Tan Kim Hock Hotel Melaka

well, there is a piece of advice to be given if you come over Malaysia, the taxi drivers are the same as everywhere in the world i have seen so far, a bunch of thieves! If you jump on one make sure you ask him to switch the meter on, they won´t do it by themselves, otherwise you will pay twice as the fear price!<br> <br> this is a Muslim country so there will be some things you may need to know, during Ramadan some of the basic services will be ...

... the usual touristy junk ****. This ruined it for me, and I didn't even bother taking photos of it. However, Chris returned to A'Famosa a few days later and said that the stalls had disappeared.<br><br> Just over the road from A'Famosa is the Independence Memorial; Malaysia's first prime minister declared the country's impending independence on the field in front of the formerly named 'Melaka Club' in 1956. The building has been extensively restored and turned into a museum ...

... long enough to see everything, that I have a great feel for Malaysia, he gave me safety advice etc - so sweet and genuine. That was the first encounter and I cannot tell you about all the others, other than to say, everyone I met in this City was this open and genuine. And not weird happy. This is not a cult town; in fact it is the most eclectic place I have ever been to. I ended up staying in a small guesthouse in the ancient Chinatown. Melaka was granted UNESCO ...

... we would be there a day early. This place was run by a traveling guy called Tony, who only arrived back he evening before from Laos. We spent the afternoon just walking around and a quick nap before heading out for the night market. It is held every evening in a different location, and this time it was Chinatown. Henry (I think), the guy from the previous hostel had invited us to dinner even though we couldn't stay there, so we figured we would head up there or find ...

... dostalismy sie lokalnym autobusem do centrum i znalezlismy przyjemny hotel. Popoludnie spedzilismy na zwiedzaniu miasta i drobnych zakupach. Drugiego dnia kontynuowalismy zwiedzanie odwiedzajac miedzy innymi Muzeum Morskie oraz zrekonstruowany Palac Sultana z pieknymi ogrodami.

... nekolik podii, kde se mistni stredni vek predvadi jednak v karaoke, a take necim mezi tancem a aerobikem (square dancing). Mistni obyvatele jsou mili a veseli lide, s nekolika jsme poklabosili, no a nejvic se nam libilo, ze nas nikdo nepronasledoval v honbe za nasimi bankovkami, a nikdo se nam nepokousel vnucovat blbosti za neuveritelne ceny. :-) Spousta restauraci a baru melo otevreno dlouho do noci, nekde dokonce hrala i kapela, no a vsichni parili o sto ...

... were there). You have to walk on the road taking care not to be hit by trucks or cars whizzing by. The area reminded us of Hoi An, but without the excitement or buzz. At night the buildings are all lit up by pink lights which we thought was a nice effect, but wasted on tourists during the week. On the Tuesday, we visited the Cheng Hoon Temple that dates back to 1646. The temple was very ornate and still in use. Around the back were little shrines for ancestor worship ...

... fattige fordi alle dem med bare lidt penge opholdt sig i shoppingcenteret. Et shoppingcenter der kun eksisterer pga. de mange Singaporeanere der tager paa weekendudflugter dertil. Naeste gang jeg befinder mig i den by er det kun for gennemrejse. Heldet har heldigvis vendt, for byen jeg er kommet til idag, Melaka, er ganske fremragende. Jeg har fundet et fedt Guesthouse, Travellers' Logde, som ogsaa tilbyder det internet jeg benytter lige nu. Byen er desvaerre paa vej ...

... Malacca. It was very strange being back in Malacca we felt like we had only left the place last week even though it was over a year ago. We stayed in a guest house owned by a recently widowed local woman who allowed us all to sleep in one room with mattresses on the floor to save money. We spent one night in Malacca and shared a few beers which were cheaper than in ...

... slightly lost, much to the amusement of the locals eating their food from the street side tables who pointed us out to their children, it soon became clear that the restaurant didn't exist any more so we retraced our steps to the Discovery Cafe which we had passed on the way through. Here we had an excellent meal of Devilled Chicken Curry, Chili Beef and Rice washed down with some local cheap beer. The regional food was excellent and extremely spicy and as we sat in ...