Ming Hotel Melaka

... of Melaka boasts high rise hotels and air conditioned shopping malls, perfect cocoons protecting from the stifling humidity now holding the City with a vice like grip.<br><br>Cinammon Apple, Lemon Sorbet, Sweet Durian, Strawberry Delight, Original Glazed.. oh yes, I had stumbled upon Big Apple Donuts, the Malay version of Dunkin Donuts. I was about to be face with what was the biggest decision since booking my ...

... it in turns to perform some very bad karaoke- including a Chinese pop song which bizarrely appeared to have sampled the melody line from Kraftwerk's 'The Model' - true comedy value! After a wander around Chinatown's interlacing streets and a quick listen to a street band, we went back. Again I stayed up on my own for a bit and ended up talking with George and Zen for a while (deja vu). George Philip, in true Mo fashion, tried to scam some money out of me with a card trick but I ...

... that because of the Grand Prix, they were struggling to find somewhere to stay and that I might have trouble as well. Emailed back to tell them that I might not be going anywhere as I'd just had my bag stolen. They both got a bus that day to Melaka and came down to make sure I was alright and if I needed anything. Dan was on his way back to Singapore anyway, and Buddy was planning on going to Penang but didn't mind the detour. Buddy had had his bag ...

Our journey back through KL saw us feasting on a dirty KFC and an hour wait in a dirty smog filled, caustic bus station. The buses waited underground and the fumes had no where to go, the poor guys who worked down there sending people to the right bus have one of the worst jobs we have seen to date, certainly as far as their health is concerned. We finally make it onto a bus and spend a couple of hours resting until we reached Malaka, upon where we had to have met the ...

Marche dans Malaka Walk in Malaka --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Enfin mieux que ce matin. Nous avons peu dormi a cause que notre chambre tombait sur la rue tres achalandee. Pas de rideaux dans les fenetres et sous les lampadaires et des douches a eau froide. Nous avons pris nos bagage et marcher dans la ville 1 ...

... compassionate, gathering her up whilst useless bank-side flip-flop fishing 'farangs' were gently pushed aside &amp; friendly locals delved in &amp; took control of operation bike, flip-flop &amp; bag recovery, successfully. 10 minutes passed &amp; our Dutch lady was returned looking dazed but sparklingly clean. And now we are in Malaysia heading overland towards Singapore. Swapping Wats, Buddha &amp; free will for Mosques, Allah &amp; head scarves. But what a nice surprise ...

... Chinese funerals are more elaborate the richer the person who has passed away was. The guy who's funeral it was must have been minted as it took five minutes for the procession to make it's way along the street. Blimey, I'm glad I'm not Chinese, because all I'd get when I die is a bloke with a harmonica, banging on an empty biscuit tin with a wooden spoon.

... ao centro. Ainda antes do almoço no tal restaurante hindu, pude visitar o Palácio do Sultanado de Malaca e respectivo jardim, passagem pelo Stadthuys e tentativa de ...

... our 9 kilos of clothes for only 3 ringgit a kilo, plus only 2 ringgit for the express job. Satisfied, we left our clothes and grabbed a late lunch. By the time we finished lunch, it was already 3:30, which meant we had a lot of ground to cover, if we planned to return to KL the next afternoon. Malacca is perhaps the city in Malaysia with the most history. It was here that the Sumatran prince Parameswara set up shop in the early 1400s. Under his rule, Malacca flourished ...

... of the "not-self," or that which is other than me. My Dad gave me an article to read in the bulletin from our local parish, All Saints, a few years ago and its wisdom has stuck with me. The question was what could a person get by going to the same church and going through the same routine every sunday, and the answer was simple. The mass, the prayers and the gospels may remain the same, but every week when you go to church, you are a different person....a ...