Golden Legacy Hotel Melaka

... are roomy and comfy, a luxury compared with a lot of the transport we've taken on this trip. I slept pretty much the whole way.

Melaka is an old Portugese colony so apparently there's a lot of historical sites and cool old architecture to check out. So far, we've been to the mall, lol. Tonight (after going back to the mall to see the new Harry Potter movie!!!) we're heading into Chinatown to see the weekend night market, and since we decided to stay ...

... Malacca Central!".... this is what happens when you just jump on a bus and your not 100 % convinced your on the right one.

Initial impressions of Malacca where that it had a nice, relaxed vibe and our guesthouse Jalan Jalan had a charming character. Arriving at the guesthouse there was no answer! Not again... however after a couple of minutes a tall, emaciated and gaunt looking white man peered around the door. Lurch as we affectionately called him ...

... gerne Fleisch oder Fisch am Morgen essen.. Also fahren wir zu einem anderen Essensort, und auch hier sind wieder bereits viele Malayen versammelt, um zu frühstücken. Man hat eigentlich das Gefühl, dass die Malayen nie für sich selbst Essen machen oder kochen, sondern immer woanders essen. Zum Glück gibt es an diesem Ort Prata, die ich ja schon in Singapur so lecker fand, sodass ich nochmal um das Fleisch am Morgen drum herum komme. Es ist sehr interessant, mit 2 locals ...

Photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 023608&l=8aab0&id=218600353 From the other day Meeting everyone from the tour was great we all went out to dinner and ate off banana leaves with our hands which was kind of cool as i had never done it.. didnt get any photos as i forgot my cmera.. (12th - Malaka) We started the day with a 5 hour bus ride over the boarder into malaysia (yay my first boarder crossing into another country) my first take of malaysia was that it is ...

... capiva una mazza di inglese, visto che ci eravamo persi e non c'erano taxi all'orizzonte. Melaka e' stata un crocevia: la mia compagna di viaggio e' partita, io sono di nuovo solo e devo decidere dove andare. Non ho ancora le idee molto chiare sul percorso da seguire, intanto decido di fare quelle tre-quattro ore di autobus che mi separano da Singapore, poi chissa' dove andro' a finire. L'autobus lascia Melaka, io aspetto con curiosita' di scoprire cosa mi aspetta nei prossimi giorni.

... I also noticed, and now just mentioning that Asian homes do not have couches/sofas. Run of the mill wooden chairs/benches or in most cases just the wooden floor will do just fine (we're soo spoiled) and hammocks of course..and in many cases that is where the family sleeps as well...talk aboot bringing the family together. My orignial plan when i booked all my flights was to take a boat from Melaka straight ...

On the whole Melaka was pretty dull. Ricardo did manage to add some old coins to his collections, they had holes in the middle for when people used to carry coins on a string, I think they should re-introduce that for novelty value. The rest of the supposed highlights were antique stores (there were some pretty nice things to be fair but it's not really something to go crazy about methinks) and an old fort and church near the city centre. The fort was ...

... hundreds of years old body - a pleasure I missed out on while in Goa!) The best part was Jonker Street in China Town which in a lovely street with nice little boutiques and souvenir shops. After only 2 nights in Melaka it was time to leave my new friends and move on, to the town of Johor Bahru, to catch my flight to Borneo.

... His finger is quite mangled from the continuous torture, but he sure can work a coconut. Mere seconds to get that husk off. We did the heritage walk and explored the various shops, ate some Nyonyan food, and baked under the tremendous heat. It's understandable this is the low season for travel.

... ganzen leckeren Tierchen verspeisen musste :-) Danach ging es noch mit dem Inhaber des Guesthouse in eine Bar zum Billardspielen. Der gute Yen kannte hier jeden und auch die Berufe der dort Anwesenden waren sehr interessant: Waitresses und Businessmen ;-) Das geniale Foto mit Yen, Peter und uns beiden an einer Nudelbude Nachts um halb drei wird natuerlich nachgeliefert.