3 Days/2Nights Exploring Malacca & KL

Thinking of a short getaway? Getting into the mood to take some wall murals while eating good food along your trip?

Why not spend 3 days heading into Malaysia covering:

Wall Mural town: Kelapa Sawit

Food Heaven towns: Malacca , Kuala Lumpur Chinatown

Day 1: Singapore- Kelapa Sawit- Malacca 

In order to avoid traffic jams at the custom check point, Day 1 started at 5.45am. It was a breeze getting across Malaysia at this early hour. First stop was Kelapa Sawit, located near Kulai. Only less than 45 minutes on the North-South main expressway, one will need to exit at Kulai. Head towards the direction of Air Hitam along route 1 Federal Road System and drive on for the next 10 minutes to reach Kelapa Sawit town.

This town is one of the 3 places where one can find beautiful wall murals with Asian style in Johor Bahru state. The other being in Yong Peng and Bekok where I have previously cover on, link found here. The wall murals in this town started when the local villagers wanted to give a present to celebrate Malaysia birthday.

After that, wall murals started to appear pratically in all corner of the small town. Behind back alley, on the shop front, at the side of a coffeeshop wall etc. It become an art and the attraction of the town. Although it is still not relatively known to the outside world, Kelapa Sawit gives people a sense of welcome to this village with some old shops still suriving. Did I also mention this is a good spot to have some breakfast before moving on to the next destination…

After taking in all the sights that Kelapa Sawit could offer to her visitors, the watch read 9am and off we go for the next destination: Malacca (In Malay language, it is known as Meleka).

Malacca being located near to the seaside is rated as one of the most popular town to visit in Malaysia. It is simple to understand as the UNESCO town consists so much history of the Portugal colonial rule.

Some of the famous tourist attractions include St Paul Hill, A Famosa, Christ Church Melaka. One can take the Meleka River Cruise to take in the sights or the melaka trishaw as seen below. The good part is that these attractions in Malacca are walkable distance from each other.

Malacca is famous for its own unqiue of food which is termed as Satay Celup. The cooking method would be almost similar to Lok Lok where we dip our food into boiling water like eating steamboat. The main difference in Malacca thou is that instead of dipping into boiling water, we dip into Sataya Sauce. The best and orginial stall to try it is the CAPITOL SATAY CELUP @ LORONG BUKIT CINA:

With so many selections, one is simply spoil for choice. Gentle reminder: come early before 5pm to avoid the crowd! There is only so much space in the coffeeshop, but so many people are eyeing for it!

Another must do thing in Malacca would be to explore the Jonker Street! This street is closed to traffic on Friday, Saturday weekends at night with a wide choice of food, street shopping options available! There is so much good food on offer ranging from oysters, escargots and of course local food delicacy such as Penang Char Kuay Teow. Simply so much good food to fill your stomach! There is a different charm when it comes to Malacca at night.

The night just got prettier with these decorative rickshaw attracting you to hop on for a ride back to your hotel after a long walk.

Day 2: Malacca- Kuala Lumpur

Catch the sunrise from the Straits of Malacca, peace and quiteness surround you before starting the day right.

After which, depart for the captial of Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur. A city of traffic jams I would say like how most major cities in Asia faces. The best way to get around the city to major tourist spots is the use of metro. Book a hotel near metro to avoid jams on the road. I have got mine booked at Chinatown area where there is ample of food supply both in the day and night.

You wouldn’t want to miss out Petronas Twin Tower in what was once the highest building in the world from Year 1998 to 2004 in the world. Metro station to get off: KLCC

When the sun set, the place to head to would be the night street market at Petaling Street in Chinatown. In what some describe as food heaven, there are a row of street shopping to be done as well. 

Visiting Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur would certainly mean having a time of good food to indulge. Lok Lok, wanton noodles, chicken rice, Bat Ku Teh, BBQ fish are all the food on offer!

Day 3: Kuala Lumpur – Muar – Singapore

On the way back to Singapore, there is a town to stop by and that’s none other than Muar (located in state of Johor Bahru). The famous local food speciality would be Otah. Everywhere you go in Muar, there is bound to be a hawker selling Otah. You will not regret trying it, simply so delicious!

To cap it off,  travel along the route 1 Federal Road System from Muar heading to the direction of Batu Bahat to enjoy the seafood dinner.

Categories: Asia Region