The Baba House Melaka

... as usual for such things, despite its name is a long way from the centre of the town. We had booked into The Baba House Hotel, which looked extremely interesting on the internet and certainly did not disappoint. Formed from a row of rather grander than ...

... that I wasn’t prepared to stay another day with the noise.  They negotiated with the hotel and then found us a room at the Baba House which turned out to be a great place to stay, right in the centre of China Town. It was a little more ...

... and then a cab took us to Melaka. the joys of 1st class not costing an arm and a leg and a very quiet train. The Baba House is a super conversion of an old Chinese House and a lovely place to stay. Perusing the paper on the train revealed that Melaka FC ...

Just like many Malays and Singaporeans, we headed for Melaka for the long Easter Weekend.  4 nights here,  2 in  Baba House an old traditional house which looked great, but turned out to be awful, so we then moved to Heerens Inn, ...

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... action every night. While we were there they had a tropical fruit tasting, Thaipusam, night safari trip and movie night. The Kancil in Melaka is quiet, with an older crowd, and very secure with a 12:30 curfew. We leave for KL tomorrow ...

... tried it and it was vile.  Sorry to be so blunt but it tasted like semen! In the morning we went to explore Melaka.  It's a lovely old town with markets, shopping centres, river and pimped up Tuk Tuks which were covered in flowers and pumped out ...

... in Melaka and both felt that we were back in Asia proper. We were staying in the Chinatown area of Melaka, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The guest house was an old Chinese merchant's house and built right on the river bank. The guest house owner ...

... espresso (Khaki Coffee), and it is good!  Between the great ambience and the delicious coffee, the Baboon House sucked me in each day I was in Melaka.  Another place for good espresso (also serving Lavazza) was Limau-Limau, but I only went there ...

... lovely chat with Vic and my family today and feel great. I know feel re-energised and motivated and am looking forward to the next part of my adventure. Besides if I stay in Melaka any longer with their gastronomic delights I will be as big as a ...

... tour by the 71-year-old owner, who couldn't have been prouder of his heritage. We took a walk through Chinatown and saw a traditional house of Baba-Nyonya. The Baba-Nyonya, or Peranakan, are descendants of the first Chinese to come to Melaka in the 15th ...

Originally, I'd planned on being in Melaka two days ago. However, that would've been on the weekend, and all the guest houses I was considering were fully booked. So, I decided to extend my stay in KL, and come today instead. This morning, after checking ...

... I could get in Singapore.  Before I went, I had a guided tour of the Baba Nyonya museum in Chinatown, which is a refurbished Chinese traders' house (actually three), which was similar to Choeng Fat Tze's mansion in Penang, with it's beautiful ...

J ai fait un tour dans le quartier chinois de  Melaka jusqua 11h du soir , la ville etait endormie. Eu une discussion d une bonne heure avec la serveuse du little mama , un resto en face de ma guest house qui est en fait la fille du proprietaire, ...

... is half Chinese, half Malay) shophouses, Portugese and Dutch architecture, Buddhist, Taoist and Indian temples, and Islamic mosques, Melaka is also a mosaic of Chinese, Islamic and European cultures. We walk from Little India through the Town Square, ...