A Day Trip Across the Causeway

Another very out-dated post which was suppose to be up long ago ..

Early last month, I took a road trip up to Malacca and Muar with my family and some of my relatives from my mom's side of the family.

Woke up bright and early at 5am and picked up Y and my auntie at Sembawang before heading across the Causeway to meet up with my family.

First stop was Ah Koong Fishball for breakfast.

Ah Koong Restaurant

No. 266, Jalan Sutera,Taman Sentosa,

80150 Johor Bahru. Johor. Malaysia

Fishball dishes aplenty

The shop enjoyed brisk business

Fishball dishes galore

J's Mee Ta. Love the sauce.

I ordered the Bee Tai Mak Tng

Y's Kway Tiao Ta

C the chefs here machiam cooking in hotel.

Menu on the board

Meiying and Yingmei

J and Me. Our group was too big so we sat at different tables.

 
After a very satisfying breakfast, we had ourself some kart racing adrenaline rush at the Permas Go Kart

Permas Go Kart

Lot 1195 Jalan Bunga Matahari

Taman Plentong Baru

81750 Johor Bahru

Rows of karts waiting for us

Signing in at the counter

Posing with the helmets and go karts but why can only see part of the karts?

J with his kart

Me in my kart

Mum also joined in the action

At the spectators stand watching my bro and cousins go a second round

My Bro showing off

My cousins. They really drove very fast. I think they will be dangers on the road when they get their license.

My bro coming in for another round

The result of being hao lian. Almost lost control of his kart
The boys enjoying themselves.

This was the long, bumpy road that we had to take before we could reach the track.

After all the fun under the sun at the go kart, we finally made our way down to Malacca. It was a 1.5 hour drive where I took the wheel for the better part of the journey.

Reaching Malacca, we were greeted by these rows and rows of brick red shop houses. The buildings and food are influenced by the Portugese, Dutch and British.

Jonker Walk. It starts getting lively here at night..

It was 2+ when we reached Malacca and most of the eating places were either full or were already past their last order. We wanted to try the famed chicken rice balls but the queue was freaking long.

Another place where there was no more food ..

So wehad to venture further for our search for lunch..

Finally. A place where they were still serving lunch.

Open concept kitchen

We were very hungry so there was no time to take pictures after the food was served. We tried their chendol and it was DELICIOUS!!

We explored Jonker walk after our very late lunch .. Jonker walk, once the richman's street is now a living proof of Malacca's rich baba-nyonya heritage. The buildings are immaculately constructed with elaborate carvings on its pillars and walls. The street is also famous for its antique shops.

My parents got this amazing lady to compose poems with our names for us.

After all that walking, we needed a break to rest our tired feet

Then we made our way down to Christ Church and along the way we stopped for some phototaking. Can see the Maritime Museum. 

No!! Cannot take my photo. Love this little cousin of mine..

A group picture in front of The Stadthuys before we head up St Paul Hill. The Stadthuys (1650) was the official residence of the Dutch Governor. It now houses the Historic Museum and Ethnography Museum which has many traditional bridal costumes and relics on display. Nearby, one will also find the Christ Church built in 1753, another fine example of the Dutch architecture.

Almost there ..

Here's St Paul Church up on the hill. Once the prayer house of the Portuguese Catholics, then turned into burial ground for their noble dead by the Dutch. The tombstones have Latin and Portuguese inscriptions on them. St. Francis Xavier was buried here in 1553 before his body was moved to Goa in India.

A family photo up on the hill.

Then we started on the long way down the hill to head to Muar.

Slowly walking down..

Almost there ..

Finally reached the base of the hill.

We were too tired to take any photos and it was dark when we reached Muar .. We settled our dinner there, bought some Muar otah (which were very nice) and made our way back to Singapore.