Day 8 - Exploring Malacca- Sun 3 Mar
Once mossies
had been banished we slept comfortably with the fans over the bed.
Woke to find we'd been locked in to the beach – not too much hardship waiting
with a nice view and intermittent breeze whilst we breakfasted, blogged, talked
and waited for Bistro owner to let us out.
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| St Pauls |
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| Old Town meets the Sea |
Headed out to Old Town- St Paul's
(invaded/occupied by Portuguese, who were defeated by Dutch, who ceded to
British whilst fighting, who went to give it back to Dutch who didn't want it
cos of rapid deterioration, so British stayed until Malays gained Independence…whew!),
Sultan’s Palace, Stadthuys, Malacca River, Jonkers Street stalls (woman gave us
a mandarin for Chinese New Year as mark of respect in spite of my haggling her
down by 40 ringaat).
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| Melaka Taxis |
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| Royal Dressers |
By 4pm we were on road inland looking for
campsite. Election flags are everywhere; monkeys using electrical cables along
side of road as highways. We found a spot on the Tampin Road, but a smartly
dressed saronged ‘polis’ man drove up and gestured strongly that we should go. It
was darkening and threatening to rain when we finally found another place to
pull off the road between an Islamic temple and a set of farmhouses - the price
of admission was four sets of prayers through the loudspeakers throughout the
night and early morning….
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| Mosque Camp |
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| Early Morning Alarm |
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