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You say malacca, i say melaka
we rode up to Malacca from Singapore on the bus this morning, a 3.5 hour ride. we expected a very run down malaysia, but instead find that the government here is investing boatloads of money in sprucing up the place and promoting tourism to everyone around the world. the people are incredibly friendly and hospitable. it was that way in singapore …
Melaka where the streets have no pavements
Getting to Melaka was very easy in-spite of the all horror stories we had been reading about... We caught one bus from Singapore to Melaka, walked straight through customs (no delay), had a bite to eat at a bus stop then arrived into Melaka about 3pm that afternoon (about 4 hours worth). We were convinced by the bus driver to pay him to drop us off …
History lessons in Malacca
Together with Georgetown, Malacca is one of the 2 historical cities in Malaysia that has been listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site. The city was the center of the Malay world in the 15th and the 16th century (after the Malays moved over from Sumatra, Indonesia) before it was ruled by subsequently the Portuguese, Dutch and British. Nowadays, …
Heeren House, Malacca, Malaysia
De busreis naar Malacca verliep soepeltjes. Ernst had het in het begin vrij snel gehad met braaf zitten en begon te keten: flirten met medepassagiers, mamma in het gezicht kriebelen (lees: slaan/knijpen) en lekker protesteren (lees: hard schreeuwen). Na een uurtje sliepen beide heren echter en het vervolg was dus heel relaxed vervolg cvan de reis …
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... good and filling meal for 5-6 dollars. And in this heat, I find I need less and less food each day.
One thing I have not mentioned about Malaysia that I should is the rounding off. Everything is still priced the same way we price things - at whatever, say 2.99 or 5.47 - but when the final bill is added up, your total is rounded either up or down to the nearest 0 or 5. No penny totals at all. So if your bill comes out to ...


