Fenix Inn Melaka

... was completely replaced by hordes of people and traffic chaos, far more asian.


The cahos of what was going on around us completely took us off guard we had thought about seeing our last few days out here but soon took the option to find somewhere a bit calmer, Singapore was doable but seemed a bit to much of a rush and another 5-6hrs traveling on what could already be a long days traveling, so without really having to much time to think ...

... to Ice Kopi); we went on a Crunch search to calm down his cravings and found one after several shops and one 7-11. On the crunch search we found a water machine just around the corner! Yes! Cheap water! It really can reduce your daily costs. Unfortunately the water tasted a little like chlorine, which eventually put me off drinking it.


Sunny's Inn showed a free film every night at roughly 10pm and that night's showing was 'Wanted'. It was by far one of the worst ...

Melaka is a short 2 hour bus ride from Kuala Lumpure. A Unesco site for the architecture, I guess. The Portugese and Dutch had a big hand in its founding so the buildings that still stand from a few hundred years ago give it that Colonial feel. It is now mostly Chinese and Indians now. Th problem with that is that it is hard to get Malaysian food there. Justly Chinese and Indian. I ended up with Indonesian Satay that was REALLY good!. Both Chicken and Beef had ...

... boat for warm showers all round. In the evening it was Captain's dinner. Guess what? We were on the Captain's table. So meet Captain Serge, the Big S at 7:00 for cocktails followed by a lovely meal where he told us all about himself and the ship - great fun. After that it was the talent show. First act, you've guessed, Captain Sergey singing three songs accompanying himself on the guitar - what a (Ser)guy! Then all the crew got ...

I'd like to open with a public service announcement: If you ever find yourself in Melaka, DO NOT stay at Shira's Guest House. Ugh, I have such a litany of complaints I don't even know where to start. I guess I'll start with the bathroom: There was only one...for 10 guests. Of the 10 guests I held several distinctions: I was the only Westerner, the only female, and the only paying guest. The other "guests" were all friends, family, or business partners of ...

... day in Melaka, after a long and fruitless search for a cafe, or indeed any place that offered breakfast (apart from the few shops offering curry or nasi lemak), we decided to visit the historic Malay village (or Kampung) up the river. A boardwalk has been constructed along one river bank and we followed this past the backs of old run down historic buildings, through a narrow strip of mangrove where large monitor lizards were lying in the sun and poorer Malays lived in ...

... C'est tout du contraire. Ils sont de petites tailles, très dynamiques et plutôt maniaques. Les 'Baba-Nyonnya' de Melaka sont en fait les descendants des Chinois installés en péninsule malaise qui ont adopté les coutumes locales tout en intégrant les leurs... Bienvenue donc a Melaka, ville des babas qui ne boivent pourtant pas de rhum, top humour et bal musette-spears-attrape-la-floche.

... hearing rumors that they've been superceded by a new building somewhere. KL is more of a city, and a bit more intimidating. Tonight we are having dinner some others in our group and then going to the KL towers (second highest in the world, although tourists are allowed to go up higher in these buildings than in the Petronas towers) and then on to another night market. The shopping here is unbelievable. I can't stop. Everything is very inexpensive. We've ...

... and music systems blaring out, rather than looking at the buildings themselves. We continued north crossing the river into Chinatown to see some of the Baba-Nonya mansions, once elegant townhouses which were the homes of the original Chinese pioneers who married Malay women. These have unfortunately mostly fallen into disrepair apart from one good example housing the Baba-Nonya Heritage Museum, which was covered in ornate tiles and elaborate carvings. We ...