Blogs from Melaka, Malaysia, Asia - page 7

We did more wandering in Malacca, eating and sightseeing. Tried the "best" rice ball and chicken, which was no kidding, the best. Frank lashed out and ordered us these two huge drinking coconuts, which seemed to be bottomless. We gave up in the end and slithered off, hoping that the aggressive Chinese lady who ran the place wouldn't scold us for being wasteful. Most days were hot, very hot, so we spent them in the air-conditioned room, before venturing out at dusk. This seemed to be the plan of the locals as well. One thing that did draw us out during the day was the fabulous Cendol at 88 Jonker street. Covered in a local palm sugar called Gulah Malacca, coconut cream, condensed milk, with red beans and some strange Pandan green noodle things, these ice ... read more

David here... We set off from the hostel after a light breakfast and jumped onto the next train out to the temporary bus station at Bukit Jalil. On the train a nice Chinese women warned us about the 'vultures' outside the station that try to sell you bus tickets. She advised us to ignore them and to make our way directly into the bus station itself to buy our tickets. Sure enough, as soon as we got to the LRT station, we were pounced upon, but not with too much vigour compared to say Hue for example. We got into the bus station and immediately got directed to a ticket booth with buses going to Melaka (13 MYR each) and we hopped on board our bus. The journey took 2 hours and was as uneventful as ... read more

Malacca. It is old Malaysia. Not the ultra-modern Kuala Lumpur, the capital. But Malacca or Melaka, with vestiges of its Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese and British influences. The place is so ethnically diverse -- the stuff that makes it legendary. And speaking of legends, Hang Tuah is one legendary warrior/hero who lived during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah of the Sultanate of Malacca in the 15th century. Touted as the greatest of all the warriors or "laksamana" , Hang Tuah was known to be a ferocious fighter. Judging by the many shops, streets, restaurants and buildings named after him, Hang Tuah is obviously held in the highest regard in present-day Malaysian Malay culture. Since I found him to be the most well-known and illustrious warrior figure in Malaysian history and literature, I thought I should start ... read more

Since we had a blast in Perhentian Island, we decided to continue our journey... this time to Malaysian heritage city, MELAKA! I was in my practical training in an architecture firm during this time and the rest were busy working too so we agreed on a weekend trip. We thought it would be nice to travel by car this time so Ain agreed to drove her BMW!! We were all excited on that Saturday morning and they arrived at my house around 8.00am. 25th December 2010 We had to wait for Teyha's arrival from Klang, so me, Ieien and Ain went to have our breakfast in Bangsar. Awhile later, Teyha arrived and we fetch her at the comuter station and we started our journey right away. It took us only 2 hours to get to Melaka. ... read more