Venus Hotel Melaka

... I think we might have been his only guests. We then moved into another hostel, which had a great roof top view of Melaka. Settled and went out for some dinner and a movie in the local cinema complex. Finished the evening playing in the arcades like a couple of school kids. Very fun!

The next day we did a bit of sightseeing, taking in the amazing buildings and monuments of this famous port. We also took a walk ...

... Being in Malaysia, I wanted to see Asian things rather than European but I did the sightseeing thing for part of a day anyway. I took in the Stadhuys, a major landmark which was the official residence of the Dutch governors & their officers, Christ Church adjacent to the Stadhuys and A'Famosa a fortress built by the Portugese. I went to see St.Paul's Church where the St.Francis Xavier was temporarily buried before being taken back to Goa where he began ...

... de temps pour tout voir, Bali est beaucoup trop touristique, l'ile de Java est surpeuplée donc nous nous concentrerons sur l'ile de Sumatra. Il n'y a que deux endroits dans le Monde ou on peut voir des orang-outans en pleine nature et Sumatra est l'un d'entre eux...C'est décidé donc nous partons pour la jungle!

Le bus de Singapour en direction de Melaka en Malaysie s'est avéré être un bus de luxe avec TV et ...

... was a breeze from the sea that cooled us down. We walked down the other side of the hill to the only remaining part of a fort built by the Portuguese when they ruled Melaka, a gate. There were also a few of the original fort foundations poking out of the ground. We saw the Sultanate Palace but it was closed (it was about 5pm by now) so we headed to the shopping centre and the air conditioning. When we got there David discovered that there ...

------------------------------------ Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Nous sommes alle voir la mosque bleu ce matin. Une belle mosque toute bleue...C'est tres beau mais tres simple comme mobilier. Un tapis bleu, mur blanc (en marbre) et un mega dome. C'etait quand meme beau. Plusieurs vitraux a motifs simples malgre mon deguisement en sagouinne, nous avons pu voir la salle de priere (gros dome) sur le seuil de la porte. Juste les ...

... to queue for seats. We got to fit ourselves into a rest. selling chicken rice BALLS after 30 minutes of pointless search, and I eventually earned my chance to buy toys walking along jonker streets. Quickly we rushed to St. Paul hill, like others making there a must-go upon each visit to Malacca town, until now I cannot remember for how many times I've climbed to that silly top. Up there in the church-like ruin we listened song ...

... Melak lost 2-1). A 'crowd' of 200-300 is making no-one any money. The rest of our time was spent seeing all the sites - the Portugeese preceeded the Dutch and then the English in what is a very tourist friendly town with a nicely preserved centre. It also has a big Carrefour (and a Tescos) so some shopping was done too. Final days now so it's the train down to singapore.

Mmmmm.... a one day trip to what is suppose to be a historical town... Locals did tell me that going to museums was not worth it but I didn't believe them and therefore still went to see for myself... The town itself is ok... with a few pretty Portuguese ruins or abandonned villas. Although they are now lost in the middle of a sort of China town you can somehow ...

... con tanto di bocca aperta e dentacci in bella mostra, veramente un bestione gigante (stimiamo circa 1 metro e mezzo - paolo dice che e' il piu' grosso che abbia mai visto - e col cavolo che mi sono avvicinata per vedere meglio le dimensioni...). Tutto cio' in 5 metri scarsi d'acqua a 20 metri dalla riva. Ah, stavo per dimenticare il piatto forte.... verso l'ora di pranzo (Pavlov non funziona solo con i cani, evidentemente) sono arrivati a riva a nuotare fra le gambe ...