Malacca Nights

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My time in Malacca picked up a bit-was a bit dreary after having seen so many museums. Next day I walked around Chinatown and wandered into a temple with Taoist, Confucionist and Buddhist shrines. I started chatting with the man at the desk about religion and he quizzed me on my Buddhism and since I scored 80-90% correct I walked away with not one but two books on Buddhism! He said one of them is really hard to get outside of Asia.

I wandered back to the hostel not knowing what a colorful crowd we'd have there that night: the owners and 2 British brothers who've been there awhile, 2 trishaw drivers one of whom has the most beautiful trishaw in all of Melacca, a street vendor who sells atop the hill without a license, and a member of the Triads-an infamous Chinese gang. We all had some tasty Chinese pork in buns and beers while someone passed around a joint. Apparently you just get the death penalty if you smuggle-not just for smoking. You could get a few days in jail but the cops are easy to bribe. Don't worry-I didn't 😊 We went outside to compare the two trishaws and see just how awesome the one was. It even has a real car stereo installed with powerful speakers. The driver offered to take me for a spin around Chinatown which I graciously accepted with a romantic Chinese song blasting in the background. Everywhere we went locals waved and called out to the driver (he's very famous) and tourists quickly pulled out their cameras to snap a pic of the most beautifully decorated trishaw in all of Malacca.

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Malacca
Best trishaw