Seri Costa Hotel Malacca Melaka

... waffles with blueberries and peanut butter made into a little sandwich...delicious!!! Day was spent wandering around looking for a restaurant that didn't exist and stocking up on toilettries. Also spent most of the afternoon looking for the floating mosque...almost thought it didn't exist..just like the restaurant...but finally ended up spotting it but by that point were to tired to actually go up to it. On the way we managed to ...

... the bridge over the river brought us to the historical China-town area and the night market along what was Jonkers Street; sights, sounds and smells to savour, although the public karaoke competition on an enormous stage was truly painful, and I'm still not sure if on one stall they were pets for sale or potential supper. It was off this main drag, however, that the real interest lay- and a good ...

... up to a huge almost square vertical hole in the rock, caused by the wind blowing. It was called Natures Window as it perfectly framed the scenery with the river beyond it. We went walking at about midday - 1pm and it probably wasn't the best idea. I got really hot and think I had a touch of heat stroke which made me quite sick. Kalbarri is a really pretty town where the Murchison River meets the Indian Ocean - and in the morning we watched the Pelicans coming in to be fed. They ...

... Indian community in Malacca, and Malaysia in general. Served on a big banana leaf used as a plate with chutneys, pickles, sauce, poppadums, naan, rice and chicken. Was really good but incredibly spicy. I had the curry sweats bad. Couple of the locals looked at me if I was a freak. Again, cost around £2 which is so cheap and much cheaper than Singapore which is another thing Malaysia has over "Singa-bore" : things here are a lot cheaper and easier on my wallet.

... local Chinese veggie shop - here they did veggie sui mi. Yum yum.

... So the town has wierd bits of old European architecture. Across the bridge over the little river from Dutch square is Chinatown, loads of small buildings along about 4 streets occupying a large area whcih are all lit up red at night. We went into a teahouse, or rather got dragged in and had a chinese tea ritual in a proper old tea house where we felt like we were in a set from Crouching Tiger or ...

... of life. It is a bit grotty in places and the traffic system is a bit chaotic but we are getting used to this now.Melaka has a lot of history attached due to it's stragegic position on the Straits of Melaka. It first came to prominence in the 14th century when a Sumatrian prince fled to Melaka where he made it his HQ. It became a favoured port for resupplying ships. Later it was taken over by the Portuguese, Dutch and the English. You can see evidence of ...

... with two spaces on a bus that was leaving for Singapore in two hours time!! So we raced back to the hostel threw our belonginings into our backpacks, raced back to the bus station and got there with 10 minutes to spare - for two people that are known for being late for everything this was no mean feat! So unexpectidly we said adious to Melaka and Malaysia and set off for our final SE Asian Country on our trip Singapore!!

... we nearly died getting up there), an old gate house and a colonial influenced Sheik palace. By the end we were exhausted and boiling so we went back to the hostel to rest under the fan but we were still too hot. Eventually we got up and went to a cafe for dinner where we stayed for most of the night in the slightly cooler air. Cold is very valuable here. On our last full day here we went to the Buba Nonya museum which is an old ...

... La spiaggetta dell'isola era stupenda e ci siamo regalati un bel bagnetto con maschera e boccaglio (e pinne, ma senza fucile e occhiali). Entro in acqua e vedo una miriade di pesciolini colorati di barriera che mi vengono intorno... ora, per chi ha visto Lilo e Stitch: avete presente quando il biologo extraterrestre esperto della Terra (pianeta sotto protezione perche' unico luogo di riproduzione di una specie in via di estinzione nell'universo: la zanzara) vede una ...