First Impressions of Malacca, Malaysia 🇲🇾 | Melaka, Malaysia

Welcome to Malaysia! Today we are in Malacca, Malaysia, a historic city filled with vibrant culture and captivating heritage that invites visitors on a memorable journey. As we wandered through its narrow streets, we encountered stunning colonial architecture, ancient temples, and bustling markets. We began our day exploring the iconic red buildings of Dutch Square and immersed ourselves in the rich history at the A Famosa Fort and the Church of Saint Paul. We indulged our taste buds with the mouthwatering flavors of watermelon juice, chicken rice balls, and dinner on Jonkers Street. We headed to the mosque at sundown and heard the call to prayer. We ended the evening with a scenic river cruise along the Malacca River, just as the city lights turned on, and then headed for a delicious cendol treat to top off the whole experience. With its fascinating fusion of cultures, Malacca promises an unforgettable experience. We can’t wait to explore more of this city with you!
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We are the Bags Packed Family: Jonathan and Kelly with our three children. We sold our home in Alaska, USA, eight years ago, and headed overseas. We are teachers and found fantastic teaching positions in Chennai, India. Two years later, we moved to the United Arab Emirates. Three years after that, during the beginning of the pandemic, we made the move to our current teaching jobs in Indonesia. We love traveling and finding adventures as a family. We hope that our travels will inspire and provide our children with the confidence to meet new people, try new foods, and enjoy learning a new language. We hope our vlogs will inspire you to get out and travel, too!
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0:00 Welcome to Melaka
2:00 7-Eleven
3:31 Dutch Square Melaka
5:53 Watermelon Juice
9:10 Trishaw Ride
10:12 A Famosa
14:19 Church of Saint Paul
20:24 Ee Ji Ban Chicken Rice Ball
25:15 Geographér Café
26:00 Melaka Straits Mosque
27:38 Melaka River Cruise
29:54 Cendol Kampung Hulu
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[@poppinmollywityobtch]

I respect the patience you guys have with Forest, amazing family overall.

[@tanyvonne9474]

Forest finally found his fave country - Malaysia! Never seen him so chatty and happy.. and.. he eats well here too! Also, the chicken rice ball is just all rice. probably cooked with chicken oil and broth. No slices of chicken in them..

[@yvettedale6072]

Fantastic forest as come into his own bless him. Such a different chatty boy & eating 👏👏. Well done little man 💕

[@limlianhui9462]

The section in the metal cage inside the church - was where St. Francis Xavier was buried for a year. He died on an island in China, was brought back here and buried until the trade winds changed and his friend could take him back to Goa in India with him.

[@auvoir2000]

Hey hey. The chicken rice balls are just compressed chicken rice which are meant to be eaten with a side of chicken. They do not contain chicken at all except the flavor. Imagine a plate of chicken rice but the rice are in balls. 😀 . The owner should have told you that. Hehe.

[@herryherry8659]

The name of Melaka(Malacca) stated in the Map of the World at Monument of Discoveries in Lisbon, Portugal... Basically, Cendol is green noddles that made from Pandan leaves extract, rice flour, corn flour & other ingredients, served with cooked old coconut milk, coconut palm sugar & ice... 🙂

[@nottyKB]

Finally you come to Malaysia, if you guys wanna try unique food try also go to Kelantan, terengganu try famous food like Ayam percik, Nasi Kerabu, Keropok Lekor , Jala Emas. etc.

[@philkat4life]

Great family. God bless. Love you all. 👍🙏❤️

[@BagsPackedFamily]

Thanks so much!

[@mathsloser]

Wow Forest is walking on his own now! Time flies~ Please upload more videos~!!

[@BagsPackedFamily]

Well do! :-)

[@stevenlee5019]

What a wonderful day spent with the family on simple pleasures. I am impressed with the kids taking all these in..

[@BagsPackedFamily]

Thank you so much! :-)

[@cameronnhaydensreviews1003]

Your children are getting better with there bags packed kids that new video was spot on I think they're feeling more comfortable now ❤

[@BagsPackedFamily]

They really nailed it with that one! :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CmZouXpZyYo6c

[@applehead7942]

Forest is a chatterbox now 😂 love itttt hahaha

[@MsAjNj]

I serious love seeing ur yt channel. U and ur family are amazing. Beautiful family. Love hw ur kids eat all the food trying out new food at every country... not choosy bt enjoying...

[@erlemartincarvalho1733]

Glad you love my hometown which is rich in history, culture and food...and the soaking sunshine most of the time. ❤. God bless.

[@kellychin2895]

Beautiful Family! Welcome to Malaysia🙏

[@DK-fn7tz]

Thank you for promoting my hometown , welcome to malacca…❤❤❤

[@HumanHuman.]

