Blogs from Melaka, Malaysia, Asia - page 25

After a decent night's sleep, I came to terms with the fact that I will not enjoy a single hot shower on this trip. Honestly, it's so hot outside I should be thankful no hot water will come through the pipes. So this morning I forced myself into the dank tiled room. Have I mentioned that the shower is in the same small room as the toilet? Super convenient if you need to poo in the middle of your bathing. While pretending not to be mortified by the cigarette butt clogging the drain (along with hair, of course), I heard Brad yelp (for lack of a better word). He was quickly packing our things when I returned to the room. He informed me that we needed to leave immediately - he had just watched an unusually ... read more

Date visited: 20-22nd April I was expecting another hectic and chaotic city but Melaka was a totally pleasant surprise in the end. Quiet, quaint and mainly traffic-free in the centre, this place had a relaxed feel. Our bus dropped us off in the central square next to the clock tower where a pedestrianised quarter awaited our feet to explore. TukTuk style bycycles meandered around the area loaded to the hilt with fresh colourful flowers - some so buried in flower heads it was hard to see the driver or the passengers! The church bell chimed in the background a few minutes later and more locals were beaming at us without us doing anything except walking and paying a polite glance. This whole scene was most welcoming and a great surprise. A mixture of themes' presented Melaka's ... read more

Me voici a malaka ou je souhaite me baigner mais ou c est pas possibl. La pollution et les meduses empeche toutes baignade.... read more

Hello Group, After using the free internet on Saturday we headed up to the revolving restaurant in Penang to enjoy a congrats on making 2months dinner- the buffet was immense and there was no way we could've done it justice but it was worth it for the views alone. Although the obvious movement made us both a little bit dizzy. Sunday was a disappointing day as we became aware for the first time in weeks that it was the weekend with nothing open- restaurants,muesems everything appeared to be closed. We headed to fort cornwallis- unaware that is wasnt open so after taking some photos of the outside and closed gates we went for a wonder around the colonial district which had some beautiful buildings (including HSBC) and down to the marina which seemed to be the ... read more

Well after sending the last blog Nick and I went up the Kuala Lumpur communications tower which gave us a 360 degree view of Kuala Lumpur. We left in time for the sunset which was good and looked beautiful going down behind the city. We stayed until it was dark so that we could get some good night pictures of Kuala Lumpur and the Petronas Towers. Unfortunately the view of the Petronas Towers was a bit disappointing as you could only really see one of them from where we were. We stayed up there for quite a while though as the view of the rest of the city was excellent. The next day we went to the Batu caves where the Thaipusam festival is held every year. The caves were big and we had to climb ... read more