Bayview Hotel Melaka

... bad to eat because I was quite sick. Typical when we were staying in our first accommodation with a shared bathroom and pay as you go toilet roll. After several episodes of running to the toilet Neil sorted out a hotel for us down the road with aircon and took me over there. Sleeping straight through the night, I woke feeling much better and pleased that it was just a one off thing.

We moved back into the ...

... for them. Being right by the front door & having a wall that didn't go up to the ceiling I was privvy to all this. The following night Firus was nice enough to move me upstairs to a much larger, quieter room with walls that went right to the ceiling! Same price too since they were not full. The hostel has loads of character with a mainly Chinese influence downstairs & Malay upstairs. There are many interesting artifacts & antiques on both ...

... was am Sorry: Technical hitch. We've lost the rest of this entry - we'll fill it in later. But as a trailer it covers the rest of Helens birthday; frog racing, captains dinner; talent shows and barbeques on the beach. Let's see if the have internet acces on Phi Phi. Ok, back again - now on Koh Phi Phi. Helen's birthday: first thing Helen took part in the morning Tai Chi class. This was led each morning by our resident Tai Chi ...

... des plats ''Satay'' (une sorte de fondue avec un pot au milieu de la table - au lieu de fromage en revanche on utilise une sauce de cacahuète et on y fait bouillir toute sorte de viandes, poissons et légumes). on a gouté un peu de tout et c'est plutôt bon.

Demain matin nous embarquons pour le ferry direction l'Indonésie mais nous reviendrons en Malaysie d'ici quelques semaines pour y voir le Grand Prix de Formule 1.

... so helpful, but then I keep finding that everywhere I go. Never judge a book hey! I like the transport too, well the big VIP bus seats anyway!! Even the normal public bus was pretty good. I guess there is more money in Malaysia. There are certainly a lot more well formed bellies than in Vietnam and Cambodia and I think I only saw one person begging in KL. Will I be back, umm yes most definitely!

... I probably should've stayed a little closer to Lisa because by the end of the night I was surrounded by a group of a half dozen men that were giving me plenty of attention. They coaxed me onto a podium in my drunken state and some of the girls that were with us grabbed a picture. They promised to email it to me once they got home, but I'll have to wait to see if that happens. On Monday we needed to head back to Kuala Lumpur so that we could make it ...

... were there). You have to walk on the road taking care not to be hit by trucks or cars whizzing by. The area reminded us of Hoi An, but without the excitement or buzz. At night the buildings are all lit up by pink lights which we thought was a nice effect, but wasted on tourists during the week. On the Tuesday, we visited the Cheng Hoon Temple that dates back to 1646. The temple was very ornate and still in use. Around the back were little shrines for ancestor worship ...

... at blive en turistby i hoejre grad end lige nu. Der er da allerede en del turister (asiatiske), men vandfronten og breden langs floden er en stor byggeplads. Der opfoeres store hoteller og restauranter overalt. Der er nogle faa historiske servaerdigheder som jeg skal ud og se i morgen, men udover det er den blot ved at blive endnu et maal for masseturisme. Heldigt for mig er den gamle by stadig tilbage, men jeg giver den ikke mere en 1 aar. Jeg var om aftenen til ...

We breezed through customs and Immigration at the border and found ourselves at a very busy bus station with lots of touts shouting words we couldn't understand; with a little help from one of the touts we located the ticket counter for buses to Malacca. We watched as all of the VIP buses pulled away from the station and boarded our not so VIP bus for a bumpy ride non-stop ...

... clothes on offer. Paul on the other hand was of course looking at gadgets, this time mobile phones selling for rock bottom prices. We looked around for a couple of hours and had some iced coffee and cake at the Starbucks in one of the malls, this was a strange experience with prices almost at the level you would find at home and the place empty apart from a few western and Japanese tourists. It was nearly evening so we decided to look for one of the ...