Thank you so much bags packed family for showing the historical sites of the area in such a comprehensive way!

[@finn5020]

That little boy is so adorable and he loves exploring new things😂..because of this i have to subscribe to watch more video from your family

[@theculturedkidlanguages]

I love that you adventure to places that are a little off the grid. I've never heard of Malacca, Malaysia and love that you share the culture and things that are a little more unique. Such an amazing history lesson - how cool your kids get to learn about the world this way!

[@byteme9718]

"Off the grid"? Hahahaha, I bet you don't even have a passport.

[@theculturedkidlanguages]

Wow - really? I've been travelling my whole life - clearly not to Malaysia though. Really no need to be so judgemental. @@byteme9718

[@limlianhui9462]

24:18 the rice is cooked in chicken broth as fat-gives it the really special flavour! I boil the chicken first with ginger, garlic, scallions, lemongrass, soy beans, sesame seed oil and parsley, then when done, the remaining liquid I reserve half as the broth to serve the dish with and the other half I use to cook the rice in.

[@booaks2980]

Do feel free to come to Kuala Lumpur or Penang island if you have time ❤

[@keangwooichoo6138]

If possible ipoh

[@AKJY]

Just fond this channel... an absolute gem... you guys are lovely.. welcome to Malaysia... thank you for being an ambassador for our food and culture...

[@limlianhui9462]

Victoria Regina is Latin for Queen Victoria-that is our Victoria monument from back when we were under the British Empire, up to our independence in 1957.

[@hilynkreuning5915]

young forest coming out of his shell very engaging now so cute

[@BagsPackedFamily]

He was so talkative in this video!

[@jomjalan9505]

It's incredible to see your boy has so much energy up to the night. 💪🏻💪🏻

[@petertan1653]

What an adventurous family. Welcome to Malaysia ! Enjoy your stay here in Malsysia🤓

[@Amangarnollegend]

Wonderfull Saya sangat menyukai boy and keluarga 🙏👍💗

[@Klu-9]

Our weather is too hot now especially for the children, please get them hydrated all the time.Have fun and enjoy happy family ❤

[@chenowethadventures]

Love watching you guys ❤ We travel with our teenagers and have the best fun.

[@tenga3tango]

Hi, travelling family, for the chicken rice, you can ask for a half chicken to be cut up and served with 6 plates of rice too. My family does that in Malaysia. You choice

[@juvyq4782]

Love watching you guys. ❤️

[@JM32023]

Nice...never new about this place/city. Interesting. Forest is a cutie

[@Lachuman7777]

Let’s go forest❤, such a amazing kids, as well as I love to say 3 STARS to all kids⭐️. Have a great trips sir

[@DEMON1639]

HI Bags packed family👋. Nice review about Melaka.. Great video as alwayss.

[@BagsPackedFamily]

Thank you so much!

[@DEMON1639]

​@@BagsPackedFamily ❤

[@letstudy2day]

enjoy watching your video and the family...so fun

[@chetanvanker7151]

Love your videos. Keep it up

[@padminimimie2425]

Beautiful family. God bless. Welcome to Malaysia

[@marjfernandez3254]

i’ved been there every month sir,very nice place and nice food❤

[@johnlopez3535]

Love from malaysia kota kinabalu

[@saeffareez3337]

Thanks for sharing the video with good content @ very nice enjoy family tour in Malacca. Because of that, i subscribe your channel straight away!!!✅

[@BrotherBluez]

Like ur video... great job and btw welcome to Malaysia..👋

[@pemnurisherpa2862]

Good to see happy family... Good to see your kids...

[@akemrare5493]

😋👍 super cute baby boy ' n welcome travel in Malaysia .

[@bellicose76]

Forest is ADORABLE!

[@SahifulTajuddin]

40 ringgit for 2 trishaw rides? What an honest rider. You were not being scammed at all. He was an honest Abe guy.

[@BagsPackedFamily]

Thanks!

[@kelvgan]

Hope you guys decide to go up genting highlands in selangor to have fun . Forest will like the theme park. Colder up there

[@saffah38]

Welcome to Melaka 😊

[@user-dt1bk1zb2s]

I would love to visit malaysia in coming months,i dream of playing football there

[@kjtov1]

Very well narration.

[@zgangyeap5245]

welcome to Malaysia,happy expose Malaysia food

[@naturenurture7387]

Gula Melaka chendol. Yum

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Better not walk in the afternoon. It is very hot. May get heatstroke.

[@BagsPackedFamily]

It was definitely hot! :-)

[@keangwooichoo6138]

@@BagsPackedFamily it is summer in South east asia

[@desty262]

Indonesia. From kalimantan.. kapan kesini mr.jonatan ?

