Unfortunately Melaka turned out to be one of the worst places I've been to so far, and in retrospect it wasn't actually anything to do with the place itself.

So I arrived in Melaka at about 5pm and then had to get a bus into the town centre. I sat next to a guy who seemed really friendly and who told me he'd tell me to get off when I needed to. Some point soon into the journey I realised I had passed my stop so just got off where I was. At that point I didn't mind too much as the lonely planet recommended some hostels around where I was. The first one I went to was full but I got into the second. My room turned out to resemble a prison cell, and the place had no other guests. (for those of you able to access facebook there is a video of it on my wall).

Tempted to leave that night for KL, I forced myself to go look around Melaka. However it was a pretty small place and I walked it all in about an hour and a half. So a very early night and I got up early the next day to get a bus to KL.

By all accounts Melaka is actually a really nice place and a lot of other travellers had a really good time there.