http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Melaka en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:05:59 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:05:59 +0000 From Singapore we got a bus to Melaka in Malaysia via the bridge which connects the two countries. The journey took us just 4 hours. We decided after many months of 'slumming it' to upgrade and stay in the 4 star Holiday Inn for a few days We felt a bit scruffy and out of place walking in with our backpacks on but hey ho The hotel was gorgeous with a lovely outdoor pool overlooking the sea. Our http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-459474.html Like the Rough Guide says Melaka grows on you. We've done a lot of walking around. The first night I left the family asleep and walked a few blocks in a light rain to a big outdoor food court and had a great bowl of spicy seafood Laksa with a large Tiger beer. Yum. The next day we found an Indian restaurant that serves great roti griddle flat bread for breakfast and fish head curry for dinner http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-457343.html Melaka 345 amLeft home 330 pm Sat Param drove us to RDU. Changed planes in Houston changed planes in LAX EVA Air 13 hours to Taipei hung around there for a few hours then 4 12 more to KL. Once there we had to figure out how to buy a SIM card for the GSM phone Melody bought on EBay get some cash from the ATM ringgets about 3 to a dollar clear customs long line. After that came the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-457334.html Melacca is an old ex colonial town on the west coast of Malaysia that overlooks the famous Melacca straights a really important trade route since the 1400s. So as you might expect it has been controlled by various European powers firstly the Portuguese then the Dutch and finally us lot All this considered the town is something of a melting pot architecturally and cuturally. Anyway history http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/blog-449886.html Malaysia Wedding Style Malacca http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-448243.html I am now writing to you from Australia Eeek exciting times A lot has happened in the last week and I will now update you on my recent antics So making a swift exit from Penang before causing any more trouble we took what for us seemed like an incredibly short 5 hour bus ride to Kuala Lumpur. Here we would find a whole new level of heat Just before we disembarked from the bus there was a typi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-447717.html After almost two weeks of traveling here there and everywhere we were good and ready for what awaited us off the northeast coast of Malaysiahellip. two glorious little islands Pulau Perhenthian Kecil and Pulau Perhenthian Besar. A 3hour van journey on Oct. 11 with a nice Canadian family and a 30minute speedboat ride brought us therehellip to crystal clear water white sand beaches monkey http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Pulau-Besar/blog-445484.html 08 10 OctoberWhen we arrived in Melaka Malacca by bus from Mersing it was already late afternoon. We had checked the web beforehand and had already decided we wanted to stay in Chinatown opposed to the area further down where most guesthouses are centralised.It takes a bit of searching to find something affordable in China town but we succeeded and got a room at the Cheng Hoon hotel. Nice pl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-444547.html As the title suggest together with my extended family member all 13 of us cross over the checkpoint to neighbouring country Malaysia. Cossing over to Malaysia thru one of the world busiest crossways in the world .... Not the first time travelling to Malaysia but one of the rare few moment where i travel with my extended family... 3 cars in total early in the morning 6am... we made our way t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/blog-442641.html Pa to ni res. Pa to NI res noVecer se je zakljucil na najbolj nor nacin. Z Yeejem in njegovo zeno mislim da Susan smo sli za vogal na vecerjo na fried rice in yingyang nudlne. Oboje je bilo naravnost fantasticno pa se poceni castila sta kar onadva. Small money don't worry se je stalno smehljal Yee ko sem mu hotela poturiti svoje ringite. Potem sva sla malo naokoli najprej za nasled http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-442490.html Zajtrk je bil trodelen najprej dragonfruit od vceraj potem pitstop pri mamak jaz najprej roti chanai ker roti pisang kao no have potem pa z Edom se tose in cez ginger teh tarik na koncu pa se kokos pri sosedih. Matr v taki situaciji bi imela vedno dobre sosedske odnose.Ko sem imela vse spakirano in je bil Ed nared za sluzbo danes grejo gledat lokacijo za snemanje t.i. reccee me je zate http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-442287.html Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2009. Hari raya is one of the biggest celebration in Malaysia. Normally muslim people will take long holiday to celebrate it. Including me. I'm off from TravelBlog for a week. Every year I celebrate aidilfitri with the samething. But this year was so special because I go to ride the bot at night with my mum and auntie. With only RM10 per person we enjoy our ride for http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/blog-440791.html Malaka our first stop in Malaysia only a short bus trip from Sinapore is a town with a lot of charm. We stayed in Chinatown an area quite cental that is oozing with character. We arrived on a Friday evening just in time to see Chinatown's weekend night market spring into life. The whole of Chinatown is overtakien by street vendors selling tasty treats and clothes some of which we recalled see http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/blog-439586.html OK So I know I won't be blogging a lot when I get into Borneo so I'm getting it in whilst I can. You all know i like to do things out of the ordinary from time to time but just take a look at my feet in this piccy. The doctor fish nibbling at my feet are not only cleaning them but they are nibbling away all the dead skin to leave feet feeling lovely and soft......and clean as a whistle.... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-437273.html We got a bit turned around during our tour of Malaccarsquos old quarter and werenrsquot entirely sure how to get to our next stop the antique and curio district of Jonker Street. Given how small and centralized Malacca is Irsquom not entirely sure how we accomplished this. I blame the disorientation on Red Bull and constantly looking through camera lenses while walking around. In any case http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-435001.html We went to a food court just near our hotel after exploring the town square and after all that walking we were famished. Before I get into each dish we ordered let me say something about Malaccan food in general. I don't think my brain's ever released as much pleasure chemicals or endorphins as it did when I was gettin' my eat on in Malacca. Every dish I ate gave my tastebuds a new gastronom http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-434947.html 05 September 2009 09 September 2009After having spent more money than we anticipated in Singapore we got up early on Saturday morning to get a train to Melaka on Southern coast of Malaysia.We had decided that due to missing the bus because of a delay in immigration on our entry into Singapore we would opt for getting out of the country by train we hoped this would cause less hassle. As it tu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-434860.html We went from Singapore to Melacca in Malaysia. On the way to Melacca and in Melacca I the Purple Cow got culture shocked.Culture Shock 1 The Squatty Potty. I got my first little taste of culture shock when the bus stopped for a bathroom break. The place we stopped was sort of like a food court. It was a bunch of little stalls serving Asian food and a big open room full of tables. I wen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-433946.html Melacca Malaysia. By PaulA port city. Melacca is a port city on the west coast of Malaysia. Itrsquos a historically rich city. If you take a look at a map yoursquoll see why. Melacca sits right in the Straits of Melacca a shipping lane through which everything going between Indonesia and China and India the Middle East and Europe used to have to go. Ships would hop from the Spice Is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-433664.html We had an impressive list of historical sites to hit up during our visit to the famed colonial city of Malacca. Thankfully Malaccarsquos old city square is much as it was hundreds of years ago with most of its attractions within spitting distance of each other. Our feet were happy when we informed them of how little traveling wersquod need to do that day. Malacca was colonized by European po http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-430927.html