Ng Fook Hotel Melaka

... it we went in the bus station and got tickets to Melaka from the first person we asked.<br><br>We then had to get a bus out of the city to the KL stadiums to catch one of the hundreds of buses that had been laid on especially out of town to ferry people across the country. We were glad to eventually get on the road we had four nights left so decided to just see what Melaka was like and take it from there.<br><br>Picking up a flyer about a guesthouse ...

... spoke to on several different nights. <br><br>During the film, the nice Indian man that had advertised Sunny's Inn to us at the bus station, turned up. He sat down with some whisky and soon got as drunk as Zen. They were great! So funny and ******. It was great too, because they were always so professional during the days, when they weren't bladdered. The Malaysian-Indian guy was the Malaysian version of Mo! Especially when he was drunk. He spoke ALOT and incredibly slowly ...

... Sweet Marinad crust wth a peanut dipping sauce that had me ordering seconds. The city itself is good for walking. I was there for less than 24 hours but covered alot of the old part of tow, split between the narrow street of old Chinatown and the retail district. Big malls that have really good air conditioning. As an aside, I am broud to say that with my clothes on, I am coming in at 167 with 16% body fat or so says the Tenaka fat analyzer machine being ...

... restrained! Honest!! Back to the others, split decision for tea. The plan was to go to a restaurant for Kate and Lauren's last night but the others had already gone their last night. The other idea was to go to a street place that Bex and I found on our 6 mile jaunt around town last night. Didn't go so well, the group split and decided to meet up later for drinks. I headed to the street place where in the ...

... met Carrefour (je zou d'r bijna thuis gaan voelen). 's Avonds bezochten we de Portugese wijk. Wat bij aankomst in de wijk opviel was dat nacht weer dag leek te worden door de overgrote hoeveelheid aan kerstverlichting. Volendam zou er rond kerst grauw bij afsteken... echt ongelofelijk. Overigens was het restaurantje (a Lisbon) een stuk minder idyllisch al werd dit weer goed gecompenseerd door de smaak van het eten. Als je toevallig ...

... places was a venue called Newton's Food Center, which consisted of a few dozen vendors that each sold their own traditional based dishes. It was easy to get a wide assortment of different dishes, as the prices were generally around 5 RM. There was also a wide assortment of fruit juices and shaved ice desserts, which were absolutely delicious and cheap (around 2 RM for a fruit shake). One of the owners of Newton's brought us out a free traditional dish ...

... singing in a different language, most of them still sounded awful. Most of the stuff that was being sold was junk. However, this didn't stop us from looking. We also watched an amazing stuntman perform all kinds of tricks like fire breathing. After the fire performance we almost started clapping but realized that no one else in the audience was clapping. However, when that same guy asked a Canadian guy if he knew who Jackie Chan was and he said yes, the crowd started clapping like crazy.

... know what things are and not everyone speaks english so we have introduced a few rules to follow, one of which is to avoid anything with 'tubes' in it (having seen 'pig's organ soup' on offer in Singapore and 'pig's stomach' in Melaka we're not taking any chances!) Had pizza for dinner (well, we can't eat noodles all the time!) from a restaurant in a traditional style house with an open air courtyard in the middle which was great. Off to KL tomorrow...

... Year 2007." I have already filled out several government surveys of tourism and have received a nice pin from the Malaysian tourism board. I was told to recommend Malaysia to friends and family. Done. Also, I seem to have a knack at picking up words in Bahasa Melaysia (official language), which is a bit useless as most people speak fluent English. But the people really appriciate it, making the visit all the more enjoyable. On that note, Selamat Jalan!

... income is lower in Malaysia than the UK), we wandered round the shopping mall for a bit, with Heather finding numerous cheap tops which began to use up the compensation she had received from the hotel in Ayer's Rock for the loss of her top (one top lost was to eventually be replaced by five tops, a skirt and a dress as a result of the lower prices in Malaysia). That evening, we walked to the far end of town in search of a restaurant which was recommended in the guidebook. Sadly ...