VIEWS OVER SINGAPORE Our whistle-stop tour through Malaysia ended today when we crossed into Singapore – our final stop this trip. The bus trip from Melaka and the border crossing itself was quick and uneventful, which is just how we like ‘em! But our afternoon in Singapore was AWESOME, […]
RIDING A RICKSHAW AROUND HISTORICAL MELAKA We spent our day exploring the UNESCO-listed historical sites of Melaka today, stopping in to see the Dutch stadthyus (i.e. city hall), the ruins of a hill-top Portuguese fortress, and Malaysia’s oldest Chinese Buddhist temple. We hired a rickshaw for the day […]
GOING BONKERS FOR JONKER STREET NIGHT MARKETS! Back when Kuala Lumpur was still a muddy swamp and Penang was yet to become the “Pearl of the Orient”, Melaka was already one of South East Asia’s greatest trading ports. Over time it lost favour to Singapore, but this slow-down […]
TOWERS, CAVES, FACTORIES, MEMORIALS, & MOSQUES OF K.L. After our brief foray into Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown last night, we decided to join a tour for today’s explorations of the city. The sights are quite spread out so having someone to take us around was definitely convenient, though, like […]
OUR FIRST TIME IN K.L. Kuala Lumpur means “muddy river confluence” in Bahasa Malay; a rather ignominious name for such modern, shiny city in our opinion! The moniker no doubt suited the town more when it was a small, sleepy tin-mining village, situated at the (then muddy) confluence […]
