First Melaka city centre walk in 5 months...

Five days ago I made an article called First KL city centre walk in 5 months.... Today I'd like to make an article with similar vein, with a title that should also be self explanatory...

Monday noon I went to the Housing Ministry building at Putrajaya to sort out some papers.

The main destination of the day is however the city of Melaka. Putrajaya happened to be on the way.

I was following a friend who wanted to go to a seminar we are both interested in, to be held at Ayer Keroh on Tuesday. Upon arriving in the city we stopped by at a museum where he needed to get some books. This is a view from the museum ground. It stood close to the summit of the city centre's main hill.

A look inside...

We then went to the old mosque at Kampung Hulu. It has been some time since I visited this mosque, the main reason being the poor condition of my right leg as explained in First KL city centre walk in 5 months....

It was under renovation. So the main hall was closed. We could see a pair of cannons near the entrance temporarily dismantled.

Perhaps it would be polished later.

From the mosque we took a narrow path towards the tomb of an olden religious figure. It should be only 200-300 metres from the mosque but that is enough to challenge me in my current poor leg condition.

The path takes one to a village called Kampung Ketek.

There, we have reached the tomb ground.

Here is the main tomb.

It belongs to a saintly religious master from Aceh called Sheikh Shamsuddin Sumatrani. He passed away in around 1629 AD.

Next we went to Kampung (village of) Duyung where a new tourist attraction has been opened. Look at the article Hang Tuah Center in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART).

We also visited the Perigi (well of) Hang Tuah at another part of Duyung, a well said to have been dugged by Hang Tuah, the famous Malay warrior from the golden age of the Melaka Sultanate (around 15th century AD).

A brief look at the old mosque of Duyung and the tombs beside it.

Then we rest at Apa Kaba Guest House at the city centre.

A look outside...