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Monday, February 9, 2009

Jonker Walk and Dataran Sungai Melaka at Malacca

Jonker Walk is a street where you can find rich baba-nyonya heritage. The buildings are immaculately constructed with elaborate carvings on its pillars and walls.

The street is famous for its antique shops.

Traders also setting up stalls to sell all kind of products along the pedestrian street at Jonker Walk.

such as bag and cloths, antique copper coins, unique arts and crafts, souvenirs, ornamental jewelry, wooden clogs.

and other products associated with or reflect the cultural colours

Jonker street also is famous with Chicken Rice Ball.

The street is full of of shops and cafes selling a wide variety of foods and beverages.

The Geographer Cafe located at the middle of the street is especially known among the foreign visitors.

About 10 minutes walking distance from Jonker Walk, you can find the Dataran Sungai Melaka.

where you can take a ride on a boat to see around Malacca River

It have been changing a lot since I visited Malacca 10 years ago and Malacca is a great place to visit. I hope I can come back here again to taste the food here.

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