Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Melaka (1st Road Trip) - 9th May 09

Initial plan was to bring along Rayden but due to early meeting time (6am at Tuas checkpoint), decided to spare Rayden from the early hours.. Haa..
But i think we could conclude, we actually do enjoy more w/o Rayden :P , with Rayden there will be more restrictions ..hee

so, just the 8 of us, with 4 cars.... WRX-STI,Accord,Stream,Civic.

Hit the Tuas Checkpoint at 610am, we are supposed to meet at the Esso station. But we were unfamiliar with the Tuas Checkpt, we filtered off to the wrong lane and gotta re-enter the checkpoint again.
Together toll paid - RM$30+ instead of the RM$10.80 :(









Day 1 : Tuas -> Tangkak -> Melaka

Met up the rest, then we begin our journey ard 650am.
Stopped at a rest area for a while, b4 we decided to head to Tangkak for our Bak Kut Teh breakfast.





Had the malaysian version of Bak kut teh, but we concluded we prefer Sgp's version more, though more peppery.. Haa
Malaysian's alot more "meaty" , more salty, and their ju-hua cha also a lot more sweeter..
RM$75 for 8 pax, hmm i give 3/10.

After tat we drove all the way to our destination, Holiday Inn Melaka!
For the first time, I truly agree GPS is useful. Haa
Coz when hubby wanna installed that, i keep giving negative remarks, and claiming it to be a waste of $.COz we are so familiar w Sgp roads and the signs are rather conveniently labelled, we don need the GPS.
OK credit for Hubby, great job GPS!

We reached the hotel around 1130am, but couldn't check in. Hence we proceeded to Jetty (EL massage) for full body massage (2hrs) -- RM$100
Well, massage rating 4/10

Check in at 3pm , small hiccups with the reception, couldnt find our reservations.
anyway I wrote an feedback email to them this morning (MOnday) already.








Late lunch at 330pm. Most of the Peranakan restuarant is closed, finally found 1, Bayonoya.
Lunch for 8 pax - RM$142 , rating 6.5/10




After tat, SHOPPING!



Dinner at Portuguese Village , store #10
Seafood feast for 8 pax -RM$165 , rating 7.5/10

Then to Jonker Street at 930pm... Tried the Chendol rating 2/10..we don like it at all!


Yawns by 11+pm.. showered after 1 long full day, watched Liverpool match 3-0..end the long day..
yawns!

Day 2 : Melaka -> Tuas
Breakfast at Holiday Inn then check out.
Went for another round of massage. 70mins foot + shoulder - RM$50
SHOPPING! Then Lunch -- Satay Celup for 8 pax ~RM$100





We reached the custom around 6pm, and there was a police (Malaysian) stop after the toll.
We were like sh*t, must be summon for speeding.. Indeed it's!
But our car went thru w/o hiccups, so were the rest of other 2 cars. But the white car kenna! RM$50 for speeding at exit##.. Haa well well, I could we travel almost at the same speed, another case of kelong lo..wat else.
We concluded, white was the lucky color for the traffic police tat day.. haa :P

Then , HOME SWEET SWEET, SGP!!

It was a pleasant trip though short. It wasnt as dangerous as I thought.
Not bad, our RSZ can actually travel quite fast ..haa though the pickup speed is not as responsive compared to our old 2.3litre Mazda 6 (we missed you)!
Our Max speed on the meter - 190km/hr, we only dare to max it to 185km/hrs.. Heee

Accord and STI goes w/o saying, good performance cars, our poor RSZ and Civic were catching up quite breathlessly.. haa
But it was so fun, hitting on the road..

I am looking forward to more :)
Next trip, Penang? hee





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