Flora de la Mar Maritime Museum Melaka

Although Singapore is great for its transport, and 24 hour lifestyle, it lacks any sort of character. Because it was build by taking all the best aspects from the West, it has turned into a homogenised soulless economic power. Even when you look at its 5 Million strong population, over 36% are permanent resident foreigners (Chinese, British, …

Da wir sehr viel mit dem Bus reisen ist das erste, das wir von einer Stadt sehen, meist der Busbahnhof, dicht gefolgt von unzähligen Fast-Food-Ketten wie MC Donalds, Starbucks und wie sie nicht alle heissen... Aber was wir in Melaka zu sehen bekommen haben, hatten wir in dieser Art auch nicht erwartet: Unzählige über 100 Jahre alter Häuser im …

24 August 2006 (Thursday)
I woke up at 6.30am and prepared for the coach back to Jerantut at 7.45am. I munched on a packet of biscuit for breakfast, which I bought at the mini-mart yesterday. While waiting for the coach to arrive, I observed the sunrise for a few minutes before the sun was engulfed by the morning mist, but long enough to have a …

We arrived in Melaka late in the evening having taken the first class bus via Kuala Lumpur. With the Petronas Towers Glinting in the evening sunlight we were looking forward to our return and a closer look.

We checked in to our hostel called Number Twenty which was great, we had a shared bathroom with a private room but a great communal …