Melaka Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

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 around. Melaka is a historical town with a small old town that can be wandered around in a few hours..lovely, red buildings dating back to the 1600s from the old dutch...

Here I am in Melaka, but before I continue, a little side note. I usually like to include a bit of history with my entries, but due to difficulty in summarizing a few thousand years in one entry, I will leave it up to you to Google or Wikipedia the cities/countries. With that said, back to Melaka! I caught the 9:00 bus from Singapore and made th...

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 languages the average Malaysian speaks (fluently), and I think that figure is rather low. I'd guess most Malaysians speak at least four or five, if not more. As I've said, Mal...

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 guesthouse where we were staying was very strange with no noise, no shoes and only 2 toilets and showers between about 20 of us but yet somehow it still had a friendly feel...

We were not impressed by this place - there was NOTHING to do!!!!! Thankfully we only spent 1 full day here and the height of the day was visiting the Maritime Museum (yawn). As you can see, we didn't bother taking many 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 I failed to realize was that this was a HOLIDAY, meaning most people are on VACATION, meaning most of the shops are CLOSED. There was, however, a small Chinese celebra...