Baba-Nonya Heritage Museum Melaka

Pada hari Jumat, 22 Juni 2012 pagi hari buta kami sudah packing-packing. Setelah pamit dan pada host kami yang baik hati – Emiko - . Pukul 6.15 pagi kami sudah berangkat menuju pool bus yang akan mengantarkan kami ke Melaka. Bus dijadwalkan berangkat pukul 8 pagi. Harga tiket Singapore – Melaka adalah SIN$ 21/orang atau sekitar 150 ribu …

24 August 2006 (Thursday)
I woke up at 6.30am and prepared for the coach back to Jerantut at 7.45am. I munched on a packet of biscuit for breakfast, which I bought at the mini-mart yesterday. While waiting for the coach to arrive, I observed the sunrise for a few minutes before the sun was engulfed by the morning mist, but long enough to have a …

Crossing the border

Like everything so far in Asia the border crossing was one of the easiest. Our bus stopped, dropped us off at customs and then at immigration and we were all done and on our way to Melaka in Malasyia.


A bit about Melaka

The Melaka Sultante founded the city in the early fifteenth century and it …

... ) traditional food served in the traditional Peranakan interior of Cafe 1511. It's right next door to the Baba Nonya Heritage Museum. Rene's Nonya Popiah was a kind of savoury pankake stuffed with sweet potato, beansprouts, chilli and chopped vegetables. ...

... who married Malay women.  These have unfortunately mostly fallen into disrepair apart from one good example housing the Baba-Nonya Heritage Museum, which was covered in ornate tiles and elaborate carvings.  We stopped for a while in a local ...

... heard Hu Jintao the current Chinese President was going to be in town on the 11th. We waited in a crowd near the Baba-Nonya Heritage Museum and were moved on several times by the police and their "tight security". The next day Leesun from the guest ...

... Melaka, lots of lovely old buildings and some stunning Chinese Temples. Today was my last day and we fitted in the Baba Nonya Heritage Museum which is basically an old house of wealthy decendants of Chinese and Malays who married (I think the men are ...

... and strolled up the narrow street running parallel to Jonker Street. There were quite a few nicely restored shophouses, particularly the Baba-Nonya Heritage Museum. We were wanting to get something to eat in one of the art cafes but they all seemed to ...

... previous evening, and set off down part of the Chinatown district.  Our first port of call was the Baba-Nonya Heritage Museum, which gave a fascinating insight into the lives of an extremely well-to-do Straits Chinese family through exploration ...

... had finished most of the attractions I wanted to see in Malacca. After breakfast, I headed for Chinatown. I had missed the Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum the  previous day because it was closed when I reached it. The Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum (MYR$8, ...

... paid 50p each and had entered possibly one of the most boring museums in the world - who cares - it was cool! Baba-Nonya Heritage Museum was a beautifully restored house where you can take a 1 hour tour to understand the culture and diversity of ...