Heeren House Melaka

It is relatively big city - with about 800000 people, but really the bit you want to see is small, the architecture is influenced by Dutch, Portuguese and the British and it good to see the contrasts just strolling around.
There are Churches, Mosques, Towers, A wheel, River and a China Town Market.
Took a bike out here - what an absolute disaster ...

... always keen to try and give massages, some might say a little over keen :D

Day Two:

On the second day we decided to do some sightseeing, because that's what we were there for. We had heard so much about the history of Melaka that we were all pretty excited to see the sights. First off we went to the Museum which was built inside a replica of a Portuguese battle ship that had landed in Melaka way back when. The entry into the museum also included entry into the ...

... expense of the Dutch lady in our party. Who along the widest, straightest & most relaxed part of our ride, veered sharply to the right. Watching stunned & amazed as she cycled off the path, effortlessly into thin air, exactly like a Mary Poppins sketch but only this time gravity took hold & down she plummeted into a small canal. Emerging, thankfully uninjured, but soaked & covered head to foot in mud & water hyacinth. Local ladies rushed around caring ...

... and tinsel and playing music - we often heard some "rapping rickshaws" peddling up the road, with 50 Cent at high volume on the p.a (yes, I too am amazed that Clive new who it was!!). The owners also had a sense of humour - one asked Clive if he could take us to London. Friday night seems to be the ultimate Karaoke night. Walking along Jonker Street, which is the major and most of historical ...

... natures beauty. The beaches offer one of the highest wave in the world, 3 to 4 meters, totally challenge your gut. Once you grounded your self in this hidden Paradise Island, next you will paddle out to the worlds best surf. Dont call your self Surfer if you havent ride Mentawais waves said most of the surfer to expressed their surfing experiences in Mentawai www.freelinesurf.com ...

... which is spoken in not only Malaysia, but also in Singapore and Brunei. A very similar form of the language is spoken throughout Indonesia. Apart from Bahasa, nearly everyone can speak English, and most of them can speak it very well. Due to the ethnic make-up of the country, Mandarin is spoken by a huge percentage of the population, and most of the Mandarin speakers also know at least one other Chinese dialect (e.g.: Hokkien, Cantonese, etc.). A good portion of the ...

Four LRT trains pass before I can squeeze on to one through rush hour. At least they have air-con. It's a humid morning and I'm heading south to Melaka for the day. Melaka should be just two hours away. As seems standard for Malaysia, the Melaka bus station is actually 6km from the centre, passing business to a fleet of beligerent taxi drivers. Melaka is a former trading centre for Chinese and Indian merchants and, once its value became known in Europe, a Portuguese, then Dutch, then ...