Fri 1st June Arrived in Melaka around 12:30pm at the bus station - what a relief you actually arrive where they say you will! So we looked up the directions and ambled round looking for the panaramic bus no. 17. Which, among the market stalls and other bus firm counters we found in the domestic bus section. 2RM to Dutch Square in bay 17. Thank you. Out we go and sure enough there was bay 17, there was the bus and there were the passengers. About 20 mins later we...

Thurs 31st Breakfast and a walk to the Petronas Towers and park. I went up, Frank stayed down. Tremendous views. And what a feat of engineering. They're rather pretty buildings. Light rain on the way back. Had a doze at the hostel. Online banking, gotta be done. Arranged to have dinner with Emy and Athria that evening. Out for money then got caught in a thunderstorm/massive rain storm. It really does come down out here. Streets were rivers, feet were soaked, ...

Mon 28th May We set our alarm so as to not miss our free breakfast. And very nice it was too. Traditional Malay style. Lemak (rice cooked in coconut milk), fried noodles, an assortment of dried fried onions, sambal (anchovies) spiced greens and different sauces. Also boiled eggs, toast, butter, jelly (jam jelly) and a sweet caramel smelling paste. It was in the cafe next door to the hostel, same rustic bare brick walls with instrumental background music. Also, r...

Coming into land I could see that Malaysia is covered in lush green vegetation. It's thick with neatly planted palm trees that make for a real life magic eye puzzle from above. Through Immigration with no problems or questions. No onward travel needed. Ah well. Collected our bags and headed out to find Emy and Athira. A little too-ing and fro-ing in and out of wifi to keep an eye on messages we were eventually picked up by our Malaysian fellow Shanghai hostel f...

27th May Sure enough the phone's alarm clock goes off at 6:30. Tip toeing out we gather our bags and make up our tea, coffee and breakfast in the soft morning sunshine. We had the living area to ourselves, so I pulled out and opened my cards from home. Along with Frank's card too and set them out on the table for a birthday breakfast. Shortly after, one of the Americans from last night is awake too. She was heading back to L.A later today and gave us some good r...