Melaka Creek
Running through the middle of town to the sea, home to friendly rats.
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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the F... [read more]
During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the F... [read more] Blog: Friends Reunited - We gather for the Final Leg in Melaka
Date: March 24th 2007
Day 294, 21st March Melaka This is it - I’ve come this far… It’s the last real stop on the odyssey…next big stop is the culmination of 10 months of Blood, Sweat, and Tears - Singapore. By pumping the pedals day after day 13,000 miles brings me to Melaka. I now have the first inkling of how those first Portuguese, Dutch or British colonisers must have felt after such a huge voyage ... read more
Date: March 24th 2007
Day 294, 21st March Melaka This is it - I’ve come this far… It’s the last real stop on the odyssey…next big stop is the culmination of 10 months of Blood, Sweat, and Tears - Singapore. By pumping the pedals day after day 13,000 miles brings me to Melaka. I now have the first inkling of how those first Portuguese, Dutch or British colonisers must have felt after such a huge voyage ... read more
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“2001 a Bike Odyssey Memorablog”. This blog is a memorial blog to the 2001 bikepacking trip which started out from central England on 1st June of that year. It is being updated every few days exactly five years after the original trip took place, and written word for word from Andy Ganner’s journal. Andy Ganner set out with three people he had only met through the internet to travel completely by bike to Singapore. The planned route was eastwards across Siberia, and then down through Mongolia and China, finally crossing South East Asia to reach Singapore sometime early the follo... full info
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