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MALACCA "MELAKA", MALAYSIA
is the oldest city and declared by UNESCO as one of the World Heritage sites on 7th of July 2008 due to nations abundance in history and diverse culture from Portuguese, Dutch and British colonial that made it an excellent destination to the tourist and travelers.


Everyone can immerse themselves in their culture and explore Malacca best by foot or Trishaw.
There's a lot of historical structures preserved for the local, tourist and new generations to see and to learn its story. 

HOW TO GET TO MALACCA from SINGAPORE?
A. BY BUS: we book our bus thru (click this link) REDBUS and EASYBOOK.
You can choose to travel at your preferred time, route and bus operator. Mostly the last stop will be at Melaka Sentral and some bus operators last stop will be on the hotels near the attraction sites.
You can also buy your ticket on the spot on designated bus terminals around Singapore like Golden Mile Complex,  Big Box (Jurong East), City Plaza (Paya Lebar), Queen Street (Bugis), Boon Lay, Tanjong Katong Complex, etc. It will take you 3 1/2 hours - 4 hours trip but some of my friends says some will take up to 5 - 6 hours depends on bus operators.


The Daily Fix Cafe, one of the popular cafe must try if you want a nice authentic homey breakfast fix along Jonker Street.

to fill my tummy all day, here's my fuel for the day!
Caramel Latte RM 10.00
The Lot RM 19.00


Location: Jalan Hang Jebat, Melaka, Malaysia
Website: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyfixcafe

Our first stop... Visitor's Information Center to take some brochures and to make sure we can visit all the attractions and heritage sites :)

Stadthuys (City Hall) and Clock tower built on 1650 during Dutch colonial and also known as Red Square because of its exterior structure situated at the heart of Malacca City. It was a residential place of dutch governors and officer in the past and became museum showing the history and culture of the Malaccans.

Location: Jalan Gereja, Bandar Hilir, 75000 Melaka, Malaysia

Christ Church, an 18th century structure built by the Dutch in 1753 and the oldest functioning Protestant church. Anyone can easily recognize the church because of its red colored building with a big white cross at the center of the church. 

Location: Jalan Kota, Melaka, Malaysia

Queen Victoria's Fountain symbolizes the glorious days of British Colonization in Malaysia and can be found near the Christ Church and Clock tower. It was built by the British in 1901 and still noted to be functioning.

Location: Jalan Gereja, Melaka, Malaysia

A Famosa Fort is one of the oldest European fortress and one of the best sightseeing spot in Malacca.


Location: Jalan Parameswara, Bandar Hilir, Melaka, Malaysia

St. Paul's Church built in 1521 dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a historic and oldest church in South East Asia situated at St. Paul's Hill. Statue of St. Francis Xavier was built in 1953, made of marble and was erected in front of the ruins in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of his sojourn in Malacca. The arm less statue of St. Francis Xavier was accidentally cut off and said that a big casuarina tree fall that cause it to be broken.

Historical Tombstones of Malacca lined inside the ruins of the church. At the top of the hill you can see a good view of the surrounding city including the other historical sites.


Location: Jalan Kota Bandar, Hilir, Melaka, Malaysia


Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum is replica of an ancient Malay Kingdom palace and became museum to show what Malacca had on the past.


Location: Jalan Kota, Melaka, Malaysia

Flor de La Mar Maritime "Flower of the Sea" is a replica of a Portuguese ship which sank on the Indian Ocean in 1511, housed in Maritime museum in Malacca City.


Location: Jalan Merdeka, Bandar Hilir, Melaka, Malaysia


Menara Taming Sari is first and only revolving gyro tower in Malacca, 100 meters in height offering a 360 degree panoramic view of the city.

The capacity of the carriage is 80 passengers and it will take up to 7 minutes.
view at the top of observatory tower

Location: Jalan Medeka, Bandar Hilir, Melaka, Malaysia
Rate: RM 20.00

Melaka River, another considerable way and one of the recommended things to do when you want to explore Melaka is by riding a boat known as Melaka River Cruise. You can catch sight of colorful mural, graffiti painted on buildings and houses.

Location: Malacca Town
                 Muara Jetty and Taman Rempah Jetty
Rate: Adult/ Child = RM 15.00/7.00 (river cruise ride)
Time: 9 am to 11:30 pm

Jonker Street, is known as Chinatown of Malacca. Famous as a shopping center for clothing, craft, food hubs and every weekend starting on friday street turned into night market.
Getting to know the city... roam around and discover their heritage and culture.
   FOOD STREET IN JONKER
GULA MELAKA FLAVORED ICE DROP 
gotta catch em all Pokemon! POKEMON ICE CREAM
COCONUT ICE CREAM
DEEP FRIED CHICKEN ON STICK
All the food was good, tasty and very cheap.

