Heeren Inn Melaka

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Patti, we had a Fleur de leis moment, as in Paris. Since we had limited funds, we wanted our driver, a very petite older woman, either Malay or Malay/Chinese mix to stop at an ATM or bank. Now the words ATM and Bank are all over the buildings, yet she had no idea what we were talking about. Denise just pushing the STOP THIEF button on her app for her ipod. We were laughing all the way back to the hotel!

... We spent a long time just wandering around soaking up the atmosphere. It’s a quiet place overall despite the obvious tourist presence. The local trishaw riders make a point of decorating their trishaws with flowers and lights, often with an inauthentic sound system blasting out RnB, Michael Jackson or Boney M. The volume of the music that close to your ears is enough to make you know that you don’t really want one of their rides, although occasional coach parties ...

... horizon. The breeze up here was needed before we headed back down to the public swimming pool for a few lengths and to cool down... heaven!

In the evening we went on a river cruise there was only 6 people on the boat. One of the couples was from England and have been sailing around the world for the last 4 years. There plans are to circumnavigate the globe with there final port of call being Quebec, Canada. Here they then intend to live... sounds pretty awesome ...

... say no, but then i though man i'm going home to nothing in 10 days i'm lucky if i have anyone to even go out with if iwant to, i should be having fun my last 10 days coz once its over its over Thus im gonna go and have fun if i spend too much well then i'll deal with it another day As well taro and scott come on tuesday so it will be nice to see some friendly faces over the course of my last 10 days. Thats all folks Off to KL tomorrow

... and sample some more delights! I went to the cinema to watch Hancock and was so excited to see a film! It didn't matter if it was any good! And I had no choice but to get a box of popcorn to enjoy with it since I could smell it all the way from my guesthouse! Day 137 - This morning I decided I would go to Singpore today, rather than tommorrow, as I had seen most of the sights in Melaka and needed all the time I could get in Singapore. Before I went, I had a guided tour of ...

... the suburbs! This I found out from the Malaysian girl sat next to me, who tried her upmost in her limited English, and with the use of the map I was frantically poring over in my concern that we'd end up somewhere we didn't want to go, to explain that this "was the wrong bus, you plonker!". Once she realised my panic and noticed the sweat of concern beading my brow she kindly said "stop, stop" to me and smiling, pointed out the stop button above my head, which I pushed at the same ...

... me quedo con el dinodrilosaurio que vi... y toque! explico: iba yo caminando por el lado de un canal (un canal donde puedes ver varanos de 1-2 metros nadando buscando comida cada 5 min) cuando me encuentro con una familia de chinos mirando para unas tuberias al lado de la acera(los bichos esos tb van por la acera :S). Me acerco y TACHAN! un peaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaso de varano de 2m y pico que no podia pasar pq su cuerpo era demasiao grande xDD. Asi que aprovecho para tocarlo un ...

... Chinatown - which was full. I started to make my way towards Tony's Guesthouse when a local sitting in a bar with two expats spotted me, called me over and bought me 3 beers all cos he liked to chat to travellers (and partly because he was ****** I suspect). Joe - the owner of the bar and an expat from Auckland - said that I was welcome to play a couple of songs on stage if I was able to pop round again. That was possibly the first Carlsberg I've had since leaving England ...