The historic city of Melaka
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Apr 20, 2008
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Melaka,
Melaka State,
Malaysia
Saturday, July 5, 2008
We spent a day wandering round the museums, which were really interesting and varied and had some good displays. The architecture of the old part of the city is lovely, and there are some amazing buildings - especially in Chinatown where there are some great old shophouses and temples. This part of the city is also full of antique shops and artists studios and galleries.
At the weekends (luckily, when we were there) there is a fantastic night market through along the old Jonker Street part of Chinatown. Along with the usual sunglasses and shops selling plastic tat that you usually get at markets, there were also loads of stalls from the arts and craft shops and galleries, and also loads of really nice food! Jonker Street also has a couple of really nice bars where you could sit with a cold beer and watch hundreds of people walking past through the market. It was great.
Danny got himself another fan. A bloke who was playing guitar at one of the old forts (and had a small audience) suddenly stopped and said to Danny, "You remember me of the Staying Alive man, the American, you know?" to which I started laughing lots and the man got more and more excited about his discovery and shouted "You remember me a lot of John Travolta!". Anyhow after a couple of minutes the man's audience were now staring at a very red and embarrassed looking Danny! Hehe it made me laugh!
