Accordian Hotel Melaka

... never do in Mumbai) but the only annoying factor was that we obviously had to stop at each traffic light (no jaywalking) - of which there are plenty!

So all in all I had a great time in SIngapore. I would highly recommend Chinatown for eating and shopping.  I didnt care much for the air conditioned spotless malls to be honest, but if you like shopping you have it all in one street - Orchard Rd.

I loved how easy it was to get around the city and I love ...

... opportunity in preparation for tomorrow. The courtyard of the Hotel Puri provided the ideal backdrop for fresh juice and satay - the waiter, however, was almost distraught with my request for rambutan - they had none, but he insisted that we return the next day, when he would guarantee its availability. The final entertainment of the evening was provided by a street performer, apparently well ...

... of the city - we went into town and went on a big wheel a bit like the London Eye, and climbed up to Kings Park and got a brilliant view all across the Swan River and the sky scrapers. We also went to Fremantle (the place where Damo and I said goodbye last time - thinking we would never see each other again) and found the backpackers we had stayed in - still there, still peeling paint all over it!! We also went to 2 of the famous beaches in Perth Cottesloe (where we didn't go in ...

Way behind on updating this but I'll do my best to remember what I've been up to.

Did a couple of sight-seeing tours on a bus on our last day in Singapore. That was quite good, in that we got to see parts of Singapore we wouldn't have done on foot and we had some live commentary so we got to find out some info on the place that was new to us. Also saw parts of the F1 track which they use for the night race here in Singapore through the streets. Looking ...

... an amusement arcade. He has been moaning about how much he misses computer games so we spent about an hour shooting bad guys and racing cars and bikes. I even beat David on one of the races yay! Once we had finished we walked back into town to look for food. For some crazy reason all the restaurants we tried were shut, even though it was dinner time. Puzzled, we walked further out and found a Malaysian Indian restaurant that was open and ...

... 1950s Melaka was a centre of the Malaysian independence movement. All of this history has left many elements of Malay, Islam, Hindu, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and English cultural aspects. Walking around Melaka, we viewed the Stadthuys, built by the Dutch between 1641 and 1660, which makes it the oldest Dutch building in East Asia. It was used as a town hall and governor's residence and is situated in the historic Dutch Square. We climbed Melaka hill ...

... the two of us weighed at least double his weight. For the hour tour a small coastal breeze picked up and for a short time we were actually comfortable and cool. After our tour we walked to meet a new friend for tea. Ibrahim, a man of the mountains, from Kashmere, in India, had spoken to us on the streets the day before. After a long talk and a look at his sons store, that had many treasures from their home, he had ...

... det blev 2 senge i et dorm. Jeg fandt ogsaa ud af at der allerede nu er udsolgt til toget fra Singapore til Surat Thani hvor vi skal vaere den 27., men min hostelhost lovede at der helt sikkert var billetter til busser paa den straekning, men dem kan man foerst koebe i Singapore, klart. Da jeg kom til Melaka regnede det og jeg manglede stadig at finde et hostel. I Lonely ...

... second place and won a tee shirt. then we went to a club/bar that had a 6 girl band that played only requests from the audience. after this we came back to the hostel with howard the owner and his friends cam by drank with us. one of his friends is a professinal magician so for a couple hours he was putting ciggerets though coins and doing impossable card tricks this was the most fun i have had so far i think.

... same time as a number of school children so chose to walk around the impressive gardens, complete with a number of fountains, before venturing inside the palace itself. The dark timber building with sloping roofs was constructed without the use of nails, and contains a number of examples of local garb and recreations of scenes of the Sultan's life. Next, we made our way to the Dutch centre of the town - with a mini-windmill to prove its authenticity - and stood bemused looking at ...