markets – Masters Adventures

Great day today, moseying round the small streets of the town. After a cosy night in the guest house, with a savage storm going on outside, we went hunting for breakfast. But not before another sun blinded photo (seems to be common!)

We ate in a gorgeous little antiques shop, that was using the antiques as the tables for customers. Really interesting setting and tasty, pastries and coffee.

We then spent an hour or so in the Baba and Noyna Heritage Museum, which is a fascinating history of social and cultural self-isolation. The resulting design, food and culture makes for great reading, and the museum was full of pictures and items telling the stories throughout the 7 generations of their history. Appropriately, cameras were banned inside, so you’ll have to take our word for it!

After the museum, we had a spot of lunch in a highly recommended spot called the The Daily Fix. The building (like many here it seems) had a stunning 10 foot square open topped courtyard smack bang in the middle, allowing light and rain to pass into the middle of a 40-50ft terrace location. sitting under the natural light, with plants all around, is really relaxing, and creates a lovely atmosphere. Food was fantastic too.

After lunch, we wandered around some more, popped back to the guest house for a chill. we had spotted a massive Tesco on our travels, so span out in the car to pick up some odds and ends for our travels. We finished up the day with a late meal on Jonker street, in a lovely open air cafe.

Leaving you today with a picture of Lily looking older than her years, settling into her book.

See you all soon 🙂

We had some fun in the pool this morning for only half an our because it started to rain. The pool was on the top floor, with a four foot edge that drained all the water and led to a ledge for better view of the harbor. Got quite spooky when the storm came in, as you could not see far at all!

We then set off for Malacca, the car ride took three hours and was very quiet on the road. We entertained ourselves by playing ninjas (again!) and then fell asleep.

We arrived at the guest house, which is on one of the tiny streets of Malacca town, just on the river. The town is beautiful, and is cut in half by a river with a number of pretty bridges.

We took a walk over to a very popular north Indian food place. While it looks like we had dinner in a car park, the food is stunning, and we gobbled the lot, washed down with mango lassi.

After tea, we had a wander through the streets, particularly the bustling market places and food stalls of Jonker Street. We will be going back, as there was so much to take in! Expect a more detailed explanation of this carnage later.

We finished up the day with a lovely ice cream and coffee by the river just 20 feet from our guest house, with river cruises and people bustling by as the sun set.