Melaka Travel Blogs

So after me and the german kid had seen most the things in the city I really just felt like going to the beach. Then he showed me dome brochure about this zoo , reptile park and butterfly park. So I thought the crocodile farm sounded too interesting to miss. Even though I`ve pretty much given up on…

  I was able to get a full first night sleep at the guesthouse where I checked in at Kuala Lumpur. The 35 MR /night room that I took was decent enough and I didn't mind sleeping in that guesthouse(Anjung KL) because it had clean bedsheets, shiny wooden floors, clean wall paint, and …

This city has history of occupation from original Malay settlers to Chinese invaders to Portuguese to Dutch then British. Rightfully so, the city is a tapestry of culture displayed on the churches, ruins and food. The city is too colorful and if you don't believe me, check out the flamboyant tricy…

I was woken up at 4 am by that stupid twat snoring again but I managed to get a toilet roll and throw it at him to disturb him.As you probably know im not very good when people make noise in dorms.I used to be in the navy and if you made noise in those dorms you got punched.Clearly I wasn’t going…

23.june.2009I've heard several time about Melaka... so i booked the hostel and planned in into the Asia - trip. We left Singapore around noon and came to Melaka around 15.30. Taxi to the hostel and then to town. Actually the best place is the hostel, coz the guy who's running it seems to care about…

We are coming to the end of our trip in Malaysia and reflecting on a country that was not part of our original itinery, but almost an afterthought.  However, we have enjoyed Malaysia as much as the other Asian countries we have travelled in, despite and probably because, it is so different. T…

The strange mix of old building from around the globe are testament to Melaka's rich history involving Dutch traders, British colonizers, and Chinese immigrants.  In my last entry I said that every city has a Chinatown so KL's did not impress me much.  Melaka's was a different story. …

‘So I’m a water sign, And you’re an air sign,With sweet F.A to do today.Sweet F.A to do todaaaaay-aaaay-ay-ay-ay-ay.’ - ‘Sleeping Pills’, Suede. A day or so on in the lovely World Heritage city of Melaka and I have moved from the Discovery to the Voyager guesthouse.  Sounds more …

Melaka is an interesting place. Why? To put it nicely, it has a lot of history. To put it less nicely, it was kind of everyone's bitch. Here's a quick history lesson ... Melaka (or Malacca) was one of the first places in Malaysia where any really important people from Indonesia settled (a Su…

Arrived in Melaka yesterday. It is really nice and at first glance I thought I'd need a few days to see it all, however I kinda did everything I wanted to do in a day, so tomorrow I'm off to KL. Melaka is very nice and there are some really nice things to go and see here, but for the single travell…

Arrived in the very busy Melaka, our first stop in Malaysia. It is OK here, not what I was expecting really, the quaint little streets lined with old crumbling buildings, antique stores and cafes would be a lot nicer and more enjoyable if it wasn't for the constant stream of noisy traffic using the…

After Singapore we got the bus to Malacca. It's an old style town. When we arrived off the coach we got on a local bus to the hostel, it was definately an experience, we got some funny looks! It was so hot we were melting! Checked into a hostel and then went to explore. We went round a recreation o…

Day Trip..

History of Melaka Melaka, where it all began.. Melaka (Malacca) was founded by a prince from Sumatra, named Parameswara in the 14th century. It was told that the Prince as out hunting one day and while resting under a tree, one of his dogs cornered a mouse-deer. The mouse-deer in its defence atta…

Met some amazing people at a club the night before this trip who invited me and a friend to join them for an overnight in Melaka...