Travel As A 'Lone Ranger' - St. John's Fort & St. Paul's Church @ Melacca

If anyone of you happened to read my post about my 2013 resolutions aka 21 to-do-list, backpacking is in the list. As thought this three days and 2 nights trip was not considered as a backpacking trip but it was the first step I made - travelling on my own! The tittle says it all. Travel as a lone ranger. Do you know the meaning of 'lone ranger'? It means, one who acts alone and without the consultation or approval of others. Indeed. I 'ran' to Melacca without informing my parents. No idea how you think but I'm quite proud of myself. I was so brave to go a unfamiliar place ALONE. And why I chose Melacca as the first station of my backpacking's life? Because it's like Penang, a lot of heritage sites and stuffs to see and it's cheap. My first day spent at Melacca was quite adventurous and interesting. 

Took a cab > Went to TBS Bus terminal > Reached Melaka Sentral > Failed to find a bus > Took a taxi (risk of overcharging by the taxi drivers) > Reached Jalan Portugis > Walked around > Failed to find 'Kitito Guest House' > Failed to find the guest house's owner's number > Was walking around the area three to four times > Opened GPS > Checked their website for their contact number > Called > Ta-da! Finally reached at the guest house SAFELY > And it was already 4pm. 

But I'm not going to blog about the first-day, in fact, I'm blogging about the second-day! Because I have only the photos of this two places in my flickr. Dah -_-

St. John's Fort and St. Paul's Church.

There is a long staircase you've to climb before you can reach St. Paul Church. 

Me saying hi with an awkward smile. The lighting was so niceeeeee! Nice to selca. 

PS: This is a non edited photo. 

The trees and the pathway made me felt like I was in Europe. lol. 

Again, this is a non-edited pic! 

St. Paul Church.

It was originally a Catholic Chapel built in 1951, named the Mother of God or Our Lady of the Hill during the Portuguese reign. Only after a few years, this chapel was enlarged and transformed into a church by the Portuguese. after the Dutch wrested Melacca from the Portuguese in 1641, they made it into a Dutch Reformed Churh and renamed as St. Paul's Church.  

Source: http://www.cityturtle.com/St-Paul-Church.html

Oh Hi. This is St. Francis Xavier. 

Francis Xavier was a missionary was an influential in spreading Catholicism. His body stayed here for 8 months (but wikipeadia says 2 years) before he was buried in Goa, India. Therefore, they built a statue of him, looking at the sea.  

Do you notice the missing right arm? Someone said it was because a tree fell off and broke off the arm. 

The more than 500 year old wall.

So I must take a picture! When you travel alone, you don't really care about the angle of your selca photo. Otherwise it would be tiring of you wanna look good in every single photo!

Thats it. I'll try to update most often :)