Malaysia — Malacca — Riverside, Malacca, Malaysia

Exploring Malacca — a walk along the river

June 2015

After our lunch at the Riverside Kopitiam, we continued to explore the river area in Malacca and were pleasantly surprised to find a nice walk along the bank that took in some interesting places and allowed us to look at some pretty amazing artwork.

I really liked the chimes and the rope, almost coiled like a snake, on an old dead tree in the river.

The start of the route along the river.

There was a surprising amount of traffic on the river — mainly tourist boats.

The colourfulness of the houses was quite amazing.

Sadly some of the artwork was slowly being damaged by the weather.

But most of it still looked fresh and bright.

And as we left the river, we came across an almost ‘Banksy-like’ picture near an old unused well...

Along one stretch of the river, there was a section of the town that was run-down and very overgrown, but it looked like people were still living in the properties.

My favourite building in the old section of town was the ‘waterfall’ tree.

I really liked the way it appeared to be flowing over the building.

If you have time, a walk along the river, away from the centre of Malacca, is really worth the effort as you will get to see some stunning and colourful street art.