[@nabilizam22]

Welcome to Melaka. Cute kids

[@EeiiiraBbyGirl]

chicken rice will never fail kids. as a child it was my fav food! and now it has become my toddler’s favourite! i mean flavourful rice and chicken… a combo of most asian kid’s favourite 😂

[@azrahim9817]

Tq for visiting Melaka. ❤

[@lobsangchoedon5036]

Forst so cute ❤️

[@donniejamesrio7719]

forest steals the show. great videos i love it.

[@BagsPackedFamily]

He is a sweet little guy!

[@ip3vk]

Wah! Forest sure has a lot to say now that he is a bit older.

[@tayzhiloon7662]

welcome to melaka!❤❤

[@cyeung5173]

Nice.Thankyou

[@eggy2229]

Thats the cutest shirt for forest ❤

[@YourMelaka]

Well described

[@user-yi3qi7wv6i]

wonderfull❤

[@metalheadrnd]

Welcome to my hometown!

[@Ali_kazi_mumbai]

great

[@t700qwe8]

Nice vlog..

[@oddlygang1981]

Love from malaysia❤

[@DK-fn7tz]

Wlc to my hometown malacca ❤❤❤enjoy ..

[@osabcd1515]

Thanks for come to. Melaka I from there

[@srividhyakrishnamurthy]

Loved Forest’s dance.

[@BagsPackedFamily]

Happy little guy!

[@gppgle]

Your younger son is super adorable!

[@YellowLemon1206]

Forest Cedar Granite are amazing kids!

[@laiyinlow3426]

I love malacca city

[@cherriemay528]

Shopping wise not alot to see but food there's alot to choose😅

[@PradeepRaajkumar1981]

Forest Funny today.. Lot of Action... Cedar cough Mode...

[@youtiublah]

Come to the Cameron Highlands. Would love to take you guys visit around the highlands

[@lillyana3962]

I come here to see forest, he's cuteeeee😍

[@alhudafrozen2717]

Glad u like Melaka...hv u tried the durian cendol....

[@riptide101]

hahahaha hey guys, The chicken rice balls are just a substitute for normal rice! it's meant to be eaten with chicken on the side and also the usual accompanying sauces 🙂

[@BagsPackedFamily]

Next time! :-)

[@user-po7fh7no2e]

Nice channel you all are awesome thank you mamta ji for sharing this channel

[@BagsPackedFamily]

So nice of you!

[@johnlopez3535]

Good luck

[@SSxxx18]

Malacca is VERY NICE when it is NOT TOO crowded !!!!!

[@DK-fn7tz]

Malacca is World cultural heritage

[@hagridlemonhead611]

Some of the Tablets are in Dutch. my family is dutch and I'm Malaysian so it was interesting

[@SheilaNarasa]

Hi guys, this is so good bringing your family to Melaka! I'm from Melaka too!! So happy to see you all... Enjoy!!!!

[@gyaltsengoh1259]

Same

[@jpcoronel8261]

Been here last March.

[@zainizaudi3678]

Hahaha super hot !!! yang anak kecil cakap belajar budaya di setiap negeri ada kelainan salute to your family membesar dengan cara hidup sihat world connection history

[@ilahijunaidi1466]

Should try local cuisine. Welcome to Malaysia.

[@honsam23]

Melaka flag looked nice.

[@karishmapatil9085]

U guys should start regular home vlogging also

[@unknown7042]

Malaysia until September the weather is very hot because of El Nino it happens every 8 years but it is unpredictable, if you come next year the weather will be back to normal.

[@gyaltsengoh1259]

Phew atleast September,it's literally hot like hell that I never wear a mask at school

[@parthu322]

❤❤

[@Zoey505]

Hi Are you coming to KL? If yes, I'd love to meet you! I'm in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. I'm local. I love following your videos . Your tips traveling in Makassar really helped me out when I went there last week ❤

[@Zoey505]

Please contact me 😂

[@gyaltsengoh1259]

The family actually did

[@lilyannabellaboon8674]

That is the rice ball, where it roll the rice while it still hot n make it round. N u should smashed the rice n eat with chicken

[@wnb5508]

Nicesss

[@kbl5007]

the heat is crazy , it’s recommended to protect ur kids with cap/hat or umbrella from the UV if you walk under the heat in the afternoon

[@mandyrose6169]

😍😍😍

[@wandalin1466]

I really went to Melaka today 😅

[@Lovemyhome81]

Next time come to west Malaysia..Sarawak Borneo

[@FaizamKamal2742]

Next time you must snorkeling or driving at undan Island, Malacca