Chinese New Year At Malacca

Like every other Chinese New Year, my family would drive down to Malacca to spend a week at my grandparents’ place. A little village far away from town, called “Tanjung Kling”. Malacca is a tourist attraction place, known for its Baba and Nyonya heritage and rich history. Life in Malacca is rather quiet and slow. A tranquil place for one to getaway and explores oneself. To me, Malacca can be a pretty “boring” place because I’m more of a city person. There’s not much of entertainment besides the usual pubs and shopping mall which can only be found in Malacca town. Not where my grandparents live though.

Anyway, my family drove down to Malacca on Chinese New Year eve and we spent 2 nights at Everly Resort Hotel (formally known as Reveria Bay Resort). A lovely resort but unfortunately the place was not well maintained.

That evening, we went to Jonker Street for countdown. There was lion dance performance and karaoke but no fireworks. Jonker’s Street, 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. Source

This year we had “Yee Sang”, which is something we don’t usually have.

My dearest drove down to Malacca on the next day. We went sight seeing and tour around Malacca snapping photos like any other tourists. Check out his pics here.

And this is my nephew. He’s only 10 months old.

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