Blogs from Melaka, Malaysia, Asia - page 11

Hello from Melaka, From the 17th to 20th of September 2011: I spent 4 days in Melaka and I really enjoyed this town. First let me tell you a bit about this town: it is located 2 hours bus on the south of Kuala Lumpur. This use to be the most important city of the area. In the early 15th century, Melaka became famous and rich by trading goods from Indonesia and India. This territory expanded to include Singapore and the east cost of Sumatra. Starting in 1511, a series of takeover Dutch, then Portuguese and finally English is going to characterised the look and the atmosphere of the town. An “east meet the west” felling that we still can see today. The town is divided in 2 by the river called “Sungei Melaka” On the ... read more

Beste mensen, Bij deze weer een blog over Singapore en een deel van Maleisie. Na een 6 uur durende vliegreis vanuit Perth zijn we om 9 uur S'avonds aangekomen in Singapore, Toen we buiten kwamen was het erg benauwd! Dit was weer even wennen na het koudere en regenachtige Perth. Mylene had een ander vliegtuig als ons en zou pas 6 uur later aankomen dus we hebben op het vliegveld op haar gewacht. Nadat zij ook veilig gearriveerd was, zijn we naar de metro gelopen die ons rechtstreeks naar het centrum bracht, helaas was deze nog niet geopend dus we moesten nog even wachten.Eenmaal aangekomen in het centrum waren we redelijk uitgeput en wilden we lekker gaan slapen, maar eerst moesten we nog een hostel vinden! Na een aantal hostels geprobeerd te hebben en 2 uur ... read more

So this blog should hopefully make a little more sense than the last considering I am now a little more awake than the last time I posted. Our last 2 days in Melaka have been spent mainly catching up on lost sleep and chillaxing before another busy 4 nights in Kuala Lumpa. Melaka was originally founded in the 14th Centuary by a Hindu prince from Sumatra. The city was protected by the Chinese, then dominated by the Portugese, Dutch and more recently the British in 1795, which is apparent in most of the architecture around the UNESCO protected historic quarter. It's seems to be a very popular holiday destination for the local Malay's and is super duper busy - think Benidorm for Brits with lots of wrinklies, neon lights and ghetto blasters strapped to push bikes ... read more

Caro: On arriving in Melaka it dawned on us that we were leaving SE Asia in less than 1 week and we had nothing organised for Australia. We planned to stay there for 3 nights as we liked the hotel (it was clean, had a separate shower and toilet and it was not flushed with a bucket of water!) so we had a lie in the next morning, had breakfast and headed out to find an internet cafe. Melaka is a quaint town with a lot of history but it has to be the most lethal place in the world if you want to wander round and take in the scenery. There are huge holes in the ground, due to a 16th Centuary drainage system which has never been updated, this for one smells a lot ... read more

Magical Melaka This 'travel-blog' describes our time in Melaka, Malaysia. When planning our sojourn to Thailand and Myanmar, we decided to also include a short 'side trip' to Melaka; not having been there for several years and always promising ourselves we'd return 'some day'. As always, if you want to 'see' more detail in an accompanying picture, click it to enlarge. Thursday 10 Feb. We departed Coolangatta airport (Australia) early for an 8 hour flight. Knowing we'd arrive about 3pm local time, we (pre)organised a rent-a-car. We chose not to use public transport options here as we figured we'd have our 'fill' later when journeying through Myanmar. Not long after arriving, and a short busride to KLIA to pick up the car, we were zooming along the freeway in the Skoda (an 'upgrade') towards Melak... read more