Grand Southern Hotel Melaka

Up at 9, had to use a scary toilet/ shower so we wouldn't miss the bus. Caught the MRT and then a taxi to the bus stop for 11am. Not too long after we reached the border with Malaysia, quick passport and luggage check and we were in! Another 3 hours and we arrived in Melaka. Got pounced on by taxi men but gladly took one due to the pouring rain....

Off to the zoo to ride an elephant! From the pictures below, I had a rough time getting on the elephants back. Poor Denise was squashed between the driver and me. Once the elephant recovered from falling down to one knee, he bounced right back and started the journey. HA! HA! We went around a circle that is approx. 1/16 of a mile. What did you e...

6th December 2009

Our hostel is based in the town centre near the antiques road, China town, restaurants, and sightseeing places. We awoke at 10.30am, just in time for our complimentary breakfast to our dismay is was two pieces of plain bread and butter and a cup of tea. But free breakfast is
good breakfast! after this we headed to...

We flew from Bali to Singapore at 12:30am so we didn't arrive until 3:30. Our bus to Melaka wasn't leaving for another 5hrs and we were absolutely EXHAUSTED, so we walked around the airport looking for a place to sleep. The people who built Singapore airport are clearly sadistic, and instead of putting comfy couches and carpeting in the area out...

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I was meant to write the Melaka blog, but as you will find out, I was ill for pretty much the entirety of Melaka, so I spent most my time in bed or on the toilet. Tom, however, failed to realise that this would prevent me from writing the blog (even though I missed out on everything) so he didn't take any notes (Tom: To be...

Tuesday 31st - 4th April - Melaka, Malaysia.   I took the bus from Singapore on Wed 1st April to Melaka, Malaysia. In all the bus journeys I've done, and the amount of hours and nights I've spent on busses, for this 4 hour bus journey, I got the nicest bus I've ever seen.   The seats were like arm chairs, that reclined far back, with a foot rest...

Melaka, Malaysia - December 11 - 13 For the first time since our bus from Dahab to Cairo in Egypt, our bus was early! We left Butterworth at 11.30 pm for the 6.5 hour journey to Melaka, but arrived at 5am. Normally being early would be awesome...but not so when you arrive so early that you have to wait for a decent hour to get into your hostel. ...

Well, who knew Malaysian Peninsula was so important to so many nations in history. Maybe I did, but I certainly forgot, so spending two days in Melaka certainly opened my eyes. An of course, it's logical regarding the geographical position of the peninsula, and the city of Melaka especially.... Melaka is the mother of Malaysia, as far as I could...

Our stay in Melaka was made extra special due in part to the most informative and friendliest hostel manager we ever met. Raymond who runs Ringo's guesthouse helped us plan our entire itinery for Malaysia. So it now looks like we will be spending 3-4 weeks in Malaysia: Melaka -> Pulau Tioman -> KL -> Cameroon Highlands -> Taiman Nega...

Chapter 5 - Malaysia What an entertaining border crossing: Get a cheap bus to the border, leave bus, walk through the border control, board bus again to drive over bridge, leave bus, walk through Malay customs (a much longer queue than in Singapore), fend off the first touts (taxi to Pulau Tioman? Best place & best price for best friend? No ...