Our night bus left on time and transported us south through Malaysia to Malacca. We arrived at 6am, had one rest stop and slept pretty well!
There was nothing open at 6am except McDonalds, so we made the most of their breakfast coffee refills. When the world woke up, we caught a local bus to our guesthouse. It was a little too early to check in but we were invited to take breakfast while our room was prepared. The guesthouse walls are painted with scenes of the local area and they look great!
We ventured into the city. We spent some time in Little India before walking the river (canal banks). There were murals painted on the sides of many houses and it was a very pretty area to walk. Whilst we were down by the river a huge monitor lizard swam across right in front of us. There were many small boat trips, packed with tourists taking tours too.
Every weekend a night market fills Jonker Street and wow, it is busy! We walked one way along the market before looking for a concert we had heard about at the end of Little India.
The concert was in a hall but didn't sound very 'in tune', so we decided to have our dinner nearby. We had the most delicious tandoori chicken cooked in a traditional tandoori oven with plain naan coated in butter.
After walking through the Ramadan bizarre, we continued back to the night market. There was a Chinese childrens concert taking place, so we grabbed a seat and watched. Once it was over we walked back to our guesthouse via the cycle rickshaw parking lot. Interestingly, all of them were 'pimped' with pink fairy lights and Hello Kitty memorabilia! Seriously ...
There was nothing open at 6am except McDonalds, so we made the most of their breakfast coffee refills. When the world woke up, we caught a local bus to our guesthouse. It was a little too early to check in but we were invited to take breakfast while our room was prepared. The guesthouse walls are painted with scenes of the local area and they look great!
We ventured into the city. We spent some time in Little India before walking the river (canal banks). There were murals painted on the sides of many houses and it was a very pretty area to walk. Whilst we were down by the river a huge monitor lizard swam across right in front of us. There were many small boat trips, packed with tourists taking tours too.
Every weekend a night market fills Jonker Street and wow, it is busy! We walked one way along the market before looking for a concert we had heard about at the end of Little India.
The concert was in a hall but didn't sound very 'in tune', so we decided to have our dinner nearby. We had the most delicious tandoori chicken cooked in a traditional tandoori oven with plain naan coated in butter.
After walking through the Ramadan bizarre, we continued back to the night market. There was a Chinese childrens concert taking place, so we grabbed a seat and watched. Once it was over we walked back to our guesthouse via the cycle rickshaw parking lot. Interestingly, all of them were 'pimped' with pink fairy lights and Hello Kitty memorabilia! Seriously ...
