Famous Inn Hotel Melaka

... . Anyway due to my curiosity what Melaka strait looks like, I walked through the hot sun to the strait just behind the holiday inn hotel. I saw the ferris wheel (they called eyes of Malaysia - hm, sound like London eyes?yes?) - with my satisfied ...

... be the place we lodge for the night. We encircled the city a bit up until we found the shores of Melaka, not so pretty though, we arrived at the hotel. Just across the hotel was Holiday Inn and The Jetty. The Jetty had originally meant as the harbor of ...

... bike was fixed. Arrived at the hotel, fast shower, we walk to the center and enjoy the historical side, before we eat the famous - rice Balls of Famosa. After dinner, a journalist from "the star" arrive and interview us. Then a beer and photoshooting of ...

... snake picture was conveniently 'lost' seeing as it wasn't particularly complimentary. We took a cycle rickshaw back to the hotel. In Melaka they are adorned with all sorts of foliage, lights and decorations. Our three were banging out Happy Hardcore ...

... the end of my journey to through the heavens of taste and delight. Of course, I save the best for last - Malacca's famous Chicken Rice Balls. Read more about Malacca's Chicken Rice Balls here and watch the video! A few minutes please....to compose ...

... lives crossing the main road as there were no crossings, underpasses or overpasses to be found. Imagine you stay at either the Holiday Inn or the hotel next to that (the name has slipped my mind), you would be trapped between the Jetty and the road, and ...

... flown in from India. After dinner we had planned to go all posh on ourselves and to go for a drink at the World Famous Raffles Hotel. We were of course here to try out the equally famous cocktail, the Singapore Sling ,which was invented by the ...

... and the site of the 2010 Youth Olympics and the F1 track. Whilst scooting round, we also made a pit-stop at the world famous Raffles Hotel, which is renowned for inventing the Singapore Sling. At $30 (£15) a pop, Zoe and I decided to share one between ...

... , so the rest has to be reconstructed when this is typed up, six months later. Mon 27th Sept Tawau (Sabah)-Kuala Lumpur-Melaka (Peninsular Malaysia) Finally find the local bus, which goes to Tawau, and hopefully the airport on the way, as well (bit ...

Thursday was another long bus day. I left Melaka early in the morning and didn't arrive in Tanah Rata (The Cameron Highlands) until 6pm. I'm getting almost as good at sleeping on buses as I am on planes, though, so I don't mind the long hauls. I checked ...

... at Nando's (Oh boy, did I miss chicken fingers).  The next morning, we changed from a hostel to a real hotel (the Dragon Inn Premium Hotel) (amazingly for the same price).  And it was off to see the famous PETRONAS towers.  The PETRONAS ...

... tower in the world after Toronto and Moscow that have only about twenty meters more. After I went to the  famous Petronas twin towers, 452 metershigh and built in 1998 project of  the Argentinean architect Cesar Pelli and home of ...

... in search if a beach, we find a super long jetty attached to a holiday inn. The pier itself used to be hotel rooms ghat the holiday  inn had, and meeting rooms, but all had since been cleared out for some reason. We kept walking to the very end, and ...

... is what the blog is actually for...not just ranting! So, Jennie and I eventually met up and ate lots of nice food, which Melaka is famous for. The next day Jennie and I did the touristy thing and walked around the old colonial area, which was nice and ...

... you will be able to eat on Langkawi island. The traditional dishes of freshly caught fish, prawns, crab, lobster etc. are famous.Shuttle service from Kilim jetty to the fishfarm restaurant and return is free of charge for lunch and dinner guests. If you ...

... been like in the hotel when English Red covered half the globe. Then it was off to the Long Bar, the creation-sight of that famous girly-drink, the Singapore Sling. Jay got a beer but I owed Jason from our last excusion in Jakarta so I bought us a round ...