City Park Hotel Melaka

... again, as they were very nice people, and moved into a room with a private bathroom just in case. Spent the next couple of days wandering around the shopping malls and playing basketballs hoops at the arcade. Towards the end of our time in Melaka we decided to stay in a nicer hotel, having found a great offer on a room. We were going to head down to Singapore next, so booked in three nights at the Renaissance hotel in the ...

If Kuala Lumpur is the symbol of Malaysian development and progress then Melaka represents the countries cultural and historical heart. The cities 500 year past includes successive capture by colonizing forces from Portugal, Holland, and Indonesia with a healthy dose of Chinese traders thrown into the mix. The result is one of the nicest colonial towns we've seen.

We found a cheap guest house in china town and explored the ...

... t so great as I was put in a tiny room right at the front of the building. The hostel is on Jalan Parameswara (named after the founder of Malacca) & is one of the main streets of historical Malacca. It's extremely narrow & very busy. The hostel is very tranquil but unfortunately there were some party girls staying. They got lost while out & the police brought them back, then they went out again & were not back for curfew so Firus had to go ...

... signed, after we promised the man we weren't importing any chewing gum or toy guns, we were off to do what we promised ourselves. A drive down Orchard Road and then a trip across the Island before heading off. But all of this had cost us a couple of hours, so it was back to the hotel to load up and check out. The nice staff didn't mind the late checkout so we were off in about 15 minutes, down Orchard Road, with a large raspberry to the locals, then around the Island we went, but not before ...

... eg curried noodles). Yummy! The next day we headed straight to the Sultanate Palace to look around. It is a replica of the palace that the Sultan of Melaka used to live in. It was made entirely of wood, and inside we got to see the Sultan's bedroom, his meeting room and some examples of some clothes that he and the Sultana would wear. From here we went for lunch in another Malay-Indian place, where I had noodles. Then we visited the ...

... in the Straits of Melaka and quite a sight! The museum was very interesting as it gave an insight into the different races and groups in Malaysia, most being from Indian, Chinese, Malay or Portugese decent. On the top floor is a very intriguing exhibition called 'Enduring Love', which explores how people mutilate themselves to achieve their idea beauty, including foot binding, lip stretching, rings around necks and interestingly corsets! It was a fascinating display which ...

... whole time. Hurray for my Hubby: he does not get nervous or irritated. It is almost 21h, when the (cranky!!!!!) driver drops us off, 10 minutes from the train. How Dr T finds his way I will never understand but we are in our favorite restaurant at 21h30, me sipping my Tom Yam. Well, we learned lessons again today. And this in one of the reasons we travel. If we can give you one advise: taking the bus in Malaysia, do not go for : Melor ...

Ultimos dias en malasia, para ser exactos 2 en melaka, una ciudad portuaria disputada en la antiguedad por europeos y asiaticos. Melacca ha pasado por manos holandesas, britanicas y portuguesas, asi como japonesas. De cada uno de ellos hay los restos en esta ciudad. No se puede decir que sea fea, es mas bien bonita y colorista, pero carece un poco de mas encanto. Es una ciudad hecha para los chinos que la visitan cada anyo, y con eso ya lo he dicho todo xd. De los dos dias en ...

... speaks amazing English and told how great their hostel is and then approached by a couple of taxi drivers to see if you want one. "No thank you" "Ok" Wow that was horrible. I had to admire the observational qualities of one hostel tout who saw the mud all over my shorts (I managed to slip in a puddle and land on my **** earlier that day) and proclaimed that they had cheap laundry. Nice angle. Well I eventually ignored the flyers and made my way to the Sama-Sama backpackers ...