Blogs from Melaka, Malaysia, Asia - page 32

Today was another day of travel. We started off by waking up to pitch black in our cabin like room with no window, packed up all our gear which seemed to be scattered every where and hopped on to another bus to head down to Melaka. Unfortunately we were no longer VIP's, well in the bus' eyes so it was back to a normal 4 seat wide bus. We arrived at melaka's bus station at around midday where we split in to 3s to get taxi's to our 'rustic guest house' where we were spending the night. In KL the previous night we had met a guy who had told us places to go and things to see in the historic town. During the course of the 15minute taxi ride our driver seem to have pointed ... read more

We left Singapore and took the EXPRESS bus bound for Melaka, Malaysia. Apparently it's only a 3 hour journey... But again, it turned out to be another long travel day. We showed up to catch the "hourly" bus...only to find that "hourly" in Singapore doesn't mean "every hour". It actually means "when we choose to leave". So we chilled out for a few hours, dodging another massive rainstorm and then boarded the bus. Oddly enough, it took 5 hours to get to Melaka - maybe it has something to to with the bus randomly stopping on the side of the highway to let passengers jump on and off. We found a guesthouse called Sunny's Inn Guesthouse. It was Lindsay's first "true" hostel experience in Asia. The place was alright with friendly, helpful staff - but the ... read more

Dieses Wochende war es soweit: die erste Auslandsreise stand auf dem Plan. Eher spontan und nicht wirklich geplant haben Thomas und ich am Freitag abend beschlossen, dass wir am Samstag morgen nach Malaysia fahren. Aber bevor ich Malacca so richtig beschreiben kann, muss ich wohl vorher noch ein paar bis jetzt gewonnene Eindrücke von Singapur niederschreiben. Nach nun mittlerweile ziemlich genau drei Wochen bin ich ja nun hier in einem der zwei großen asiatischen Handelszentren. Die Stadt macht am Anfang schon einen großen Eindruck, da alles neu, modern, sauber, organisiert und vor allem immer mindestens 20. Stockwerke hoch ist. Singapur ist definitiv eine boomende Stadt in der an jeder Ecke alte Gebäude eingestampft und andere in die Höhe getrieben werden. Am Rande der Stadt sieht es zwar ein wenig aus, wie in einem etwas moderneren Grünau, ... read more

We're back-dating a little now, (time has flown by since New Year)... So we left Kuala Lumpur - our plans of going to Borneo to trek amongst the orangutans didn't take shape. Flights were fully booked. So where to go? We had a week before our flight out of Singapore and we were sure we didn't want to go straight there. So it seemed a good idea to take a stop in Melaka - roughly half way between KL and Singapore. There's really not much to say. We planned on staying a couple of nights and stayed 4. It was a lovely, quiet little place with plenty of character and everything within walking distance. We stayed in Chinatown which was like taking a step back in time. Everyone going about their lives like we weren't there, ... read more

i was sitting on a bus in melaka trying to leave for kuala lumpur, the capital(sp). we came to a standstill due to some flooding in the area. i talked to a local about the distance to the bus station. through broken languages i thought it MIGHT not be TOO far. it was then i was debating wether or not to get off the bus and walk, thinking that it would be much faster. i kept debating despite being geared up and ready (almost) to go. finally, i decided to get off the bus. walking through knee deep water, VERY SLOWLY to make sure and avoid any of the numerous potholes (as i will sport some scars for quite a while after already having fallen through a drainage cover in cambodia). after i walked a few ... read more