Today was our last day in Melaka, after extending another night! Dave decided he wanted to leave the guesthouse and actually see some sights today as he was feeling a bit better. He was feeling up to eating something properly too, so we headed to the little café that I went to yesterday for some fried rice. It seemed to go down well, so fingers crossed he's well on the mend now! We then headed towards the museums in the town, via the shopping centre for some th...

Well, today wasn't much better for me, still paying a visit every couple of hours! Laura went out in the morning and got me some more painkillers and water, while I stayed in bed! At lunchtime, she went out for some food with Arianne - another helping of Mie Goreng from a café around the corner - it's becoming one of our dishes of choice since we arrived in Bali a couple of weeks ago! For the rest of the day, we mostly hung around in the dorm and I slept for mo...

Today Dave woke up feeling unwell, he'd been awake in the night with a fever. We decided to go and find somewhere to eat, but had a bit of trouble as most places were closed. We think a lot of places close on Mondays and Tuesdays, after the crazy Friday-Sunday markets. We eventually found a little café that was open and shared some fried rice and spring rolls. Dave was feeling really bad so he went back to the guesthouse while I went in search of a supermarket t...

This morning we awoke to the news that there was a water festival happening in the Portuguese settlement area of Melaka. Arianne told us that she was about to head off there with a few others and asked if we wanted to go along - yes please! We'd read about the water festival that happens every year in April in Thailand, but we'll miss out in that, so we were excited that we'll get to experience something similar here. Outside the hostel, we met up with the Chines...

Today we were on the move to Melaka, 2 hours south of Kuala Lumpur. Our bus tickets cost £2 each and the bus was very comfortable! We got to the station early and waited in the modern waiting area for our bus. They go every half hour to Melaka so there weren't a lot of people getting on, which makes a nice change from Greyhound Australia! When we arrived in Melaka, we had to figure out where to get the local bus to Chinatown - we asked at information, but still...