Pan Pacific Melaka

... were whole sections given over to spinning tops and kites - again more interesting than it sounds. <br>That evening's meal was to be authentic Paranakan, Nancy's Kitchen providing a gorgeous candelnut chicken curry - again much to the astonishement of the locals in this very popular restaurant, who didn't seem to expect a westerner to be eating their hot sambal food.<br>And so to bed, having once again dodged the gloriously understated trishaws drivers.

... fatter than you!]!<br><br>That evening Andy, Chris and I (reluctantly) went to see the Star Trek movie at the mall cinema (GBP1.60 a ticket - not bad!) and it was surprisingly good. The knowledge Chris and Andy had about the original show was a little scary though. [Rich: I decided on the free hostel movie and saw 'Be Kind Rewind, bloody Trekkie geeks] We retired to the hostel and I stayed up to read whilst the others went to bed. I got talking to George Philip/Mo for ages on ...

... seat across the entrance from me to my left, just as I was thinking that he looked a bit dodgy and going to move my bag, which was sitting on the stool next to me, he reached across grabbed my bag and ran. I remember shouting (sorry mum) "YOU F**KING W**KER" and running after him, bare foot. He turned down the street across and just as I nearly caught him he jumped onto the back of his mates scooter who was there waiting for him. One of the guys from the ...

... city and it didn't rain again! Very lucky! We were unlucky in that it was peak hour and traffic was horrific - and not so happy about being last to be dropped off as we had a date meeting Nigel and Jen - but in the end we were on time and also got to see more of KL that way! Hurrah for us! Clap or not, up to you. Whatevs. So we met Nigel and Jen, had Indian again (realised they cook with Maggi noodles hehe) and sat on a rooftop bar having a ...

... guy i cannot remember. they are all musos and when they arent travelling around playing they take it in turns to manage the hostel. and whats even better, howard doesnt expect you to pay till you leave.. love this place o and security is tops here, swipe cards in and out, keys to rooms, which is wierd, cause doesnt look like the place would have such techy stuff!! anyhow, now im off to explore for day two and get some fruit for brekkie, i am desperate for fruit!!!!!

... are lit with lanterns. It was quite nice but we were very tired due to all the walking we had done that day. The next day was pretty chill as we covered most of the "attractions" the day before. WE thought we needed two days in that city but one coudl have been enough. We went to get our bus ticket for Singapore in the morning and then walked some more in the city through little india and visited some Portugese church. Then ...

... Little Richard, which did nothing for our concentration (or our scores - Clive's excuse!)Have you ever seen a hip swiveling bowler ? The weather here is hot and sunny in the morning and then usually, monsoon rain the afternoon once the humidity has got up to really high levels. In keeping with the everywhere is closed theme, many restaurants were closed for at least some of the Easter weekend ...

... coisa, depressa encontrei um restaurante indiano [2], onde comi comida vegetariana servida sobre uma folha de bananeira à boa moda hindu. Mesmo no centro da cidade ...

... much in our two months here - it just isn't necessary - like I said, damn near everyone here speaks English. That's not to say we haven't learned anything -- quite to the contrary, in fact. But we just haven't learned as much as we could have. So now that you know a little bit about Bahasa, can you translate this: bas ekspres? If you guessed that's bus express, you're right. And that's just what we were looking for on the morning of Friday the thirteenth: a bus to whisk ...

... merchants (where we indulged in some of the best spring roles ever!!!), past buddhist, taoist and hindu temples, mosques and even a methodist church. It was amazing to see all of these structures of different faiths and belief systems in such close proximity with one another, having been established at different points in Melakan history over the past 500 years or so. It also seemed to me, a tourist on a day trip, that there was acceptance of each other and ...