Day 25: Malacca‏, Melaka, Melaqa

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Today we departed KL for a city in the south called Malacca. A colleague from work had recommended we visit this city as it has a very interesting historical background. Malacca was invaded by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British and the buildings in the old city show different architectural features depending upon the period in which they were built. Malacca is a 'quaint' city with cobbled narrow streets and is small enough that you can hear the Qur'an readings from the Mosque all around - this brought back very fond memories from my childhood! Our hotel is beautiful, an elegant room with a four poster bed, set off a pretty courtyard... Looks like it'll be street food for us again!?!?

Baileys bit:

The bus terminal in KL is quite something. It's interior is akin to an airport and the process of buying your tickets is like a 'check-in' assigning the seats then going through a quick security check before going to your gate for departure! Malacca draws heavily on European architectures and styles, but there is evidence of its Chinese and Malayan heritage!

Daily mileage: 5 with no rush in the morning used another program involving hills then stretched out and did a little core work.

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