Heritage Hotel Melaka

... princess party" on the bus.

When we arrived in Melaka we took a cab to our hotel. During the ride, Denise and I both looked at each other and said "This is not what we were expecting". The description in all of the guide books said that it was a quaint city with a strong Dutch and Portuguese influence. Ha, did they pull us in!! Three churches and about four or five buildings painted red, that about sums it up. I ...

... alight and set of in a caravan of trishaws for their city tour. The trishaws base themselves in the old Dutch town square, which forms a clear central point on the opposite side of the river from the Baba-Nyonya area. We took a walk around these, the oldest buildings including the ruins of the first church at the top of the hill, from where you can look over the town and out to the open Straits. There is an interesting museum inside the Staathuis which gives a lot of background ...

... guess what they've brought there child along with them who is 13 now, but was 9 when they set off. He is schooled on the boat and was busy hanging out in the Holiday Inn hotel. They sold there house in France at the right time to fund there trip. Good on them we warned them of increasing pirate attacks around Somalia making the news a lot recently and they said they are going to go around Cape Horn instead... better to take your chances with the weather than with the ...

so i had some time to kill before going to KL to visit my friends so i stoped off in this nice lil historic town its been influanced by pretty much everyone from india china malay dutch portuguse english and of course japan!! The historic area is very nice the only thing i dont understand is why so many malls, half of which seem to be empty

... Baba Nyonya museum in Chinatown, which is a refurbished Chinese traders' house (actually three), which was similar to Choeng Fat Tze's mansion in Penang, with it's beautiful mother of pearl furniture and traditional Chinese layout, but had far more eclectic furnishings, with pieces from Holland, England and Italy. Although it was a little early for lunch, I took the opportunity to nip into Cafe 1511 and try the duck soup, in which both the Chinese and Malay influences were ...

... as telling Jo (who asked me waht the hell I was doing) that we'd got on the wrong bus - again! One minute later (after we'd excused ourselves and politely pushed our way through the packed bus toward the exit, trying hard not to hit too many people on the back opf the head with our rucksacks) we were stood on the roadside waving farewell to the smiling occupants of the bus as it rattled off down the street in a cloud of blue diesel smoke. Once again, we stood looking at each other with ...

... antes de que pegue un latigazo con la cola y, con 2 nuevos bultos en el cuello, tire patras la mano xDD. Se ve q los dragones de komodo son mas jodidos y grandes, asi que creo q esa va a ser mi experiencia con reptiles de gran tamanyo en toda mi vida :(. Desde melaka un bote hasta dumai, en la isla indonesia de sumatra. El bote cuesta 89 ringgit y tarda 2 horas aprox. No tengo ni una mala palabra para los malayos, nada que reprochar, realmente es genial. Highly recommended!

... man was it good... the heat only made it better. All I needed was a packet of McCoys and I'd be in heaven. Anyway, I found Tony's, checked into a room with a double bed for RM20 (about 3 quid), had a cold shower and went to explore the town, the results of which can be seen in the photos. I like it. It's a bit run-down but nobody cares much. It's like living in a house where the toilet gets cleaned every few weeks and there's always something to wash up in the sink. If you ...