Continuing the Christmas fever... the decorations in Mahkota Parade. The center snowman can move;) 
Laksa... yum, yum... (btw, nothing was left after we were done with it:P)
Ais kacang... the dark brown 'coloring' is the gula melaka... super sweet but u jz gotta taste it! ;)
Melaka's newest shopping mall, Dataran Pahlawan, just opposite Mahkota Parade.
Inside there is this fantastic 'monument', a sort-of rectangular fountain depicting historical events in Melaka.
Another angle...
And another angle... All angles have different pictures... 
Outside Dataran Pahlawan... and a trip down history...
During construction of Dataran Pahlawan, workers unearthed the remains of the Santiago Bastion!
(What is a bastion? It is a small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall)
The structure is part of the famous Malacca Fort. The gate, Porta de Santiago, was thought to have been the only surviving structure... until now!
This is what the first few phases of excavation has uncovered... There is a walkway for you to view it up close...
The official Badan Warisan site has more info on the Santiago Bastion : http://www.badanwarisan.org.my/malacca/ as well as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_FamosaActually, there is also another discovery found during the construction of the Melaka Tower project. This is so exciting!
So, visit Melaka 2007 la... :D
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