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Melaka where the streets have no pavements
Sep 16, 2008
(6 photos)
"Getting to Melaka was very easy in-spite of the all horror stories we had been reading about... We caught one bus from Singapore to Melaka, walked straight through custom ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
katd
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Melaka
Oct 11, 2006
"Ok, heading back up north we decided to stop off at Melaka for a couple of days as grossly over timed how long we needed to do Malaysia. The things to do ratio in comparison to oth ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
cal_ipi
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Back into the lions den of Asia (proper)
Jul 24, 2007
(8 photos)
"We didn't know much about Melaka before reading our trusty LP guide, indeed I don't think anyone would. Located about 4.5 hours north of Singapore it was our first exposure to the ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
mattandnicole
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Smells like a toilet, tastes like heaven
Nov 8, 2004
(8 photos)
"Melaka is a nice change from KL. It's a big enough place but the centre is nice and chilled out. We're staying in the Travellers' Lodge guest house where Brian has become the resid ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
pidge
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Day 119: Melaka
Jan 18, 2007
(3 photos)
"Four LRT trains pass before I can squeeze on to one through rush hour. At least they have air-con. It's a humid morning and I'm heading south to Melaka for the day. Melaka should b ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
williampotter
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Nice Little Place This....
Oct 20, 2005
(4 photos)
"Just a short hop on the bus from KL,(2hrs and 9rm), is the lovely little town of Melaka. To look at its a bit Malay, more Portugese, little bit of Dutch and then along came the Bri ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
hayleyandlorna
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Making our way through Malaysia
Feb 16, 2005
"Wow! Words can't describe the eperiences we have had since arriving to our new destination; Melaka, Malaysia. It's still as hot as singapore, if not, HOTTER :D. But I think we're a ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
jessica
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A first taste of Asia proper....
Mar 22, 2007
(12 photos)
"The road border crossing from Singapore to Malaysia proved to a very efficient affair, stamp here, stamp there and done. None of the jumping through hoops I'd experienced several t ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
bosco
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citta' interessante
May 1, 2007
(2 photos)
"Prima di partire per l'avventura nel Borneo, decido di passare un paio di notti in una citta' tranquilla, invece del casino di Kuala Lumpur, Malacca e' stata la scelta giusta. Da C ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
1lifeliveit
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Off-Key Karaokee
Sep 15, 2007
(15 photos)
"Saturday Sept 15 to Monday Sept 17, 2007 A quick 2 hour ride and we were in Melaka. For anyone who remembers the movie "Weird Science" the comment made "what is a beautiful lady li ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
slipperycoconut
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Culture Town
Oct 23, 2007
(7 photos)
"Melaka is an interesting little town. It had many foreign occupiers throughout its history, adding to the already overly-multiculturalness of a Malaysian city. The loca ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
tigereye
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Malacca
Jul 4, 2008
(10 photos)
"Malacca is a nice town with good colonial vibes. Spent the first evening in a typical Satay restaurant which was a really good experience. The numerous sticks of meat and prawns we ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
bernadtom
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Melaka
Feb 13, 2007
"Hi all, it's Julia here. Today we were on the move again, this time to Melaka. It was only a 2 hour journey and our coach was actually quite comfortable for once!! The Kancil guest ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
tom.steibelt
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Malacca
Oct 4, 2008
(54 photos)
"EN: There were several things about Melaka that surprised us. First of all, the city itself is one big kitch and it took 10 years of lobbying to get this place to the UNESCO herita ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
aguas
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Saying bye to Malaysia
Oct 1, 2007
(39 photos)
"Next stop Melaka in Malaysia. This was a tiny little dutch port town. It had lots of nice, old fashioned buildings. We stayed at a place called Ringos and the joint owner there, Ho ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
ravntina
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Melaka
Oct 14, 2007
(7 photos)
"11th to 14th Oct 2007 On the Thurs, 11th Oct, I visited the Sepilok Orang-utan rehabilitation centre. I got a local bus in Sandakan up to the centre in the morning in time for the ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
duncanm
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Malaysia
Jan 3, 2008
(13 photos)
"Took a cheap local bus to Melaka which took 2.5 hours. Melaka is a small town with alot of old colonial history. Previously invaded by the Portuguese in 1511 and then t ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
jimandmargarida
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Malaysia
Nov 26, 2005
"Headed across the bridge from Singapore to Malaysia. Heading for a chilled out place called Melaka. ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
krisarkwright
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Historic City
Aug 18, 2008
"HI all!! so once again, we have fallen behing on the blogs but I will now enter the last three cities taht we went to in the last week. So after our overnight bus from Kota B ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
ericabg
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Day trip to Melaka and Satanism
Dec 23, 2006
(10 photos)
"I woke up this morning at the crack of 8:30, which is way too early having gone to bed at 4, and Dane and I caught an 11:00 bus to the colonial city of Melaka, about 2 hours s ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
jknoff22
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Fresh Frog Anyone?
