On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, Jonker Street in Melaka becomes a night market. There are hundreds of vendors, plus shops set up cats out on the street to sell stuff. It is so lively! And unlike in Kuala Lumpur’s Alor Street, we didn’t find white people asking for money to fund their travels around the […]
Sungai Melaka and Kampung Morten
I originally thought that the name of the river in Melaka was Sungai. I looked it up later, though, and discovered that ‘Sungai’ means ‘river’, so Sungai Melaka is simply Malacca (as it is still sometimes spelt) River. Especially as sleepy Melaka shuts down early on non-market days, the river cruise is a charming thing […]
Colonial Hangover
Taman Negara was incredible, and my mind is still full of the wonder of the forest. Yet, we did have to say goodbye to it when it was time to move on to Melaka. And Melaka was incredible too. A world apart from Taman Negara, I think it was the first city outside India where […]