Malaysia - Day 9

Day 9 - Monday 24 September:

For breakfast we all met up at a Chinese restaurant and had a variety of Dim Sum. I liked some of them, but others had a horrible texture. My favourite was BBQ pork inside a sweet dough (like this). From there we walked over to Joe's jewelery store where we had a look around, and he started telling us the history of Melaka as we began our historical tour around Melaka. We followed the ruins of the old fort around the edge of the city (well, what used to be the edge before they started reclaiming back so much land from the ocean). As I am not interested in history in the slightest, I got a bit bored, but everyone else seemed to find it interesting. 

After our tour we all met back at the Calathe Arts Cafe for lunch. From there us girls went back to Joe's jewelery store and a few of the boys went to the observation tower.  I sent about RM200 on 3 pieces of jewelery (all hand made) - 2 pairs of earrings for myself and a beautiful butterfly broach for my Nanna.  With our purchases we went back to the guest house to pack, and then started our journey back to the Luther Centre.

As we were waiting at the final major intersection before hitting the main highway we witnessed a severe car crash. Most of us were just drifting off to sleep and awoke to a loud bang. A truck coming from the other direction had lost control.  Involved were 3 trucks, 3 cars and 2 motorbikes. It was a traumatic sight to see and we were all a little bit in shock. We all prayed for those involved and their families, know yet knowing the outcome. We found out the following day there were 5 fatalities.

View from the observation tower

When we arrived back at the Luther Centre we were left to our own devices to get dinner.  We all walked in the direction we were told for Nandos, only to get a little lost. It took us 45 minutes to finally arrived at the restaurant, and as we were all annoyed, another 15 minutes of arguing to order, but it was delicious!  One the way back, we stopped at Maccas for icecream, and it was only a 20 min walk in total. (Also, if we were so inclined, for just RM3 Maccas would deliver - no minimum order!)