss a chance.

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