http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Melaka , Melaka City en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:53:22 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:53:22 +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 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 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 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 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 Jueves en Malasia. La calor no da descanso desde el primer momento del da. Las calles rebosan de gente comiendo a todas horas. Nuestro destino de hoy es Melaka Malacca la antigua capital de Malasia. Para llegar cogemos un autocar de la compaia Transnasional en la catica estacin de autobuses de Puduraya KL que tarda dos horas en llegar por RM 52 IV.Gracias a a su estratgica localizacin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-428242.html So we arrived from KL with Ade and Ellie in around two hrs. Was pretty uneventful apart from the very untimely flash flooding and stormSo we get out of the bus and we have to run for shelter at possibly the most depressing bus station I've ever been in. Usual hassle from taxi drivers with their specialwhite and raining price. After a while we realized that the rain was not going to stop and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-427800.html was gestern nicht erwaehnung fand jedoch ansich nicht so unwichtig ist ist ein bisschen geschichtlichesweil dadurch der grund unseres aufenthalts erklaert werden kann. zunaechst sei ueber melakka gesagt dass es ab dem 15. jahrhundert ein wichtiger handelsposten war unter anderem fuer gewuerze so wichtig dass die portugiesen hier im 16. jahrhundert ein fort errichteten. 1641 waren sie auch http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-417751.html nach zwei zwischenstationen sind wir endlich angekommen. zuerst waere da der flughafen doha zu nennen ein absolut uninteressanter ort der ausser einem fastfoodrestaurant welches nur alkoholfreies bier anbietet nicht viel zu bieten hat auf dem jedoch gut 2 stunden verbracht werden mussten.in singapur angekommen wird hose joseph nach schweinegrippendetektorwaermebildkamerascreening und ausfu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-417395.html Melaka was our last destination in Malaysia and just a year ago was designated an UNESCO World Heritage site and today is awash with a plethora of museums and quirky little side streets to provide a couple of days of relaxed amusement. In its heyday in the Middle Ages it was a major port it's prime location meant it was commandeered by the Dutch the Portugese and the English at various times a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Melaka/Melaka-City/blog-409533.html