strolling alongside the Malacca river~

visible from a distance (hostel)

river cruise

the view from the bridge

We came after 6 pm.
the museum already closed ~

beautiful house!

Other times may come again ~ ~ must come a little early

one of the houses in the Kampung Morten

replica home
unique staircase made of sea shells

kitchen in the 70s

antique kerosene lamp

stair without using any nails

the host is a collector of antiques

antique iron bed

70s bridal items

wedding clothes of the 70s

view from the pirate park
mural paintings at a hotel
stories of old Malacca

 'old station bus' bridge

 hang tuah bridge

Last Saturday evening, my roommate and i strolling alongside the Malacca river that are close to our hostel. just want to take the evening breeze~We began the journey at a place called Kampung Morten. I have asked the villagers there about the history of the village but they did not know or sure about it. without wasting time, I take the opportunity to snap a picture with my sony ericsson mobile phone.
I feel like to take the river cruise, but since I went during weekend, it is full of tourists from locals to overseas~hm~mmm. it's okay! I'd rather walk. can exercise a little bit just by walking~hahahaha~
We arrived at a house that turned into a museum, unfortunately we missed a little... 6.03p.m! oh, man! why? why? why? so, we just took some pictures of the house. the house are surrounded with many flowery plant and also coconut tree. it's a beautiful scenery.we continue walking until we been stopped by an uncle. he asked we whether we a student. we told him a little bit about us. then, my roommate asked him about the museum. she also asking about a gong that been placed in a house somewhere there. he told us that it is in the museum. We stopped the road after we saw a house that looks pretty with attractive decor. then, we saw the same uncle pushing her granddaughter's stroller. we asked him again about the house. oh, it is his house. we also saw his wife watering the hibiscus. the warm uncle invited us to see inside his house. before we entered, we were amazed with lot of attractive decorations, from the nail-less stairs to keris replica. there are so many antiques, from household appliances such as charcoal iron, radio, sewing machine that has been 100 years old to tepak sirih. uncle showed us a copy from a magazine(i can't remember the name of the magazine) describing this house. then, he told us that he likes to collect antiques. it is belong to him all the antiques. he brought us to the living room and showed an antiques chair. he bought the chair from 70s for rm 200 only but the price now is about rm 5k. then, the antique iron bed, he bought about rm 500 and now the price is hiking to rm 10k. wow! uncle can be a rich man... hahahaha!!! at last, he brought us to the kitchen. it's full with old kitchen items such as mortar, silverware, antiques tableware from china etc. i think this house also can be a living museum. after a while, we bid one's farewell. my roommate asked him about the cost of renovations. it took them a total of rm 80k but they also said that they renovate their house little by little start from the 70s!wow! we continued our walking along the river until reach the end of Kampung Morten territory. from there, we can see many people sitting at stone chair along the river. there are also foreigners~at last! we arrived at pirate park. there are a few people playing the games. we're exhausted~ we took a seat. breath in, breath out, mineral water! at our seater, we can see a mural been painted at a hotel. if i'm not mistaken, hotel mutiara~maybe~correct me if i'm wrong. then, we walked again until hang tuah bridge. that is our last stop. as usual, snap!snap!snap! we go back again the same route that we took. uh-oh! my stomach already making a noise~ before we go back to the hostel, we decided to eat first at our regular eating out place near the Kampung Morten. it almost maghrib time.we placed our order as usual~nasi putih, tomyam campur, telur dadar garing and sambal belacan! nyum nyum~ delicious!