Melaka Stories


Historic Town

We arrived in Melaka today being an historic town it isnt too touristy which is nice. This part of Malaysia has a Dutch influence to it. We are staying in a nice little guest house with shared bathroom facilities and our room is a box room with a double bed. The location is good and our tour guide Joanna showed us around the town ending up at another hu...


Melaka

Up early yet again and got the bus. It was a good one this time, had loadsa room and reclinging seats. The journey only took 2 and a half hours and then a taxi to our guesthouse. It was a nice wee place Melaka but a sleepy city with lots of history attached to it. It was so hot here i was absolutely dripping. After getting our stuff dropped off at t...


Melaka - The 'Soul' of Malaysia

Hi y'all Ok I was pretty brutal in my summing up of Kuala Lumpur in my last journal, but its all true as I see it. Thanks to the stranger who sent me hate mail saying I was wrong, but your a crazy fool like 'Howling Mad Murdoch' from the A-Team. KL maybe the heart of Malaysia where all the business is made, but Melaka is definitely the soul of the...


Didnt see much of Melaka

Got up today feeling awful and i hadnt slept well last night either. Managed to shove most of my stuff into my bag and get out of the hotel. We then caught a bus to Melaka, its about a 2.5 hour journey and i slept the whole way. When we arrived it was completely different to what i expected and we where staying in a very strange house with a small court...