Our stay in Melaka was made extra special due in part to the most informative and friendliest hostel manager we ever met. Raymond who runs Ringo's guesthouse helped us plan our entire itinery for Malaysia. So it now looks like we will be spending 3-4 weeks in Malaysia: Melaka -> Pulau Tioman -> KL -> Cameroon Highlands -> Taiman Nega...

So now we've arrived in Melaka, and updated the travel blog (finally!). Just about to go out to a famous Satay restaurant and watch some film about the history of the city, then moving onto Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. So yep enjoy reading (the new entries are dotted about by date so a bit difficult to find, but there's mainly another Cape Town and...

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 be just two hours away. As seems standard for Malaysia, the Melaka bus station is actually 6km from the centre, passing business to a fleet of beligerent taxi drivers. ...