Waiting for a seat at Capitol Satay Celup. It seems to be very popular!
Waiting for the sauce to come to the boil, with our satay sticks ready to cook.
Cooking...
... and eating.
The Church of St. Francis Xavier at night.
Looking down the street in the old Dutch area just up from the town square, nicely lit up at night.
The town square.
Still in the town square, looking towards Christ Church Melaka, the Anglican church.
Interesting trees in the town square.
Looking up the river (I think) from one of the bridges.
Back at the guesthouse. An open area with fish, looking from my bedroom door.
My bedroom.
A nice shopfront.
More nice shopfronts.
A Catholic church.
Inside the Church of St. Francis Xavier.
Stained glass windows.
Nice ceiling.
In a small (one room) museum at the church.
In the crypt under the church, where some people were buried.
The entrance to the crypt.
A small art gallery along the street.
Youth club uniforms, in the youth museum.
Boys' Brigade!
More uniforms.
Still in the youth museum. I am not sure quite what this was about.
"Traditional occupations of youth."
Looking down to the town square, from the balcony of a large art gallery above the youth museum.
In the art gallery above the youth museum. There were several workmen there in the middle of putting lots of paintings up (presumably), so many of the were still on the floor.
Christ Church Melaka again.
Lots of rickshaws parked in the town square, looking for tourists.
The fountain in the town square, in daylight this time.
Windmill across the road from the town square.
Up near some more museums, partway up Bukit St. Paul.
Museum of Literature, I think? I did not go inside.
Looking up at the ruins of St. Paul's, though I was not able to get up this way as there was a fence.
Ruins of Kota Melaka, down by the river again.
A replica waterwheel by the river.
St. Paul's Church ruins, up on the hill.
Inside the ruins, looking back towards the front entrance.
Looking down on the city from Bukit St. Paul.
Now looking towards the back of the ruins from the front entrance.
Statue by St. Paul's.
Still up by St. Paul's; I assume that this was the bell tower.
Another view of the city from Bukit St. Paul.
The upper story of an Islamic history museum.
The Islamic museum from across the street.
Lots of spinning tops. There was a whole exhibit about them at one of the museums.
At the same museum there was a big exhibit about kites.
Still at the same museum, this was part of an exhibit about painful things people do to themselves in the name of fashion. This, various forms of scarring, foot binding, and so on.
Ruins of another old fort; most of it was destroyed but just one part of the wall was left standing.
A food stall at Mahkota Parade mall. Kumara?
Pier full of restaurants and such, down by the expensive hotels on the waterfront.
The island.
Rickety boat docks near the river mouth.
Some graffiti.
Replica ship.
Panorama of the riverside. You can see the waterwheel and ship to the right, the fort (Kota Melaka) and tourist centre to the left.
Along Jonker Walk somewhere.
A Chinese clan house in the Jonker Walk area.
Tamil Methodist Church, along Jonker Walk.
"I'm fat with love." Okay then.
A mosque.
Looking up the river...
... and down.
Roadside foodcourt where I had some Indian food for MYR 3.50 (+ RM 0.20 for iced water); the owner was very friendly, and kept offering me more ("Try this, it is less spicy.", more vegetables, more water and ice).
Is the antenna high enough? This was the view out the back window of the guesthouse where I stayed in Melaka.
Looking towards a memorial in Bukit Cina park, from the end of the road my guesthouse was on.
Steamed duck for dinner at a place right beside my guesthouse.
Memorial at Bukit Cina to the Chinese killed by the Japanese.
Looking down at the memorial from partway up Bukit Cina.
The graveyard on Bukit Cina.
