Malacca Youth Hostel Melaka

... Dutch architecture and is quite striking to look at. Around this square there is a dense cluster of attractions including Christ Church, St Paul's Hill and Sultanate Palace, to name but a few. As with most other places that we have been to, Melaka is full of tuk tuk men hounding you all day long. Lately I have begun to get a bit irritated by the constant chorus of 'tuk tuk? tuk tuk? tuk tuk?' but in Melaka I found it impossible to get annoyed because these tuk tuks ...

... sure somebody will tell me that better Satays exist somewhere else in Malaysia, since Malacca probably isn't known for their satays, but to an ignorant Westerner it was sublime! Chicken Rice Balls We've reached the end of my journey to through the heavens of taste and delight. Of course, I save the best for last - Malacca's famous Chicken Rice Balls. Read more about Malacca's Chicken Rice ...

... et cetera. Another interesting site was a re-creation of the sultanate’s palace, since Malaysia is still nominally ruled by sultans in different regions (left over from before the Europeans pretty much dissembled all of their traditional means of exercising political power). Melaka’s sultanate was rebuilt and opened as a museum to illuminate the intricacies of local and national Malay culture for tourists and locals alike. Malaysians heavily emphasize ...

... near us. All of a sudden we realised who, or rather what had been watching us as the whole bush just began to move and about 30+ huge kangaroos took flight away from us, it gave us a real shock, but was quite a sight to see. We also spotted a few camels wandering as well. From the campsite we had to cross a creek to get to the pub in town, not as scary as it seemed as the creek was totally dry and about a foot deep in red sand, and hadn't seen water for about 2 years. The pub was ...

... for fun, just to meet friends" macht und hauptberuflich eigentlich in der IT-branche arbeitet. Im Erdgeschoss ist das Hostel eine einzige Baustelle, der Boden, halb Beton, halb Holzfußboden, ist ungeschliffen und voller Farbkleckse, Leitern stehen mitten im Raum herum, das einzige Klo, das es gibt, ist ein Plumpsklo, unser Zimmer ist ok, aber aufgrund der unverglasten Fenstern fühlt man sich, als wenn man draußen schläft. Am ersten Abend hat ...

... a 1920s Sino-French novel (I should send this blog entry to Conde Nast!). As it is getting close to Chinese New Year, the streets are festooned with red Lamps. Colourful and very interesting, you could spend hours just poking around doorways and little nick-nack shops. None of these shops surprisingly sold Scrabble, and that is what we needed. After a few hours we found it, in the local mall. Eating chocolate cake, drinking tea and playing ...

... the history of Portugal occupying Melaka was forgotten, the happier Melaka became). We had a really quiet time (it helped that it was Ramadan) but it was enjoyable. No best coffee here and the meals were good but not really outstanding. The Chicken rice and the BBQ pork were quite tasty. After two days in Melaka, on the Wednesday morning we set off by bus to our next pit stop - Kuala Lumpur.

... and tinsel and playing music - we often heard some "rapping rickshaws" peddling up the road, with 50 Cent at high volume on the p.a (yes, I too am amazed that Clive new who it was!!). The owners also had a sense of humour - one asked Clive if he could take us to London. Friday night seems to be the ultimate Karaoke night. Walking along Jonker Street, which is the major and most of historical ...

... o centro no autocarro Nº 17, onde procurei a Hospedaria Tony. A igreja de São Francisco Xavier foi sempre o meu ponto de referência. Gostei muito da minha nova casa [1] e ...

... Then, the incredibly friendly and helpful "gatekeeper" at our guesthouse in KL told me to try to pronounce Bahasa like I would Spanish. Then it was pretty easy. Apart from a few deviations (e.g.: c is pronounced as "ch"), it's just like Spanish. Unlike most Asian languages, Bahasa isn't tonal, so once you figure out the pronunciation, you're pretty good to go. And, unlike English, the pronunciation is straightforward. Vowels don't change sounds, like they do in English ...