Location: Jalan Hang Jebat, Melaka, Malaysia

We really enjoyed our Malacca trip especially the night market and food street. Learning the background, visiting historical sites, experiencing a bit of life in Malacca while having a fully loaded, authentic, nice food was a great  experience. I will definitely come back and try more local foods and visit places that I've never been before.



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What is the first place will come into your mind when you're hungry and at the same time travelling up north?
TARLAC!

BRIEF HISTORY

Tarlac's name is a Hispanized derivation from a "talahib" weed called Malatarlak.
The province is located at the center of the central plains of Luzon and surrounded by several mountains. Main languages used were Kapampangan and Ilocano.

Tarlac is the usual bus stop for commuters travelling North Luzon and a lot of bus lines can be seen at Siesta and Motorway along McArthur Highway.

HOW TO GET THERE?

By Bus:
If your coming from Manila, there are bus lines operating to get you to Tarlac like Five Star and Victory Liner.
Fare: more or less P250.00 (one-way)

Tarlac have something to offer for travellers and tourist and not merely a stopover place. My family and I decided to go Gerona, San Jose and Tarlac City for some family roadtrip.

Tarlac City


Kart City Tarlac (KCT)

When i was young my favorite thing to do when I'm in the amusement parks like Star City is to ride bump cars and when were in Timezone car race and now where here at Kart City to try kart racing!

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San Jose, Tarlac


San Jose is the third-class municipality of Tarlac province. In this town you can see one of the popular tourist destinations Tarlakeños proud to offer.

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Gerona, Tarlac


Gerona, Tarlac is a first-class municipality of Tarlac province passing McArthur highway.
Never missed the chance to dine in a unique themed restaurant in the middle of the highway if your going to the North.
Isdaan Floating Restaurant (Tarlac)



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Indeed Tarlac is not just a sojourn for tourist and travellers.
Visit Tarlac and discover more places, adventure and foods.



Read more about this trip! TARLAC

                 Kart City Tarlac (KCT)
            Monasterio de Tarlac
            Isdaan Floating Restaurant and Fun Park




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Gerona, Tarlac

Gerona, Tarlac is a first-class municipality of Tarlac province passing McArthur highway.
Never missed the chance to dine in a unique themed restaurant in the middle of the highway if your going to the North.

After travelling to Kart City and Monasterio de Tarlac now we go on to Filipino food-trip. One of the must try to visit places to eat here in Tarlac in the Isdaan Floating Restaurant (Tarlac). There is another location when your going to south, Laguna Branch (National Highway, Calauan, Laguna)

Upon entering you will be greeted by this "buhay probinsya" feeling. Nipa Huts (Bahay Kubo) and a man-made pond where you can go fishing for "Tilapia" and ask them to cook it for you.


When we arrive there it was almost 2pm and were on the waiting list. To kill the time and before my boredom strike, I ask if some of us can go in to roam around the place and the staff was nice to allow us.

President Erap

"Bulag, Pipi at Bingi"




then we came across with this TACSIYAPO Wall release your anger

"ilabas ang sama ng loob"
What is Tacsiyapo? A Kampampangan word for cursing means "shame on you".

Taksil, Intrigera, Sipsip, Magnanakaw, Boss, etc. Tacsiyapo!
You need to pay for the thing you will throw and prices vary depends on what you will choose
A place when you can vent your anger in a quirky way by throwing things into the wall like plates, cups, vase, pitcher, bowls, clocks and even television. Say who's the person/event then "Tacsiyapo!" instead of saying vulgar words. Employees of this restaurant have the opportunity to vent their anger on their own exclusive wall "Mareklamong Customer" Cool!

ordering time... gutom na gutom na kami!


 
Mangan Tanyon (Ilocano)
Mangan Tamu (Kapampangan)
means Let's Eat!

We ordered Championship Round good for 8 persons
All our favourite pinoy food and the nice thing was the rice was serve in a mini caldero good for 1 person (no photo)
Photo first I know they were so ready to feast on this Championship Round boodle fight! :)

Note: they will give you a bowl of water to wash you hands before and after meal

Harana Boys? 
This guys will come into every kubo to sing local songs while having your meal.

 if you want to request for massage you can also ask for it and they have some staff to do it for P350.00

 after having a full meal some of us continue to roam around the are and take some photos.






Another well spent day with my family.









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