Short visit to the Gadek hot spring and A' Famosa

Short visit to the Gadek hot spring and A' Famosa Resort, Alor Gajah Melaka.

I am sitting here, staring at the Macbook screen just waiting for dinner time. Had not been updating my blog as often as I would have liked to as I had been pretty busy running around preparing for the visa paperwork for me to move over to England as planned. Finally handed in my application and we are eagerly awaiting for the good news. I had been ill too, was in bed the whole of last week. Suspected I probably had the infamous swine flu as I pretty much had all the symptoms and after taking medicines and also some anti viral meds, I am up and about now. :) Had a busy weekend since my ex-colleagues were visiting Melaka and they arrived on Friday and just left Melaka today. It was really nice to see some of them again.. Below are some photos of our outings.

We took a visit to the Gadek Hot Spring which is located in Kampung Ganun, a sub-district of Gadek in the district of Alor Gajah, Melaka. This hot spring has been in existence since time immemorial in the form of springs from underground sources that gave rise to mini pools. The spring has a surface temperature of 56 degree Celsius (we seriously think it was higher than that!) and with an average water flow of 5.4 litres per minute containing hydrogen sulphide gas. Apparently, the hot water of this spring which contains sulphur is believed to be capable of curing various types of skin diseases. We had to pay an entrance fee for Rm4 per person, a little pricy just for a short dip!

Yeah weather was already quite hot and by the time we got there it was 4pm and we just merely soaked our tired feets and we headed off to A' Famosa at around 5pm. The hot spring would be good if I was in England, not really a good idea for a country with such high heat!

A kampung style environment setting at the hot spring.

Little pools of waters at the hot spring.

Soaking me tired legs in the hot water. :)

The natural source of the hot water spring.

My wonderful ex-colleagues Lo & Jenny! Note: this is only a part of their happy family. Another set of twins being absent from the outing.

A picture of Lo, this amazing doting dad of this little boy and the wonderful twin girls.

Jenny and me.

Lo, Jenny, Me and Chua (one of my best-est buddy and also an ex-colleague)

Truly a good weekend spent with these lots and also had a chance to speak with some of my ex-bosses. :)