Mar 13, 2006
(5 photos)
"Today, Kristy and I took an Ekspres bus from Singapore to Melaka Malaysia early in the morning. After a smooth 4 hour bus ride, we arrived at the local bus station/mall in Melaka, ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
ltalsky
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Melaka
Sep 9, 2006
(12 photos)
"Deciding to break up my journey south to Singapore I found myself at the historic Malaysian port town of Melaka. Arriving in blazing heat, I headed straight to the Guest House to d ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
thehog
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East Coast - West Coast.
Aug 9, 2006
(12 photos)
"5 Hour bus journey and first thing we do is go to a shopping centre.... We seem to have a strange appeal for the things now! This one wasn't on par with the Singaporean gems, but d ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
mothman
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Cameron Highlands and Melaka
Aug 19, 2006
(10 photos)
"From the Perhentians, I began to make my way south again, heading slowly towards Singapore. My first stop was in the Cameron Highlands, a lush and hilly region around 200KM north-e ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
nickgibson
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Melaka
Dec 23, 2006
(10 photos)
" Melaka is a town which is located in the province of Melaka, and situated on the coast next to the Straight of Melaka. Go figure. We took a two hour bus ride to ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
bandersnatch07
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Hot and sweaty nether regions!!
May 29, 2008
"Ahh, Melaka, you little beauty!! Despite the heat and humidity, it's good to be back here in this "Dutch-uguese-malay" town! The boys at Twenty were as welcoming as always and the ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
tjwanderer
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Melaka
Mar 14, 2006
(5 photos)
"Here I broke my anti-touristic record! I was fed up with the sightseeing in KL, the general weakness from a running nose I had and the heat surely helped as well. First evening I m ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
stathis
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Moving on to Melaka
Jan 17, 2007
(33 photos)
"Yesterday I took the express bus from Singapore to Melaka in Malaysia. Melaka is the oldest town in Malaysia It was the capital of the Malaccan Sultanate and the center of th ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
lyse_e
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Melaka....an old town.
Jul 2, 2008
(28 photos)
"So back into Malaysia which i looked forward to as i enjoyed the people very much and felt like i didn't get to witness the culture and people as much as i liked to the first time ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
tracymiller
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Back to reality
Apr 10, 2007
(10 photos)
"So at 8:00am I was on a bus, out of Singapore, and into Malaysia. I booked the ticket the previous day and had to get up at an ungodly 6am. Having failed to get any kind of sleep I ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
coneicus
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Melaka
Jan 25, 2008
(3 photos)
"Melaka is well good! we got a really nice hostel right in the heart of China Town and there's a night market along the street on a weekend. They have loads of places doing Kareoke ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
stalee
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Where it all began
Dec 6, 2005
(3 photos)
"Melaka is the traditional capital of Malaysia, the peninnsular itself used to be called Melaka and it was the first trading port on the straits. It is quite a small place now, it d ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
duncanemma
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Monday 2 july 2001 - melaka as i was ...
Jul 2, 2001
(4 photos)
"Monday 2 July 2001 - Melaka As I was heading down the street from the hotel this morning, a truck drove down the street and took out several overhead power lines, showering the str ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
malacca
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Melaka
Dec 6, 2006
"Arrived in Melaka today and cant be bothered to upload any more photos. Leaving for Singapore the day after tomorrow and then to Philippines for christmas and new year... ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
andymohan
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Melaka
Jun 28, 2006
(9 photos)
"On Sunday I caught the coach down to Melaka and then Monday morning I caught another coach to Melaka. I can thoroughly recommend travelling by coach in Malaysia. They all seem to h ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
elainevickers
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traffic, squat toilets and no shoes
Jan 30, 2005
(5 photos)
"So we left Singapore on Saturday, wow this was only yesterday, and hopped on our surprising roomy and air conditioned coach (it was better than our Oz bus!) and headed up to Melaka ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
helenaudley
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Melaka
Feb 14, 2006
(15 photos)
"Despues de subir a una de las torres mas altas de Kuala Lumpur (no las petronas sino otra) y ver com tenian expuesta una replica pequena de la torre de collserola, volvi al albergu ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
carlosgey
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Chinese New Year
Jan 21, 2004
(2 photos)
"Melaka, Malaysia Chinese New Year I left the beautiful Cameron Highlands early to celebrate Chinese New Year in Melaka, a town known for having a prominent Chinese community. What ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
jimtran
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Musem of Eternal Beauty and other culture.
