Blog 82 From extreme to extreme. Down jackets, scarfs, hats and walking boots to immediately into flip-flops, vests, shorts and what else can I take off? We definitely stood out with our pastey white skin, which is never good in a country you should haggle for things. After arriving in KL airport we jumped on a bus, which luckily was running late (back to the waiting game and increasing patience again) and headed to Malacca for a bit of retail therapy. On ou...

Blog 46 A luxuriously easy and safe two hour coach ride on a road with no potholes brought us to Malacca, a small city on the south west coast of Malaysia. Cultures are mixed here. When the spice trade was bustling along and through the Malacca strait droves of immigrants moved in. In the 15th century a Hindu prince and his entourage settled on the land here, so in moved the Hindus . In the 16th century a Chinese prince pledged protection and so in came the Chi...