A night walkabout in Melaka...

This is the tomb of the famous 15th century Melaka warrior, Hang Kasturi...

So what is this person doing in front of the gates of the tomb?

Well, for one, the tomb is situated at Jonker Street in Melaka city centre. The person seen in the previous picture was just selling his wares in front of the tomb. That's all...

After visiting the Talang dam (look at the article A look at Talang Dam, the most upstream part of the Muar river... ) me and wife went to Melaka. It was on a Saturday night where some of the streets around here is closed for the weekend night flea market...

We then walked all the way down Jonker Street on to the Melaka river. The river now is very colourful and beautiful, a big difference from what it used to be some years back.

The river has been cleaned and beautified, concrete walkways made along its lengths at both sides...

I understand, a small dam or watergate system much like that used at the Camden canals in London has been in use in Melaka since a year or two. This is to ensure the waters of the river stay at a certain navigable level throughout the year at all times regardless of the season or change of tides.

Thus a walk along the Melaka river is now made to a very pleasant experience, a romantic one even. Why, I'd say it feels like some of the walks at some European cities I've been to. In fact I felt this is even better than Amsterdam and rather close to walking along the river Thames in London. I'd say the feeling I get when walking down the Melaka river noawadays is like being at Prague, the capital of Czech Republic which has the distinction of being one of the few European cities which managed to preserve large tracts of ancient building from eras such as the 15th century AD and before, a rare distinction indeed as many parts of old European cities were destroyed during the world wars...

Next we went to one of our most favourite spots in Melaka, the mosque of Kampung Hulu were we actually spent the rest of the night!




This is a recording of the happenings after I woke up for the early morning Subuh prayers there. Hope you guys like it. Cheers! :]