Nov 15, 2006
"Early start to nip to the Museum of Eternal Beauty befor Tom's guided tour of the town. Was a bit gruesome - the things people do to their bodies - men too. Also had a floor dedica ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
jarvis
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Melaka
Feb 5, 2006
(4 photos)
"Only a few hours south of KL, Melaka is the real heart of Malaysia's cultural heritage. This port, on the Straits of Melaka, has been one of Asia's main trading ports over the cent ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
johnandlouise
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Melaka
Oct 5, 2006
(4 photos)
"Thursday morning and we are back on the bus and heading towards Melaka. We only had 1 night here so we had to fit in as much as possible and in the afternoon we were booked on a Tr ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
pitch
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Museums and Malay Weddings
Jun 19, 2005
(1 photo)
"Colonised first by the Portuguese, then the Dutch and finally the British, Melaka is a town with lots of history and cultural mix. The Baba Nyonyas are yet another culural group (c ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
dandj
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Melaka
Nov 2, 2005
"Down to Melaka, and a bit of a rest, spending the day in the jacuzi and the next day in a waterpark! ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
ablaney
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On the road from KL to Singapore
Mar 16, 2006
(3 photos)
"Before i went i had no idea what Melaka would be like other than it was a convenient stop between KL & Singapore. Now i am a convert. Melaka is so cute - no high rises here. Ju ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
nlbrtw
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Melaka
Jun 20, 2008
"Onwards to Melaka, an old trade town set up by the Portuguese and then the Dutch that would control the straits of Melaka, or so they thought, until the British took over Singapore ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
feargoose
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Mellacca Migrants
Mar 12, 2008
"Melaka was 160km from Kuala Lumpur, a largely pleasant ride, once I'd escaped the outskirt's expressway funnel. Another pivotal 19th century port, central to the European spic ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
dynamo
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Melaka
Sep 12, 2006
(5 photos)
"From the Cameroon Highlands we had to take a bus to Kuala Lumpur for the connection to Melaka. What a shock to the system. We obviously chilled too much in the highlands because ev ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
sunchaser
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Day 105
Dec 12, 2007
"Another sad day as we say our farewells to Jason as we leave for Melaka and he's staying in K.L. It's been great travelling with him and hopefully we'll get chance to meet up with ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
paul.wilson
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Melaka
May 26, 2006
"Another day and it was time to say goodbye to Kuala Lumpur and move on to our final destination in Malaysia - Melaka . We have booked our tickets and were to collect them at 7.30am ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
peteash
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Finding things to do in Melaka
Sep 7, 2006
(4 photos)
"The guide book reckons that the main industry in Melaka is tourism. Since we exhausted the main sights in a little over 3 hours I would hate to think what comes second. It does mak ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
pjthompson
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Little Amsterdam
Jan 12, 2008
(15 photos)
"Chapter 5 - Malaysia What an entertaining border crossing: Get a cheap bus to the border, leave bus, walk through the border control, board bus again to drive over bridge, leave bu ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
tom_s
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A Multilingual Nation
Apr 13, 2007
(9 photos)
"Two. That's how many languages I can speak. And one of them I can't speak very well any longer (there isn't a very high demand for Spanish in Asia). Three. That's how many language ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
koppers
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Melaka in vtisi o Maleziji
Mar 25, 2006
(1 photo)
"25.3. Ze ne vem kateric spakirava in se z udobnim avtobusom odpeljeva na jug, v 200 km oddaljeno zgodovinsko mesto Melako. Mestno sredisce daje vtis malega mesteca, ceprav Melaka t ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
tjasa
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Malaysia
Jun 30, 2006
(5 photos)
"Well we arrived into the city of Melaka, after an interesting journey from Singapore. We got a local bus to the border, passed through the Singapore border, then the Malaysia borde ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
ainel
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you say malacca, i say melaka
May 22, 2008
(6 photos)
"we rode up to Malacca from Singapore on the bus this morning, a 3.5 hour ride. we expected a very run down malaysia, but instead find that the government here is investing boatload ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
dyer0930
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Museums, Mosques, and Chinese Temples
Jan 25, 2008
(13 photos)
"Melaka was a day-long stopover on our journey from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. While it may not be the most exciting and bustling metropolis, Melaka did have a lot to offer by ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
ashley.fairon
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Melaka
Jul 4, 2007
(2 photos)
"Lovely Melaka! We stayed in Chinatown, opposite a huge mosque, down the street from a hindu temple and up the street from a chinese temple. The town had a really nice feel and a se ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
sergeandclare
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Melaka
May 27, 2008
(21 photos)
"Well i'm going to blast through this section as i've managed to miss a few days blogging. We headed to Malaka which is a historic town about 150km south of KL. bus ride took 4 hour ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
barsie
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Bus Bitch
Jun 13, 2006
(1 photo)
"The best laid plans of, etc, etc... Insert whatever Steinbeck quote you like. The fact is my carefully orchestrated itinerary for covering peninsular Malaysia from coast to coast i ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
chingiz
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Melaka
Aug 17, 2006
(13 photos)
"Met de bus zijn we van Kuala Lumpur naar Melaka gegaan. We waren op het busstation de bus nog niet uit of we werden al aangesproken door een man die wel een goed guesthouse wist. A ..."
A travel blog entry from Melaka by
sandrasjraar
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Melaka
Apr 23, 2008
(9 photos)
"At night Melaka looks like something from TRON. ..."
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