What do you get with 'crazy' high school friends when they meet during CNY? They make an on the spot decision to go 'jalan jalan' - to Muar!
Yes that's what my friends and I did recently - which we call it the '1 Hour Trip (Limited) To Muar' (Limited because we only had an hour there!).
Our trip actually started off only to Merlimau (a place off Malacca town). But because we took a longer route which was heading to Muar, we then decided to just go to our neighbouring town instead.It was quite nice passing through the kampungs. And we knew we were on the right track 40 minutes down the road once we started seeing the unmistakable Muar bridge (this btw is like the major landmark for those coming from Malacca).
We then started to find our way to the popular food street, but before we come to that we passed some old buildings in the old town.
Everything seems authentic - and in a way frozen in time.
There's even a house that looks quite Peranakan, with its beautiful carvings and all.
This old house is pretty cool, with its tiles and even the smaller carved doors, which I think even now in Malacca is hard to find (lots have been stolen or the owners are now too scared to display them already).
As it was New Year, some celebrated with lanterns - simple ones.
And not far away more lanterns... which in fact covers the whole street!
Yes, with a bit of navigation, we arrived to our destination - the popular food street in Muar - which was a colouful sight (& a delicious one too)!The Muar food is coming up next! :)
good morning Quachee, i havent been to Muar...seeing the pics remind me of Malacca town...
ReplyDeletemuar food pics next?
hey QC, Happy Chinese New Year. Chap Goh Meh is today!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe "feel" of these small towns is really different from those of KL, PJ, Ipoh, Penang, JB etc huh? :P
ReplyDeleteHappy Chap Goh Meh~
Very Spontaneous, but at least you got some great photograps! I enjoyed them a lot!
ReplyDeleteSometimes me and my friends also make 'on the spot' decisions. It's good to do things spontaneously once in a while : )
ReplyDeleteNice photos of the buildings and streets. Look forward to your next post on Muar food!
Nice and inspiring.
ReplyDeletethere is a nice WAN TAN MEE noddle shop at the "wai sek kai" open only for lunch... i love it so much
ReplyDeletethen the corner shop sells good kopi powder... cawan emas
hehehe i couldn't agree more! muar is very famous with its foods! i can't say that penang can't beat the foods there (Lol), but it has different taste and style too :)
ReplyDeleteyou can have a peak on some post when i was in muar... here.
hehehe lucky you as getting fat seem impossible to you :P
hye quachee..muar is near to melaka..datang la sini..hehe..
ReplyDeleteMuar...it's been a while since I last been there. I went to the river bank. There are lots of people over there. But I just couldn't recall the name of the place... :D
ReplyDeletei didnt know Muar is a food haven. i shud stop there some time
ReplyDelete@reanaclaire
ReplyDeletetry to make a trip when you can - maybe do a malacca/ muar hehe
@jerryinc
thanks for the wishes. and sorry this is a late reply.
@day dreamer
ya its quite different heh. always got some kind of 'character' in them :)
@multi screen
thanks. glad u like them :)
@foongpc
ya, on the spot decisions like these are really nice haha!
@jl
thank you. traveling is fun haha :)
@zbjernak
thanks for info! ill check the kopi next time! :)
@faisal
thanks. haha penang always say their food is best! :)
@tun teja
u from melaka? haha i am too!!! :)
@tekkaus
ya, i think i want to explore more of muar too! :)
@bengbeng
yes on yr next trip to peninsula :)