{"id":18123,"date":"2012-12-20T17:03:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T09:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=18123"},"modified":"2017-02-25T12:51:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:51:53","slug":"melaka-st-pauls-hill-menara-taming-sari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2012\/12\/20\/melaka-st-pauls-hill-menara-taming-sari\/","title":{"rendered":"Melaka – St. Paul’s Hill & Menara Taming Sari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our initial fears of the somewhat decentralized location of our hotel proved unfounded when we went about our first sightseeing activity on the second day of our Melaka trip. The itinerary I wrote up had us visiting St. Paul\u2019s Hill, the Menara Taming Siri<\/a> (Melaka Revolving Tower) and Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall on the second day.<\/p>\n

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The two girls climbing up St. Paul’s Hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The ruins of St. Paul’s Church at the hill’s summit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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180 degree view from the hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Part of the outbound journey to the first stop \u2013 St. Paul\u2019s Hill \u2013 was a little tricky given how scarce pedestrian crossings were at along the main road, which resulted in us making mad dashes, usually carrying Hannah, across the road. Nothing quite as scary as in Shanghai or Beijing though; the drivers here in Melaka at least seem to be respectful of pedestrians, unlike in China where I felt like though I was to be roadkill. The weather mid-morning journeying up was both good and bad; good because there was a fierce overcast which saw the sun tucked safely away, bad because there was a very slight drizzle.<\/p>\n

We navigated our way to St. Paul\u2019s Hill without too much difficulty, thanks to the iOS maps on the trusty and new iPad \u2013 yep I double checked the directions with Google<\/em> maps before we made the trip LOL \u2013 and the climb up was expedited by stone steps all the way up. There wasn\u2019t much to see up top as the hill isn\u2019t very high, but you do get a good part of the 360 degree view of Melaka, with the Menara Taming Siri being the most significant landmark in the viewpoint.<\/p>\n

The Melaka Revolving Tower was a 10 minute short walk nearby, but we stopped by the Taman Merdeka park midway. This is a pretty small park with several crowd pleasing vehicle exhibits, including several carriages of a train and a turbo-prop plane. Our girl gamely took on the challenge that many other local kids were making a beeline for; essentially posing beside the vehicles.<\/p>\n

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Hannah posing with the train. She’s balanced herself nicely on the train’s step.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Revolving Tower is reportedly one of the more interesting sights in Melaka. It features an air-conditioned gyro tower that goes up 80 meters above ground, offering a full 360 degree view of the city. Pretty pricey at MY$20\/adult and MY$10\/child, and the ride isn\u2019t very long at about 10 minutes. But the view was spectacular, helped also by the clear\u2013 if overcast\u2013 late morning weather. Hannah certainly enjoyed the ride, and asked for a pair of binoculars too so that she can see better \u201cthings that are far far away\u201d!<\/p>\n

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The Tower against a cloudy late morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View from the rotating platform.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The roof-top of the Megamall was undergoing some massive renovation. On the right is Hatten Hotel, which was recommended by Doreen (the recommendation came too late though; we’d already booked The Majestic).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cruise ship yonder!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Towards the end, Hannah so totally disregarded the overhead announcement to remain in our seats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last stop was the Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall, a fairly recent and large shopping mall just a few minutes walk away from the Tower. Prices for the branded apparel shops were about similar and in fact higher than in Singapore, so we ended up not buying anything, except for a pair of butterfly wings that Hannah wore and adored.:)<\/p>\n

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Outside the Megamall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just when I remarked that the city doesn’t seem to have many China tourists, we bumped into one such group. That’s Ling helpfully providing directions to the Megamall, and Hannah especially chirpy because of her new wings.:)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our initial fears of the somewhat decentralized location of our hotel proved unfounded when we went about our first sightseeing activity on the second day of our Melaka trip. The itinerary I wrote up had us visiting St. Paul\u2019s Hill,<\/p>\n

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